The Difficulties of Al-Adab Wa Al-Nusus Al-Arabiyyah Subject Among STAM Students Of Ma’had Amir Indera Petra

Al-Adab wa Al-Nusus is one of the subjects for Malaysian Higher Islamic Religious Certificate (Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia – STAM) and it is dealing with Arabic history and literary texts. The subject allows students to get to know the beauty of Arabic Language, especially the poems which encourage students’ interest in Arabic literature. This research aims to identify the difficulties faced by the students when learning Al-Adab wa Al-Nusus subject as well as to determine the strategies used by the students in facing those difficulties. This research adopted the qualitative method by using semi-structured interviews for data collection. The participants were fifty students whom registered the Malaysian Higher Islamic Religious Certificate (STAM) from Maahad Amir Indra Petra. This research has found five problems in learning Al-Adab wa Al-Nusus Subject which are: the difficulties in understanding the content of the subject, and the format of examination, the numerous information of the content, the boring teaching method, the lack of desire of students about the subject. Among the strategies being used in facing those problems are consulting the teachers frequently, focusing on the content of the lesson while in the classroom, using song in memorizing the poetry, understanding the content before memorization, making a discussion with friends, and taking additional notes, so that the students could have a better understanding in learning Al-Adab wa Al-Nusus Subject.