The Role of the Cultural Background of Students of the Arabic Language Teaching Institute at the Islamic University of Medina in Learning the Arabic Language

Abstract

The research aims to investigate the role of the cultural background of students at the Arabic Language Teaching Institute at the Islamic University of Medina in learning the Arabic language. It targeted a sample of learners of Arabic as a second language at the Arabic Language Teaching Institute at the Islamic University of Medina. The sample involved 384 participants, and data was collected through a questionnaire. The results showed that achieving the role of the cultural background of the students of the Arabic Language Teaching Institute at the Islamic University of Medina in learning Arabic from their point of view scored a large degree with an arithmetic average of (3.96). The axis of the role of the Islamic religion in the students country was at the forefront of the cultural background axis that has a role in learning Arabic for the institute's students, with an arithmetic mean of (4.21). The results highlighted the presence of statistically significant differences in the role of the cultural background of the students of the Arabic Language Teaching Institute at the Islamic University of Medina in learning Arabic in general attributed to the continent, in favor of students from the continents of Africa and Asia, and also attributed to the academic grade, in favor of students who obtain the grades of "excellent" and "very good". Furthermore, the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the role of students' cultural background in learning the Arabic language from their point of view due to academic level.