Skimming technique to enhance students’ comprehension of Arabic texts in the test of Arabic as a foreign language

Nurhadi, Nurhadi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-3474 and Abidin, Munirul (2025) Skimming technique to enhance students’ comprehension of Arabic texts in the test of Arabic as a foreign language. Perspektivy Nauki i Obrazovania, 2025 (5). pp. 389-400. ISSN 23072334

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Abstract

Problems and Aim of the Study.
Proficiency in Arabic, especially in reading comprehension, continues to be a major obstacle for students in Islamic universities. Many students have trouble understanding Arabic texts effectively, which has a detrimental effect on how well they perform on the Test of Arabic as a Foreign Language (TOAFL). The intricacy of Arabic sentence structures and the large vocabulary needed for understanding are two of the main obstacles. Ineffective reading strategies and rote memorization are frequently the focus of traditional teaching methods, which results in poor comprehension and slow reading speeds. Because of this, students struggle to extract important information from texts in the short amount of time allotted for language proficiency tests. This study intends to investigate how well the skimming method works to enhance students' reading comprehension of Arabic texts, especially in light of TOAFL preparation.

Approach.
Two groups, Class A and Class B, from UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang's Special Program for Arabic Language Lectures participated in this study, which used a quasi-experimental design. The participants were 40 students who were enrolled in the program for the second semester. Three successive phases were used to carry out the study: the pretest, the intervention, and the posttest. Reading comprehension assessments were given both before and after the intervention in order to collect data. SPSS version 20 was used to analyze the gathered data. Mean comparison methods, such as the independent sample t-test and the paired sample t-test, were used to determine whether the differences were statistically significant.

Results.
The findings showed that the skimming method had a statistically significant effect on students' ability to understand Arabic texts. This was demonstrated by the experimental group's significant improvement in posttest scores over pretest scores, with a p-value of 0.02, below the significance level of 0.05. Additionally, a comparison of the experimental and control groups' posttest results using the independent sample t-test revealed a significant difference (p-value of 0.000), confirming the intervention's efficacy.

Implications for Practice.
The results demonstrate how effective skimming strategies are as a teaching tool for improving university students' Arabic reading comprehension. Therefore, it is advised that higher education instructors incorporate these tactics into their teaching methods. Using skimming strategies helps students process information more quickly and improves their performance on standardized tests like the Test of Arabic as a Foreign Language (TOAFL).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Arabic language; Reading Comprehension; scanning, Skimming; Arabic text; TOAFL
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130214 Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (Ta'lim al-'Arabiyah Lighairi al-Nathiqin Biha) Curriculum and Pedagogy > 13021408 Taqwim al-Ta'lim (Teaching Evaluation)
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of Arabic Language Education
Depositing User:	munirul abidin
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2025 13:48

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