Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study

About 80 percent of the world's Muslim populations are non-native speakers of ‎Arabic language. ‎Since ‎it ‎is ‎‎obligatory for all Muslims to recite the Qur'an in ‎Arabic ‎during regular prayers, ‎an ‎‎extraordinary ‎‎social phenomenon has taken ‎place ‎in some parts of the ‎Muslim ‎world...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Matin Saad, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Rahman, Muhammad Abdur
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spelling my.iium.irep.252902013-06-18T04:05:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25290/ Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study Abdullah, Matin Saad Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan Rahman, Muhammad Abdur QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science QA76 Computer software About 80 percent of the world's Muslim populations are non-native speakers of ‎Arabic language. ‎Since ‎it ‎is ‎‎obligatory for all Muslims to recite the Qur'an in ‎Arabic ‎during regular prayers, ‎an ‎‎extraordinary ‎‎social phenomenon has taken ‎place ‎in some parts of the ‎Muslim ‎world: in schools, ‎children are only taught the ‎complex phonetic rules of the ‎Arabic language ‎in ‎the ‎context of the ‎Qur'an. This has ‎given rise to a demographic segment of adult learners who are interested in a ‎‎Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) curriculum that would help them learn ‎a ‎closed set of ‎‎syntactic rules ‎and ‎‎vocabularies in the ‎context ‎of the Qur'an, so that ‎they can recall an idiomatic ‎translation in their native language while they recite or ‎listen to the Qur'an. Little research work ‎exists on the task modeling ‎and user ‎modeling for this purpose. This ‎research work explores the ‎possibilities of ‎using ‎user stereotypes in the creation of ‎task models to be used in development of a ‎‎comprehensive Computer ‎Assisted Language Learning (CALL) module. In this paper, ‎firstly‎, ‎the ‎design and initial ‎‎prototype of a ubiquitous web based ‎‎language learning ‎software is presented and ‎‎some ‎results of the user modeling are ‏shared‎. ‎Secondly‎, ‎changes made to the initial implementation based on the user ‎modeling are presented. And finally, merits and drawbacks of the new implementation ‎are shared.‎‏ 2012 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25290/1/paper_346.pdf Abdullah, Matin Saad and Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan and Rahman, Muhammad Abdur (2012) Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study. In: World Conference on Islamic Thought 2012 (WCIT 2012), 11-12 September 2012, Ipoh, Perak. (In Press) http://www.wcit2012.my/
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Abdullah, Matin Saad
Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan
Rahman, Muhammad Abdur
Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
description About 80 percent of the world's Muslim populations are non-native speakers of ‎Arabic language. ‎Since ‎it ‎is ‎‎obligatory for all Muslims to recite the Qur'an in ‎Arabic ‎during regular prayers, ‎an ‎‎extraordinary ‎‎social phenomenon has taken ‎place ‎in some parts of the ‎Muslim ‎world: in schools, ‎children are only taught the ‎complex phonetic rules of the ‎Arabic language ‎in ‎the ‎context of the ‎Qur'an. This has ‎given rise to a demographic segment of adult learners who are interested in a ‎‎Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) curriculum that would help them learn ‎a ‎closed set of ‎‎syntactic rules ‎and ‎‎vocabularies in the ‎context ‎of the Qur'an, so that ‎they can recall an idiomatic ‎translation in their native language while they recite or ‎listen to the Qur'an. Little research work ‎exists on the task modeling ‎and user ‎modeling for this purpose. This ‎research work explores the ‎possibilities of ‎using ‎user stereotypes in the creation of ‎task models to be used in development of a ‎‎comprehensive Computer ‎Assisted Language Learning (CALL) module. In this paper, ‎firstly‎, ‎the ‎design and initial ‎‎prototype of a ubiquitous web based ‎‎language learning ‎software is presented and ‎‎some ‎results of the user modeling are ‏shared‎. ‎Secondly‎, ‎changes made to the initial implementation based on the user ‎modeling are presented. And finally, merits and drawbacks of the new implementation ‎are shared.‎‏
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author Abdullah, Matin Saad
Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan
Rahman, Muhammad Abdur
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Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan
Rahman, Muhammad Abdur
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title Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
title_short Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
title_full Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
title_fullStr Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
title_full_unstemmed Using the web for critical learning of al-Qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
title_sort using the web for critical learning of al-qur’an’s ‎language: an ‎‎ exploratory case study
publishDate 2012
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