Track: Case Studies

Abstract

Attitude is one of the crucial elements that influence the thoughts and actions of a student. The influence of attitude causes a person to think, act, make perceptions and feelings in the face of an object, idea, situation and value. Studies on student attitudes are significant because positive or negative attitudes often influence student achievement. Thus, this study aims to identify Arabic language students' attitudes and achievements in Malaysian public universities. For that purpose, three domains of attitude variables will be the main focus of this study, namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains. This study is in the form of a survey involving Malaysian public university students. The study respondents consisted of 494 Arabic language students from 1,883 in eight Malaysian public universities offering Arabic bachelor's program and Arabic language education. This study is designed using quantitative research. We use three sub-constructs, namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor. A total of 5 items measure each sub construct. This study also conducts exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and validation factor analysis (CFA). The data analyzed by assisting the statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS-23) software. This study's findings are that students' positive attitude makes students always cooperate in each task and share information. In conclusion, the student's attitude and ideas on language learning can ultimately improve student achievement.

Keywords: Attitude, student achievement, Arabic, Malaysian public university