THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT ON STUDENTS’ ARABIC VOCABULARY PROFICIENCY

Abstract

Environmental factors can increase students’ achievement in understanding learning content and can increase the level of vocabulary mastery. This study aims to identify the influence of the Arabic language environment on the proficiency level of Arabic vocabulary among students from the Selangor State Secondary Religious School (SAM). This study involved 23 SAMs in Selangor and 335 people from a population of 2,653 students. Inferential analysis was used to analyse the data involving Pearson Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression tests. The results show that the dimensions of the Arabic environment (dimension of student cohesion, student involvement and task-oriented student attitude) significantly contribute to students' Arabic vocabulary proficiency. The contribution accounts for 31.0% of the variance to the students' proficiency of Arabic vocabulary, of which student cohesion is the largest contributor (8.57%). This study shows that the formation of the learning environment space needs to be strengthened through active interaction among students and improving teacher support so that the stability of the language learning environment space is formed.