Asalibuna
Vol. 8 No. 02 (2024): Volume 08, Nomor 02, Desember 2024

Transforming Student’s Arabic Writing Skills through Word Square Media: Examining its Effectiveness

Siti Soleha (Unknown)
Evi Muzaiyidah Bukhori (Unknown)
Mokhammad Miftakhul Huda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Apr 2025

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of Word Square media in improving students’ Arabic writing skills. Writing in Arabic requires structured, engaging, and student-centered learning strategies to enhance learners' outcomes. However, traditional methods often fail to stimulate students’ interest and competence in Arabic writing. This quantitative research employed a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design involving 22 eleventh-grade students. Data were collected through writing tests administered before and after the implementation of Word Square media. The objective was to measure the extent to which the media could enhance students’ writing performance. Descriptive statistics showed a substantial improvement in students’ average scores from 66.05 in the pretest to 81.77 in the posttest. There were also consistent increases in minimum, maximum, and standard deviation values. The Shapiro-Wilk test indicated normal data distribution with significance values of 0.584 (pretest) and 0.147 (posttest), both greater than 0.05. The paired sample t-test showed a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000, which is less than 0.05, indicating a statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest scores. The findings confirm that Word Square media is effective in enhancing students’ Arabic writing skills. The media enables students to engage in learning interactively, enjoyably, and collaboratively. Thus, Word Square can be considered a valuable instructional tool to be integrated into Arabic language learning to boost students’ writing performance.

Copyrights © 2024






Journal Info

Abbrev

asalibuna

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Asalibuna is a journal of linguistics and education on Arabic fields, published biannually: on June and December by Arabic Education Department, the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Kediri, Indonesia. This journal accepts research-based on papers from the fields of Arabic language teaching and ...