The aim of this study is to analyse the course content of the Arabic Language for Ibadah in the Centre of Languages and Pre-University Development at International Islamic University Malaysia, by describing the course content, analysing the opinions of students and teachers towards that course content from the perception analysis. The researcher implemented an analytical description method in this study by describing the course content of the Arabic Language for Ibadah in terms of its lessons and how it incorporates the topic with Quranic verses, hadiths of Prophets, adhkar, and duʿaʾ or supplications and analysed the students and teachers’ perceptions to find ways to improve the course content. The researcher has distributed the questionnaire to 174 male and female students and interviewed three teachers of the Arabic Language for Ibadah (LQAD 2003) for Semester 1 2022/2023 at the university, in order to analyse the course content from their views. The researcher adopted six content analysis criteria based on the content analysis list of Dr. Rushdi Tuʿaimah's book "Dalīl ʿAmal fī Iʿdad Al-Mawad Al-Taʿlimiyah li-baramij Taʿlim al-ʿArabiyah". Therefore, the researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of 45 questions that have adopted these six selected criteria which are: output, the four language skills, vocabulary, sentence structures, cultural content, and language exercises. The results revealed that the students have a positive perception on the course content in terms of language skills, vocabulary, grammatical structures, cultural content, and language exercises except for the output aspect. As for the teachers' perception, they also suggested a review of the output and sentence structures aspect. Lastly, the analysis of perceptions has identified several areas for improvement in the course content.

This study aims to measure the effectiveness of Ṭariqah Mu'addalah (Modified Method) in teaching Arabic syntax to students majoring in Arabic at the International Islamic University Malaysia. The research sought to identify statistically significant differences between the pre-test and post-test results for both the experimental and control groups; to identify differences between the two groups in the post-test results; and to explore students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of Ṭariqah Muʿaddalah in learning Arabic syntax. This study adopted an experimental approach by designing a control group with a pre- and post-test to assess the impact of the method and employed a quantitative approach for data analysis. The study sample consisted of first-and-second-year students majoring in Arabic Language and Literature in IIUM. Pre- and post-test were administered to both the experimental and control groups to assess Arabic syntax proficiency. A questionnaire was also used to gather students' opinions on the effectiveness of Ṭarīqah Muʿaddalah. The results indicated statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-test scores within each group, suggesting an improvement in performance. However, no statistically significant differences was found between the post-test results of the two groups, although some students of the experimental group achieved full marks and their average scores were higher than those of the control group. The findings from the questionnaire revealed a high level of acceptance of Ṭariqah Mu'addalah. This study concludes that Ṭariqah Muʿaddalah demonstrated notable effectiveness in improving students’ mastery of Arabic syntax, not only in terms of academic achievement, but also in the development of language skills and functional use.