Factors Influencing Oral Expression among Arabic Language Students of Nigerian Colleges of Education

Authors

  • Muhammad Usman Niger State College of Education
  • Abd Rauf Hassan Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Mohd Azidan Abdul Jabar Universiti Putra Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i3.1363

Keywords:

Poor Oral Expression, Influencing Factors, Nigerian Colleges of Education

Abstract

The study aims at identifying factors responsible for poor oral expression among students of Arabic language from the teachers’ perspectives in Colleges of Education in Abuja and Niger State, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative method for data collection and analysis, hence, a questionnaire which consists of (26) items distributed in five sections was developed to achieve the research objectives. The results revealed that the teachers’ grading of the factors responsible for the poor oral expression was very high, and the factors related to the learner’s attitude towards study got the teachers’ highest grading (M=4.60), while the factors related to syllabus earned teachers’ lowest grades (M=3.83). The results also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level (α=0.05) for the same factors according to teaching experience.

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Author Biographies

Muhammad Usman, Niger State College of Education

Department of Foreign Languages, Universiti Putra Malaysia, DarulIhsan, Selangor, Malaysia/ Department of Arabic, Niger State College of Education, Minna, Nigeria.

Abd Rauf Hassan, Universiti Putra Malaysia

2Department of Foreign Languages, Universiti Putra Malaysia, DarulIhsan, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Azidan Abdul Jabar, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Department of Foreign Languages, Universiti Putra Malaysia, DarulIhsan, Selangor, Malaysia

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Published

2022-06-13

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Usman, M. ., Hassan, A. R. ., & Azidan Abdul Jabar, M. . (2022). Factors Influencing Oral Expression among Arabic Language Students of Nigerian Colleges of Education. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 49(3), 384–397. https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i3.1363

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