The research is a part of a paper entitled : The teaching of Arabic Script in Malaysian Education System, which is intended to be presented during the coming Sub Regional Symposium on the Incorporation of the Languages of Asian Muslim Peoples into the Standardised Quranic Script Project (SQSP) in Kuala Lumpur. The research is aimed at knowing the i

This study aims to investigate if the use of MyArabic (using Moodle platform) can help develop students’ writing skills. Students’ perceptions of learning Arabic writing through Moodle were also sought. The study was conducted at a public university in Malaysia on a group of 47 pre-university Arabic language students taking elementary Arabic la

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The role of teachers has evolved from merely being teacher-centered to one that is student centered and the skills required for a quality teacher are changing too. Assessing teachers’ effectiveness is not just examining students’ achievements or students’ perceptions of their teachers’ attributes but it includes a host of other contributing

One of the problems confronting humanity today is the violation of peoples’ right to equality and justice. Inequality and injustice appear to be the order of the day in many countries of the world. It is not limited to underdeveloped or developing nations. Developed nations also have their share. However, much talk on violation the right to equal

Use of mobile technology is becoming a necessary part of everyday life – and not just in the developed world. Exclusion – for any reason – is a serious disadvantage and one group who face exclusion is older people. This research looked into reasons why older people in a developed country (the UK) and a developing country (Malaysia) might be e

In Malaysia, the Government has been supportive in inculcating entrepreneurships skills at the higher learning institutions through policies such as training providers, funding, infrastructure and facilities to encourage students to start their own businesses (Mohd Zahari Ismail, 2006). Such support is seen as one of the effort to transform the cou

Biodegradation of palm oil mill effluents (POME) by three microorganisms namely Trichoderma viride, (Tv), Candida cylindricea (Cd) and Phaneaochaete chrysospium (Pc), were conducted in batch aerobic reactors. The autoclaved and un-autoclaved raw POME samples were agitated at 150rpm, incubated for 5days and the activities of the microorganisms were

Ethical norms are so everywhere that one might be tempted to consider them as simple rational. Most civilizations use laws to implement widely accepted moral standards and legal rules. It is important to know that ethics and law are not the same. An act may be lawful but immoral/unethical or unlawful but moral/ethical. There are a number of reasons

Kerajaan yang sering prihatin terhadap kebajikan rakyat mampu mengekalkan kedudukannya dalam jangka masa yang panjang. Kejatuhan kerajaan di negara-negara Arab dan Islam yang lain adalah akibat daripada sikap para pemerintah dan pentadbir negara tersebut yang kurang prihatin terhadap rakyat.ARKIB : 16/01/2012 Antara sokongan rakyat dan kekuatan ker