PRACTISE OF SELF REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES IN ARABIC SPEAKING SKILL: A STUDY ON MALAY STUDENTS AT CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES (CFS), IIUM

Foreign language speaking skill is often associated with the use of variety and effective learning strategies. One of the strategies is Self-regulated learning strategies. Based on the result of Speaking Test in APT Skills Test, majority of students failed to achieve band 6 for Arabic Speaking Test. Such performance may occur due to the lack of practicing the self-regulated learning strategies in Arabic speaking skill learning strategies. Therefore, this research surveyed the practice and knowledge of Self-regulated learning strategies in Arabic Speaking Skill among Malay students at the Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS) IIUM. This research involved 163 respondents taking B.A.R. and I.R.K. courses, using the Cluster Sampling Method. A Questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. The data were analyzed through descriptive analysis using median, frequencies, percent and standard deviation. The findings showed that the most practiced strategies was religious strategies (Metaphysics), while the lowest score was strategies that involves actively communication in Arabic. In addition to that, the study also found that more than 50% of the students were not aware of self-regulated learning strategies in Arabic speaking skill.