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The Effectiveness of Quranic Reading Teaching and Learning Methods On Private University Students in Malaysia
The Effectiveness of Quranic Reading Teaching and Learning Methods On Private University Students in Malaysia
Abstract
Quranic Reading is a compulsory assessment for Islamic Studies subject offered to Diploma and
Undergraduate students at Management and Sciences University (MSU). This study was conducted to
identify the effectiveness of Quranic Reading in teaching and learning (T&L) in this private university. This
study was a quantitative study involving 124 students from seven programs as a sample for the study.
Questionnaires were distributed at the end of the teaching and learning session for students to assess the
effectiveness of this subject. Other than that, observation methods were also used throughout this study
starting from February 2017 until July 2019. The results show that teaching and learning methods that had
been conducted for Quranic Reading are at a satisfactory level. Besides that, it is proven that these T&L
methods can help students to learn better in their al-Qur'an and tajweed rules.
Keyword:
Effectiveness, Quranic reading, Private university students
This verse explained the relation of Allah S.W.T. order to Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. to read al-
Qur'an with "measured" which is with tajweed.
The continuous learning of al-Qur'an is able to educate Muslims morals towards the excellent.
Therefore, this private university is taking the approach to provide the compulsory assessment which is
Quranic Reading as a basic medium for Muslim students to improve and deepen al-Qur'an learning. Quranic
Reading is one of the student assignments for those who are taking Islamic Studies subject that been offered
to undergraduate and diploma students. Quranic Reading has two levels namely Quranic reading I (Basic)
and Quranic Reading II (Tajweed).
Previous Studies
Based on the past research that can be collected from articles and books, there are two themes of
review articles that can be compiled which are:
Research Methodology
This study was conducted in a quantitative method. Quantitative studies are studies that use field-
based data. Quantitative data can be measured through the measurement process and requires
measurement tools such as questionnaires and SPSS. The methodologies used in this study are:
Research Sample
This study used purposive sampling by selecting a particular subject group to be the respondents.
Therefore, the findings of the study will represent only by the subject group studied. Thus, the study sample
consisted of private university students that taking the subject of Islamic Studies diploma and degree from
February 2017 to July 2019.
Instrument of Research
The instrument of this study is using the questionnaire as a research instrument when conducting
the study. The questions provided are based on a set of questions by Mohd Aderi and Rohani entitled
(2009); Students’ Perception Toward Teaching Tilawah al-Quran, Malaysia Education Journal 34(1). The
research instrument is divided into four sections, namely A, B, C and D. The question
Observation
Participants are part of the observational study method. Observation is required to ensure that the
study that been performed is accurate. The method of observation used is continuous observation. This
method involves direct observation and involves communication between humans. Observation allows you
to see, feel and understand the event and social events that happen. Observations will be made on the
effectiveness of Quranic Reading on MSU students during and after the tutorial session. This observation
Respondent Background
Pie chart 1 shows that there are seven programs have been taught in the Quranic Reading class at
MSU. Such as Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies (FBMP), School of Education and
Sciences Social (SESS), Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (FHLS), School of Hospitality and Creative Arts
(SCHA), Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE), International Medical School (IMS) dan
School of Pharmacy (SPH). The figure shows that 34.1% or 42 respondents from SCHA, 28.5% or 35
respondents from FISE, 22.8% or 28 respondents from FBMP, 10.6% or 13 respondents from SESS and
4.1% or 5 respondents from FHLS.
Pie chart 2 shows the gender of respondents for female and male students with 72 female
respondents (58.1%) and 51 male respondents (41.9%).
Pie chart 3 shows the age category of the students attending the Quranic Reading class. There is
three age category which are 18 to 20 years old, 21 to 23 years old and 24 to 26 years old. The category of
students ages 18 to 20 years old is 83 respondents. The category of 21 to 23 years old is 39 respondents
and the age category of 24 to 26 years old is one. Figure 3 shows that respondents from the age category of
18 to 20 years old have the highest number of students that took the Quranic Reading assessment.
The student school background based on graph 1 shows that there are 111 respondents are from
the secondary high school, 4 respondents from Islamic secondary high school and others, one respondent
from tahfiz school and international school.
