Arabic language has long been established in the Republic of China along with the entrance of Islam. Among the regions in which the Arabic language teaching is available in China is the Ningxia region. Even though the Arabic language in the Ningxia region has begun for a long time, the Arabic language pass rate is still recording low percentage. Therefore, this study was conducted using a descriptive analysis pertaining to the problems of Arabic language learning among students at Ningxia University. In addition, the objective of this study was to identify the factors that caused the Arabic language learning problems among students at Ningxia University. The inductive method was used in the process of collecting information with regard to the Arabic language learning activities at Ningxia University. The quantitative approach in this study used a questionnaire instrument as the main instrument. The sample selection was carried out by means of a purposeful sampling involving.....

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Students in higher learning institutes in Malaysia face some difficulties in expressing themselves in English language and show lack of competency in speech.They perform poorly in the English language during examination held in the university and also interviews. Based on the problems encountered by the weak students, it was deemed necessary to provide some form of guidance to enable the ESL students to speak confidently. The guidance comes in the form of a cooperative interactive learning module for teaching speaking to weak ESL students. The purpose of the study is to develop a cooperative interactive learning module as a teaching approach that could benefit ESL students at the university. This study also investigates the attitudes of the students before and after using the cooperative interactive learning module concerning speaking.The research comprises of two stages namely instructional design, ADDIE model (to develop the module). A quasi-experimental design was carriedÂ.....

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the social and communication skills difficulties among identified learners with ASD in the Philippines.Objectives of the study are to identify what are the social and communication characteristics of the children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and to identify the effect of their social and communication difficulties in the learning process. The case study was conducted at Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS), Mandaluyong City, Philippines and participants were selected purposively involving six learners with ADS, their parents and their teachers. The data collection period is for five months. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and checklist analysis. The research instruments used were checklist, interview questions and field notes. Data were analyzed using descriptive methods. Inter-rater checklist results were used for document analysis. Thematic analysis was used to examine the collected data from the interv.....

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This study aimed to investigate Philippine indigenous learners’ speaking difficulties in English Semantics.The objectives was to identify indicators of poor vocabulary, processing and expressing of information. It was a qualitative research through case studies of five Grade 2 Indigenous Peoples (IP) learners in Echague, Isabela, Philippines. Data collection was done through observation and oral assessments activities. Instruments include checklist of speaking difficulties signified by inadequacy in English vocabulary; and constructed oral assessment activities in English. Data gathered were qualitatively analysed. Findings revealed that all the five indigenous learner-participants demonstrated English vocabulary deficiency to name depicted objects in the surroundings. They had struggles in reciting week-days, months and in citing common Philippine events. They had difficulty in conveying illustrated antonyms and synonyms. These findings denote a language intervention to im.....

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Seri Rama is a protagonist character in the  repertoire of Hikayat Seri Rama which is performed in Wayang  Kulit  Kelantan.  However,  this  protagonist  character  is  a  fine  character  that holds  high feminine attributes. Therefore, to characterize these feminine attributes, gender schema theory is used as a reference by utilizing Bem Sex-Role Inventory as the quantifying measurement tool. There are three assessment techniques to analyze the feminine attributes, however this research analyses the feminine attributes of Seri Rama through the movements conducted by the dalang (puppeteer) during the performance. The movements of gambalan (puppets) have distinct differencesmbetween each gambalan and this shows that every characters has its own identity.These observed feminine attributes shows that a ruler like Seri Rama holds feminine traits...

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Purpose of this study: This article discusses the basic principles that must be possessed by Muslim scholars to understand knowledge and its sources. The term ‘academic crime’ generally refers to the conduct of a few university lecturers, who violate the ethics and good practices of the teaching profession through the misappropriationof powers or by making false claims. However, academic crimes can also be classified as frauds in publications. Indeed, the ability to reason is one of the things that a person possesses. Nevertheless, it is not  absolute, because the Quran and hadith are on the topmost. Methodology:  This study uses the qualitative method and finds excessive rationality by the Anti-Hadith Group (AHG), leading them into a crime, i.e., rejection of the hadith as one of the sources of Islamic law. Findings: The revelation is believed to be true even though it contains metaphysics (al-ghaibiyyat) that cannot be logically explained. Furthermore, in rejecting hadith,  .....

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The basis of the discussion in this article is the protection of the abandoned children or foundlings (al-laq?? ) that covered aspects namely custody, maintenance as well as self-identity. The discussion of foundling’s identity is related to his/her status as a free person (not slave), religion and  lineage are based on Islamic principle that had been examined by dist inctive jurists from different school of jurisprudences. This study utilized document analysis approach, scrutinizing  Islamic jurists’ views as well as Malaysian law provisions on Zanariah Noor these issues. In Malaysia, aspects of custody, maintenance, and identity of the foundlings are handled differently from Islamic law pertaining to these issues, because matters related to the foundlings are under civil law jurisdiction, for instance, Child Act 2001 and Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1957,  aepartment of Social Welfare. The law provisions under Acts/ Enactments of Islamic Family Law in Malaysia in.....

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Pendidikan merupakan satu medium terbaik untuk menangani sesuatu masalah serta memberi kesedaran tentangnya. Kaedah gamifikasi digunakan sebagai satu pendekatan pendidikan untuk memberi motivasi kepada pelajar serta fokus terhadap pembelajaran dengan menggunakan unsur pemainan dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji keberkesanan penggunaan gamifikasi bagi kursus berkaitan dengan alam sekitar. Ini kerana kaedah pengajaran kini menjadi satu aspek penting dalam menarik minat pelajar seiiring dengan perkembangan teknologi kini. Selain itu, kajian ini juga menilai tahap pengetahuan responden tentang alam sekitar. Hasil dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan am alam sekitar dengan perhatian dan releven serta tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan am alam sekitar dengan keyakinan dan kepuasan. Manakala tahap pengetahuan am responden tentang alam sekitar masih berada pada tahap yang rendah......

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Human Resource (HR) practices (training, career development, compensation and performance appraisal) and teachers' job satisfaction. Correlational method was used and data were collected by using questionnaires from teachers pursuing their studies in one of the public universities in Malaysia. Simple random sampling technique was utilized and 148 teachers were selected as the research sample. The value of Cronbach's Alpha obtained was 0.923 meaning that the research instrument was reliable. Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and regression analysis. Results showed that training (r = 0.52, P ..

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The main aim of this paper is to establish the Tamil literary sources of the Hikayat Seri Rama. Various recensions of the Hikayat Seri Rama demonstrate the close identity between one text and the other which would seem to indicate that all these texts were apparently derived from some older versions of the Rama story, which was the common source of all the recensions. Methodology: The methodology employed in this article is qualitative in nature. It is library research based on the existing published materials. Four steps of Hermeneutics approaches have been employed to produce findings which are objective in nature. This research is aimed to contribute to the existing body of knowledge about the sources of Hikayat Seri Rama. Main findings: This study would enable us to appreciate the close similarity of motifs and episodes between HSR and the Rama story in Tamil tradition. The Rama story in Tamil folklore itself stands out as a great proof to manifest that the Tamil sources are predom.....

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