Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab p-ISSN 2721-155X | e-ISSN 2721-5121 id/tatsqifiy Attitudes.
Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic Pharmaceutical Terminology among Female Pharmacy Students at Universitas Darussalam Gontor Siti Nikmatul Rochma.
Muthmainnah Choliq.
Halimah As SaAodiah Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
Fakultas Tarbiyah Universitas Darussalam Gontor.
Indonesia Volume 6 Nomor 2 Juli 2025: 81-91 DOI: 10.
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Article History Submission: 19-01-2025 Revised: 26-07-2025 Accepted: 28-07-2025 Published: 19-07-2025 Kata Kunci:
Sikap.
Persepsi.
Hambatan.
Terma Bahasa Arab Bidang Farmasi.
Keywords:
Attitude.
Perception.
Barrier.
Arabic Pharmaceutical Terms.
Korespondensi:
(Siti Nikmatul Rochm.
rochma@unida.
Abstrak: Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi sikap, persepsi, dan hambatan yang dihadapi mahasiswi farmasi di Universitas Darussalam Gontor dalam mempelajari dan menggunakan istilah farmasi berbahasa Arab.
Menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif, data dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner yang disebarkan kepada 32 mahasiswa.
Analisis data dilakukan dengan statistik deskriptif, seperti rata-rata, median, modus, dan deviasi standar.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar mahasiswa memiliki sikap positif terhadap pembelajaran istilah farmasi berbahasa Arab, menganggapnya bermanfaat untuk memahami teks akademik dan meningkatkan daya saing profesional.
Meski demikian, beberapa hambatan muncul, seperti kesulitan dalam menghafal dan menerjemahkan istilah antarbahasa.
Penelitian ini menyarankan perlunya dukungan tambahan dalam pembelajaran istilah farmasi berbahasa Arab.
Attitudes.
Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic Pharmaceutical Terminology among Female Pharmacy Students at Universitas Darussalam Gontor Abstract: This study investigates the attitudes, perceptions, and barriers faced by female pharmacy students at Universitas Darussalam Gontor in learning and using Arabic pharmaceutical terminology.
A descriptive quantitative research method was employed, utilizing a questionnaire distributed to 32 students.
Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation.
The results indicated that the students generally had positive attitudes toward learning and using Arabic pharmaceutical terminology, recognizing its contribution to enhancing understanding of academic texts and improving professional competitiveness in the field Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.
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However, some barriers were identified, such as difficulties in memorizing and translating terminology between languages.
The study recommends providing additional support in the area of learning Arabic terminology in pharmacy.
INTRODUCTION
Historically, the dichotomy of the education system in Indonesia began when the school system was introduced to Indonesia by Altonio Galvano, a Portuguese official in Maluku, and Ethical Politics implemented by the Dutch.
(Kaplan & Geraerts, 2.
This system was entirely different from the indigenous education system in Indonesia, which was nonformal and based in places of worship.
(Cahyono et al.
, 2.
This dichotomy was even validated by the operational separation between general schools and religious institutions such as madrasahs The peak of this separation occurred when the New Order government issued the Joint Decree (SKB) on March 24, 1975, (Latief et al.
, 2.
which stipulated the division of the management of general between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Amid this dualism in education in Indonesia.
Universitas Gontor (Unida Gonto.
brings the Islamization become its distinctive feature in the context of Islamic studies in Indonesia.
This contrasts with the theological approach often used in Islamic studies, which tends to overlook translating Islamic teachings as a foundation for the The establishment of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Universitas Darussalam Gontor is a concrete manifestation of the Islamization of knowledge, with its initial three study programs: Pharmacy.
Nutrition Science, and Occupational Health and Safety.
In addition to studying the specialized subjects of their respective programs, students at Universitas Darussalam Gontor are also Epistemology.
Islamic Islamic Worldview.
Civilization Pharmaceutical Islamic History.
Product Halal Analysis.
Islamic Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence.
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Arabic Language.
(Lestari.
Puspita Ayu, countries, use these foreign references and Ria Fauziah Salma, n.
The field of pharmacy involves In particular, to facilitate the health sciences that are closely related to learning process.
Arab universities have the products and services of health Arabized the terms in these sciences.
If we look back, the history of (Sabbour et al.
, 2.
pharmacy is rooted in the medical This phenomenon directly impacts practices of ancient Greece.
China, and the Middle East, with figures like Universitas Darussalam Gontor, which Hippocrates .
-370 BCE) who used plants as medicinal sources, and Ibn The primary objective is to Sina .
-1037 CE) who wrote about the equip students with the foundational methods for collecting and storing tools to delve deeper into Islamic law as medicinal plants and the preparation of it relates to pharmacy science.
practice, learning Arabic in the context Modern of pharmacy presents many challenges, including the mixing of original Arabic significantly in the West, marked by the pharmaceutical terms and the Arabized establishment of the first pharmacy terms from English.