A total of 61 respondents are strongly agreed, 40 respondents agree and 21 respondents are
neutral that the lecturer relates al-Qur'an teaching with the recitation in the prayer. The objective of
Quranic Reading is to help the student in correcting their recital. This included the al-Qur'an recital and
recitation in the prayer. This approach will help the student in their spiritual aspect other than academic
learning.
Besides that, lecturers that relate the al-Qur'an learning with tajweed knowledge and rules in every
lesson, a total of 65 respondents are strongly agreed, 41 respondents agree and 18 respondents are neutral.
The average respondents strongly agree with this method because it will deepen the al-Qur'an knowledge
is a must to every Muslim with leaning the tajweed rules as guidance to read the al-Qur'an. Therefore, the
knowledge of tajweed rules is very important to ensure the smooth process of recitation.
Table 3 shows a total of 33 respondents are strongly agree, 44 respondents agree, 38 respondents
are neutral, 8 respondents disagree and one respondent is strongly disagreed that the lecturer using the
latest teaching aid in the class. The average respondents agree that the lecturer using the latest teaching
aid. This shows that as the lecturer in Quranic Reading is only focusing on al-Qur'an and al-Hira's reference
book. Therefore, the lecturer needs to use the technologies as a teaching aid so that students are not easily
bored by the traditional teaching lesson. Besides that, the completed teaching slides with eye-catching
activities will help to attract more students to the teaching lesson in the class.
Besides that, a total of 33 respondents are strongly agreed, 40 respondents agree, 45 respondents
are neutral, 5 respondents disagree and one respondent is strongly disagreed that the usage of an
interesting teaching aid in the class by the lecturer. The average respondents are neutral about the usage
of an interesting teaching aid by the lecturer. This shows that the lecturer is still not used any teaching aid
maximumly in teaching and learning. The lecturer needs to do some improvements in the aspect of teaching
aid during teaching and learning. The teaching method also needs to be updated with technologies and the
21st-century method of learning. By referring to 21st-century learning, lecturers can use various effective
methods in teaching Quranic Reading.
For the various recourses of teaching aid, a total of 33 respondents are strongly agreed, 47
respondents agree, 35 respondents are neutral, 8 respondents disagree and one respondent strongly
disagrees with that the lecturer using of teaching aid by the lecturer in each lesson. The average
respondents agree and show that the lecturer diversifies the usage of teaching aid in each teaching lesson.
This will attract students’ interest in learning Quranic Reading.
Creativity in teaching aid shows that a total of 32 respondents are strongly agreed, 47 respondents
agree, 33 respondents are neutral and 12 respondents disagree that the lecturer provides the tajweed mind
map as a teaching aid. The average respondents agree that the method of mind map has been used in
explaining the tajweed rules. This is because the mind map will help to organize the explanation of the
tajweed rules and lecturers will provide examples from al-Qur'an verses.
A total of 46 respondents are strongly agreed, 47 respondents agree, 28 respondents are neutral,
2 respondents disagree and one respondent is strongly disagreed that the lecturer used teaching aid to help
the student to improve the learning process. The average respondents agree to the fact that lecturers used
teaching aid during the teaching session. The voice-based teaching aid such as videos, written-based
teaching aid such as books and give examples from al-Qur'an can help students to master the pronunciation
and tajweed rules easily.
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Male
Female
years old
years old
years old
Tahfiz
School
Others
Islamic
Secondary
High School
No Teaching method 5 4 3 2 1
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
agree disagree
1. The subject of 72 46 6 0 0
teaching will be 58.1% 37.1% 4.8% 0% 0%
introduced each
time.
2. Al-Quran verses 82 29 11 1 0
recital by students. 66.7% 23.6% 8.9% 0.8% 0%
3. Do activities that 50 45 23 5 0
capture students’ 40.7% 36.6% 18.7% 4.1% 0%
attention.
No Teaching and 5 4 3 2 1
learning methods Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
agree disagree
3. Corrected the 91 27 6 0 0
student’s recital every 73.4% 21.8% 4.8% 0% 0%
time they are wrong.
No Teaching methods 5 4 3 2 1
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
agree disagree
2. Using an interesting 33 40 45 5 1
teaching aid for the 26.6% 32.3% 36.3% 4% 0.8%
teaching session.
3. Use a variety of 33 47 35 8 1
teaching aid in every 26.6% 37.9% 28.2% 6.5% 0.8%
teaching session.