Arabic Speaking Skill Learning Using the Experiential Learning Theory-Based Learning Model and Its Role in Learning Model Development | taʿlīm mahārat al-kalām ʿalā ḍaw’ naẓariyyat al-taʿallum al-tajrībī wa-tawẓīfuhā fī iʿdād namūdhaj taʿlīmihā

Abstract

The objectives of this study encompass identifying activities that enhance speaking skills, providing a learning model grounded in experiential learning theory, and assessing its effectiveness. At the Centre for Foreign Language Development, speaking skill training involves activities like debating, delivering speeches, storytelling, discussing, writing, and translating, while at Darullughah Wadda’wah Halaqoh Hadromiyah, activities include delivering speeches, memorizing the Al-Qur’an and matan, discussing, and watching films. The experiential learning-based model emphasizes direct engagement through listening, seeing, and practicing, thereby reducing errors in Arabic learning, and comprises guidelines, a syllabus, lesson plans, and a student handbook. Evaluation through paired sample t-tests in SPSS version 21 indicates a significant improvement in speaking skill learning, with pretest scores averaging 84.18 and posttest scores averaging 87.50, yielding an improvement interval of 3.31. Thus, the developed learning model demonstrates notable efficacy in enhancing speaking skills.

Keywords

• learning model development
• arabic speaking skill, experiential learning theory