This often becomes school in Philadelphia in 1821, (Shryock, an obstacle for students.
Pharmacy Arabic Study Program 1.
followed by the rapid growth of To comprehensively assess the the pharmaceutical industry, making reality of Arabic language instruction in the United States and Germany the the Pharmacy Program, it is necessary to centers of development for this field.
measure attitudes, perceptions, and The culture of research in the West widely recognized as important points in understanding the true nature of the scientific literature in their languages, learning process, as evidenced by numerous studies measuring these As a result, many universities variables in Arabic language learning worldwide, including those in Arab such as students perceptions toward three aspects are These Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic A learning process.
(Mazana et al.
, 2.
teaching methods, and even develop Attitude, as defined by Baker .
, is a suitable learning media to ensure hypothetical construct that explains the direction and persistence of human behavior Perception refers to how This study holds significance from, individuals use their senses to notice things, as well as the ideas, beliefs, and contributing to the literature on Arabic images they form based on their language education in the pharmacy understanding of the world.
(Silmi, field, especially in exploring students' 2.
Barriers, in the context of second attitudes, perceptions, and challenges.
language acquisition, involve cognitive .
a practical viewpoint, it aids in or structural challenges, as well as developing more effective teaching emotional and motivational factors that students in mastering crucial Arabic (Krashen, ultimately improving their skills in the variablesAiattitude, perception, and barriersAiin the context However, no study has yet examined all global workforce.
of Arabic language learning within Therefore, this study aims to pharmacy programs, particularly in quantitatively measure the attitudes.
Indonesia.
perceptions, and barriers experienced Therefore, by the students of the Pharmacy quantitatively measure the attitudes.
Program at Universitas Darussalam perceptions, and obstacles experienced Gontor, specifically in learning Arabic by the students of the Pharmacy terminology related to pharmacy.
The Program at Universitas Darussalam Gontor, specifically in learning Arabic numbers, will be very beneficial for terminology related to pharmacy.
The Arabic language instructors in the Pharmacy Program to evaluate, update numbers, will be very beneficial for teaching methods, and even develop Arabic language instructors in the suitable learning media to ensure Pharmacy Program to evaluate, update Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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students' perspectives and challenges.
METHOD
This study uses a descriptive quantitative design (Sugiyono.
perceptions, and obstacles faced by Universitas Darussalam Arabic Data Gontor through a structured questionnaire using a Likert scale to measure various The questionnaire was validated by experts and tested for reliability through a small group pilot.
sections: .
Attitudes: It examines Arabic pharmaceutical terminology, analyzed Perceptions: It investigates students' perceptions of the benefits, challenges, and relevance of this terminology, applying similar statistical methods.
Barriers:
The study involved 32 female pharmacy students from Universitas Darussalam Gontor.
There was no missing data, ensuring the quality of the Subjects of Study: Female pharmacy students those who have completed courses related to Arabic language in the field of pharmacy.
Profile Responses:
Respondents provided answers on a Likert scale ranging from 1 .
trongly disagre.
to 6 .
trongly agre.
(Joshi et al.
, 2.
The perceptions, ranging from neutral to highly positive.
This study used a quantitative This study is divided into three comprehensive understanding of the learning the terminology, using the same analytical approach.
Each section is carefully analyzed to provide a approach with a descriptive survey method, selecting the sample through purposive sampling.
(Creswell et al.
Data Collection Instrument: A Likert-scale questionnaire was designed to evaluate attitudes, perceptions, and barriers (Boone & Boone, 2.
related to Arabic pharmaceutical terminology.
Data analysis was conducted using the JASP software.
(Christopher P.
Halter.
Statistical Analysis.
Descriptive Statistics:
Calculations Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic A median, mode, standard deviation, perceptions, and the third subsection minimum, and maximum (Kadir, n.
discusses barriers to learning Arabic for each variable.
pharmaceutical terms among female RESULT AND DISCUSSION This section presents the results Pharmacy students.
Attitudes Arabic obtained from the questionnaire, which includes attitudes, perceptions, and Universitas Darussalam Gontor.
This Arabic processing tables and explains the results of the analysis in the attitude Universitas Darussalam Gontor.
This study, including descriptions of the section is divided into 3 subsections: the first subsection discusses attitudes, the deviation, minimum, and maximum
Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for Attitudes Descriptive Statistics Valid
Missing Mode
Median Mean
SIKAP 1
SIKAP 2
SIKAP 3
SIKAP 4
SIKAP 5
SIKAP 6
SIKAP 7
SIKAP 8
SIKAP 9
SIKAP 10
aThe mode is computed assuming that variables are discreet.
