International Journal of

Arts , Humanities & Social Science

ISSN 2693-2547 (Print) , ISSN 2693-2555 (Online)
DOI: 10.56734/ijahss
Discovering The Effectiveness of The Evaluation System for Teaching Communicative Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA) Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

This research tends to identify the effectiveness of the evaluation system for teaching communicative Arabic language at the Faculty of Arabic Language Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA) Brunei Darussalam. The researchers distributed the questionnaire to the first-year students from the Faculty  of Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University who offered the subject of  communicative Arabic language in the year 2024, and their number was 14 students (as the number of all first-year students from the Faculty  of Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University who offered the course Communicative Arabic language in 2024 was 21 students, and this sample represents 66% of all students). After obtaining the data needed for this research, it was therefore analyzed quantitatively and evaluatively to obtain the expected results. This research has concluded that the positive aspects of evaluating tests for teaching communicative Arabic at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University are evident in their proportionality with the objectives of the curriculum at a rate of (88.6%), and that it measures students’ proficiency in oral communication at a rate of (78.6%). Likewise, the students’ proficiency in written communication at a rate of (87.1%), and that the distribution of grades for both oral and written communication skills is at a balanced rate of (82.9%), and that the examination system is related to the lessons and exercises provided to students in the semester, at a rate of (91.4%), and that the test results reflect the true linguistic level of students, with a percentage of (81.4%), and that the test results are true, with a percentage of (87.1%), and that the test results are comprehensive, with a percentage of (80%), and that The testing system contains the theoretical aspect, with a percentage of (72.9%), and the testing system contains the 
applied aspect with a percentage of (77.1%).

As for the negative aspect, it shows in the lack of proportionality of the examination system for teaching communicative Arabic at Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University with the objectives of the curriculum at a rate of (11.4%), and that it does not measure students’ proficiency in oral communication at a rate of (21.4%), and that it does not measure  students in written communication at a rate of (12.9%), and that it is not balanced in the distribution of grades for both oral and written communication skills at a rate of (17.1%), and that it is not proportional to the lessons and exercises provided to students in the semester at a rate of (8.6%), and that it does not reflect the true linguistic level of the students by (18.6%), and that the results are not truthful by (12.9%), and that the results are not comprehensive by (20%), and that it does not contain any theoretical aspect with a rate of (27.1%), and it does not contain the practical aspect, with a rate of (22.9%).