The Relationship Between the Ability to Memorize the Qur'an and the Arabic Speaking Skills of Islamic Boarding School Students in Makassar City

Abstract

The population in this study was the twelfth-grade students of the Tahfidzul Qur’an Wahdah Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School in Makassar, totaling 18 students, with the entire population being the sample, making it a population study with a total sampling technique. Data were obtained by administering tests to the students, including a Quran memorization test and an Arabic speaking skills test. The data analysis technique used was the Pearson product-moment correlation analysis, consulted using a significance level of 5%, with the result of t-value 3.504 > t-table 1.745 and a correlation coefficient of 0.658. The results of this study indicate that there is a strong positive correlation between Quran memorization skills and Arabic speaking skills among twelfth-grade students at the Tahfidzul Qur’an Wahdah Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School in Makassar. Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between Quran memorization skills and speaking skills among students at the Tahfidzul Qur’an Wahdah Islamiyah Islamic Boarding School in Makassar.