Arabic Dictionary use and Vocabulary Mastery Among Government-Assisted Religious Schools (SABK) Students

Dictionaries are indispensable for students who are acquiring Arabic as their primary learning instrument. Using dictionaries to help students in secondary school study is one of the most crucial learning tools. Furthermore, dictionaries function as reference resources to facilitate the retrieval of definitions or translations of significant terms in the process of language acquisition. The objective of this study is to identify the strategies employed in utilising Arabic dictionaries and measure the level of Arabic vocabulary proficiency among students at Government Assisted Religious Schools (SABK) in the Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. A survey design is implemented in this study. The sample comprises 148 undergraduates who serve as respondents. The research instruments comprise a vocabulary knowledge test and a questionnaire. The descriptive analysis methods were used to examine the mean values and standard deviations of the data that was collected. The results show that students' knowledge of vocabulary is inadequate. Due to the findings of the study, the teachers and the Ministry of Education Malaysia are capable of devising pedagogical strategies that motivate students to utilise dictionaries.