The Readiness of KAFA Arabic Teachers Towards Utilizing Augmented Reality in Teaching Arabic Vocabularies

• Published in: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Main Author: Yusof M.A.M.; Rahman A.A.; Ismail N.; Ghani M.T.A.
• Format: Book chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85200478339&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-031-50939-1_65&partnerID=40&md5=e76fa36f6c4d33d7949838f6db32a74d

The utilization of augmented reality as a multimedia platform in language learning, especially Arabic language has become a very positive trend in this digital era. The potentials and advantages of this platform has created an enormous impact mainly on students’ vocabulary learning. However, there is scarcity of studies on the overall readiness aspect in terms of skills, knowledge and attitudes among teachers towards utilizing multimedia platforms in teaching and learning activities. Therefore, this quantitative study aims at identifying the readiness of 285 KAFA Arabic teachers towards the utilization of augmented reality in teaching Arabic vocabulary. The results show that the readiness aspect of attitude is the highest among KAFA Arabic teachers, while knowledge and skills towards utilizing augmented reality in teaching Arabic vocabulary are still at the moderate level. Therefore, this study suggests that those KAFA Arabic teachers need a proper training of exposing and utilizing augmented reality platforms to be used in their current teaching and learning process. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.