Issues in Language Studies (Vol. 8 No. 1 – 2019) Volume 8 Number 1(2019) Faculty of Language and Communication Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. www.ils.unimas.my www.cls.unimas.my Issues in Language Studies (Vol. 8 No. 1 – 2019) Editorial Committee Chief Editor Associate Professor Dr Su-Hie Ting, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Managing Editor Kee-Man Chuah, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Editorial Board Dr Hamidah Abdul Wahab, Universiti Malaysia Members Sarawak Dr Florence G. 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Alternatively, you can follow the guidelines given at www.ils.unimas.my Issues in Language Studies (Vol. 8 No. 1 – 2019) Contents Arabic for Specific Purposes in Malaysia: A Literature Review 1 Mohammad Taufiq ABDUL GHANI Wan Ab Aziz WAN DAUD Saipolbarin RAMLI English Language Learning Strategies used by Science Students 15 Nur AFNI Usman KASIM Asnawi MUSLEM ESL Learners’ Language Errors in a Reflective Writing Assessment 31 Nor Syamimi Iliani CHE HASSAN Nor Hairunnisa MOHAMMAD NOR Rohazlyn ROSLY Wan Nuur Fazliza WAN ZAKARIA Investigating the Relationship between Metalinguistic Knowledge 44 and L2 Writing among Internediate-level Adult Turkish EFL Learners Fatma AYDIN Kata Kerja dan Hubungan Leksikal dalam Iklan Produk Kecantikan 66 Indirawati ZAHID Pembinaan Modul Pembelajaran ‘Adad dan Ma‘dūd Berpandukan 86 Ayat Al-Quran Mohamad HUSSIN Abdul Hadi MAROSADEE Prinsip dan Strategi Kesantunan Penulisan dalam Artikel Ruangan 105 Agenda Bahasa Sara BEDEN Similar Sounding Words Writing Strategy by Learners of Mandarin as 130 a Foreign Language Lay-Hoon ANG Hazlina ABDUL HALIM Issues in Language Studies (Vol. 8 No. 1 – 2019) The Effect of Learning Materials on Students’ Language Gain 145 Bakil ALWALSS Majid GHARAWI Ujaran Saling Memahami dalam Filem Nordin Ahmad 162 Aminnudin SAIMON Zaitul Azma Zainon HAMZAH Issues in Language Studies (Vol 8 No 1, 2019) ARABIC FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES IN MALAYSIA: A LITERATURE REVIEW Mohammad Taufiq ABDUL GHANI*1 Wan Ab Aziz WAN DAUD2 Saipolbarin RAMLI3 1,2Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris 3Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Pembangunan Insaniah, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Manuscript received 11 February 2019 Manuscript accepted 14 May 2019 *Corresponding author https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.1293.2019 ABSTRACT Many universities have introduced Arabic language for specific purpose courses in order to help learners master the terminologies and language patterns used in specific fields. This paper reviews the rising popularity of learning Arabic for specific purposes among Malaysian students in view of more contemporary needs than decades ago when the Arabic language is learnt mainly for religious purposes. The qualitative approach has been adopted in conducting this literature review. This review provides input to help create a module for teaching Arabic for specific purposes. This study has a significant contribution to the field of Arabic teaching in Malaysia as it informs practitioners and researchers on how to improve the effectiveness of Arabic for specific purpose courses to help students gain academic and career advantages in the long run. Keywords: Arabic language; Arabic for specific purposes Introduction The growth of English as the world’s lingua franca has made English courses more popular worldwide. Consequently, English for specific purposes (ESP) courses have been introduced in the tertiary level to cater for the need of using English language skills in specific fields such as business and aviation. Apart from English, Arabic has become one of the most popular emerging foreign language, and as a result, there is an increasing number of institutions which offer Arabic for specific purposes (ASP). Arabic for Specific Purposes in Malaysia: A Literature Review 1 Issues in Language Studies (Vol 8 No 1, 2019) ASP has emerged over the last few years, particularly in countries like Malaysia where Arabic is gaining popularity. ASP has been introduced across different fields, including Arabic for Islamic jurisprudence purposes (Daud, 1998), Arabic for Islamic theology purposes (Azad, 1998), Arabic for pilgrimage purposes (Saleh, 2005), Arabic for Islamic law purposes (Kadir, 2005), Arabic for economics purposes (Hashim, 2009), Arabic for nursing purposes (Zainudin, 2010), Arabic for science purposes (Ismail, 2012), Arabic for agro-technology purposes (Daud W. A., 2016), Arabic for tourism purpose (Adam, 2013; Ghani, 2016), and others. In line with this popularity, Chik (1998) mentioned that a number of researchers have recognised the importance of Arabic language and taken steps to conduct relevant studies on the teaching of Arabic for specific purpose (Chik, 1998) in schools and in universities. The Definition of Arabic for Specific Purposes According to Hutchinson and Waters (1987), language for specific purposes can be conceptualised as