Using Diacritics in the Arabic Script of Malay to Scaffold Arab Postgraduate Students in Reading Malay Words

• Main Authors: Salehuddin, Khazriyati, Winskel, Heather
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2015
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30706/1/MJLI%2012%2000%202015%2069-83.pdf; https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2015.12.4; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30706/; https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/mjli/article/view/mjli2015.12.4; https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2015.12.4
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Purpose - This study aims to investigate the use of diacritics in the Arabic script of Malay to facilitate Arab postgraduate students of UKM to read the Malay words accurately. It is hypothesised that the Arabic script could facilitate the reading of Malay words among the Arab students because of th...