i-Mumaarasah – gamified Arabic topical practices

Memorizing vocabulary is tedious for learners as a lot of practices are provided. The conventional practice in teaching Arabic cannot be relied on, especially to the learners of the current generation who have been exposed to the technology. The challenges emerge in the teaching of Arabic are lack of supporting activities, lack of exercises and lack of using technology-oriented learning materials. Therefore, the instructors may have difficulties to provide sufficient exercises through a suitable platform in order to ensure learner engagement and at the same time achieve course learning outcomes. Language requires practice. Therefore, to master any languages including the Arabic language, learners should practice it. One of the ways is through doing exercises. Therefore, iMumaarasah – Gamified Arabic Topical Practices has been designed on a digital online platform using Wordwall for providing exercises. It has been designed covering every topic of the TAC101 (Foundation Arabic Level 1) course offered at Universiti Teknologi MARA. The exercises use only three of the templates provided on Wordwall which are quiz, gameshow quiz and maze chase. This advance approach can be applied in face-to-face and online classes.