Using an edutainment approach of a Snake and Ladder game for teaching Jawi script

Due to rapid socio-economic changes in Malaysia, the traditional way of writing the Malay Language using Arabic characters is fading. Studies have shown that this representation, called Jawi is becoming extinct due to its difficulty in learning and teaching to the younger students. The paper proposed a multimedia edutainment game based on traditional Snake and Ladder game to teach the Jawi scripts. The aim is to provide an interactive and an engaging way to teach Jawi, in a manner it can evoke interest to primary school students. The game is tested with Year One students and their Jawi language teachers in one of the Malaysian Primary school. The result shows that student´s interest level in learning Jawi has increased using the proposed edutainment approach.