Perceptions Arabic Std.
Deviation Minimum Maximum deviation, minimum, and maximum Universitas Darussalam Gontor This processing tables and explains the results of the analysis in the perception study, including descriptions of the Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Perceptions Descriptive Statistics Valid
Missing Mode
Median Mean
PRP 1
PRP 2
PRP 3
PRP 4
PRP 5
PRP 6
PRP 7
PRP 8
PRP 9
PRP 10
aThe mode is computed assuming that variables are discreet.
Std.
Deviation Minimum Maximum The dataset includes 32 valid related to Arab culture.
But there is a responses for each perceptions variable belief that Arabic pharmaceutical terms (PRP 1 to PRP .
, ensuring there are no provide an advantage in the era of The significant differences between Arabic, occurring score, is primarily 4.
000 or English, and Indonesian pharmaceutical 000 across most variables, though terms and views Arabic terms as an some variables exhibit modes of 3.
000 or 000, reflecting a degree of variability in professional identity.
In contrast, lower averages are noted for PRP 4.
PRP 5, which indicate the midpoint of the data PRP 6.
PRP 8, and PRP 9, suggesting a distribution, generally fall between tendency for lower ratings on these 000 and 5.
000, suggesting that the And its indicates that some scores are centered on these values.
students experience difficulties in using Median The mean scores range from 3.
Arabic pharmaceutical terms during the 000, with higher averages observed learning process, particularly due to the in PRP 1.
PRP 2.
PRP 3.
PRP 7, and PRP large number of terms that need to be However, there are those among respondents, which indicates who enjoy this learning process as it that female students does not consider Arabic pharmaceutical texts.
Nonetheless, not important, as this field is not directly all students are inclined to use these Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic A terms in daily conversations.
On the learning Arabic terminology in the field of pharmacy tend to be positive, with confident in memorizing many Arabic variations across different variables.
pharmaceutical terms, which facilitates Certain evaluations, which could serve as a information from pharmaceutical texts focus for improvement.
The significant in the related courses.
variation in the data presents an The standard deviation values, highlight varying levels of response Barriers opportunity for further exploration of which range from 0.
965 to 1.
Arabic showing greater spread in scores.
The minimum scores across variables range Universitas Darussalam Gontor This 000 to 2.
000, while the maximum score consistently reaches 6.
000 for processing tables and explains the nearly all variables.
This indicates that results of the analysis in the barriers responses span a broad spectrum, from study, including descriptions of the the lowest to the highest possible scores.
In conclusion, this study indicates deviation, minimum, and maximum
Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for Barriers Descriptive Statistics Valid
Missing Mode
Median Mean
HAMBT 1
HAMBT 2
HAMBT 3
HAMBT 4
HAMBT 5
HAMBT 6
HAMBT 7
HAMBT 8
aThe mode is computed assuming that variables are discreet.
The analysis of barriers in learning Arabic highlights several notable findings.
The Std.
Deviation Minimum Maksimum data for all variables are complete, with 32 valid responses and no missing Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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variables have a mode of 3.
000 or 4.
minimum scores range from 1.
000 to indicating these are the most common 000, and maximum scores consistently scores given by respondents.
Similarly, 000, reflecting the full spectrum the median scores, ranging between of perceptions from very low to very 000 and 4.
000, suggest that the majority of responses cluster around the midpoint of the scale.
In conclusion, the analysis reveals The mean scores vary from 3.
094 to Arabic 219, with HAMBT 7 showing the Universitas Darussalam Gontor are moderate, with an average score of significant perceived barrier.
Which 656 and significant variation (SD:
indicates that female students perceive 369, range: 12Ae.
Arabic beneficial for career development in the field of pharmacy.
While HAMBT 1 and HAMBT 5 show lower means, reflecting relatively minor barriers.
Which The students expressed that they often face Arabic pharmacy terminology, which is not a result of Arabization, into Indonesian.
However, they do not feel afraid of making mistakes when speaking or Standard deviation values, ranging varying levels of response diversity, with HAMBT 8 showing the greatest variation, indicating more divergent perceptions, and barriers toward Arabic Universitas Darussalam Gontor.
The findings show a generally positive attitude toward the usefulness of Arabic While some challenges were identified, especially in translating and using non-Arabized terms, students writing in Arabic.
This CONCLUSION research explored Lastly, remain confident in their ability to apply Arabic terminology.
Overall, the results highlight that while there are obstacles, the students acknowledge the relevance of Arabic in their professional Tatsqifiy: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab.
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Perceptions, and Barriers in Learning Arabic A ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to express Universitas Darussalam Gontor for their support in facilitating this research.
Special thanks are extended to the students who participated in the study for their Appreciation is also due to the academic completion of this work.
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