The Influence of Students’ Attitudes on their Perceptions of Learning Jawi Script in Secondary School

Anuar Sopian and Nur Asyikeen Kamarudin
Additional contact information
Anuar Sopian: Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Melaka Branch, Malaysia
Nur Asyikeen Kamarudin: Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Melaka Branch, Malaysia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 4, 3934-3942

Abstract: Jawi Script holds a special status and was not only used in the Malay Peninsula in the past, but also widely spread throughout the Nusantara region. It played an important role as a medium of communication between the people and the Malay rulers in the olden days, particularly in the writing of official letters, the compilation of legal manuscripts, and various administrative documents. However, its role has since declined and is increasingly being forgotten. This decline has also significantly affected the ability and appreciation of Muslims to read the Holy Quran. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the influence of students’ attitudes on their perceptions of learning Jawi script. The participants of this study were among 113 Form Five students at SMK Putrajaya Presint 8 (1), Putrajaya, Malaysia. This is a quantitative study that employs questionnaires as the main method for collecting primary data. The findings show that the respondents have little interest in using Jawi script in their daily lives, which proves that Jawi is increasingly being marginalized. This is evident as respondents do not spend much time revising Jawi lessons and show little interest in purchasing reading materials written in Jawi. Nevertheless, despite the lack of enthusiasm towards the Jawi script, the majority of respondents acknowledged that learning Jawi has helped them improve their Quranic reading fluency.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ ... ssue-4/3934-3942.pdf (application/pdf)
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/arti ... in-secondary-school/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-4:p:3934-3942

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science is currently edited by Dr. Nidhi Malhan

More articles in International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science from International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Pawan Verma ().