The Use of Arabic Loanwords in Teaching Writing Skills for Hausa Learners of Arabic

(Nasiru Mainasara, Abdulhalim Mohammad, Abdulrauf bn Hassan and Wan Muhammad Bn Wan Sulong)

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Abstract

The educational curriculum requires improvement. As such, it is essential for educational designers to enhance it to address the challenges faced by the second language learners, in the hope of creating more effective teaching and learning environment. One of the modern techniques employed to improve the educational curriculum is the technique of using loanwords of Arabic for the teaching of second language. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of utilizing   Arabic loanwords in the Hausa language to simplify the teaching of writing skill in Arabic as well as to collect feedback from student. To achieve this, the research was conducted with student from Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic Sokoto. The results showed that the effectiveness of loanwords in the teaching was at a high level of significance. Hence, the study recommends employing the Arabic loanwords in teaching Arabic to the Hausa learners. It also recommends enhancing educational curriculum to include the Arabic loanwords, as well as training Arabic teachers on Strategies to employ the loanwords when teaching and learning.

KEYWORDS
Linguistic borrowing, Arabic language, Hausa language, teaching writing, words employing, student opinion

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