The problem of students in reading the Quran: A reflective-critical treatment through action research

Abstract

To improve the skill in reading the Quran correctly, students need to be given skills in learning to read the Quran quickly and effectively so that they can know the Arabic alphabet well, pronounce it correctly, understand the elocution of reading, and understand its meaning well. The action research report presented in this journal article exemplifies the collaborative teamwork involved in making the reflective-critical steps to improve the students' skill from their initial state of being unable to read the Quran smoothly to being able to master its elocution. The subjects of the research were 126 second semester students of Nursing Study Program. The results of the actions showed an improvement in students' skill to read the Quran with a students' skill change rate that reached 90.20%, and with the success rate of students switching from the non-fluent category to the fluent category of reading the Quran that reached 65.08%.