《A wave of psychological forces in second language learning An Arabic experience at IIUM.》.pdf

Jul. 2010, Volume 7, No.7 (Serial No.57) Journal of US-China Public Administration, ISSN 1548-6591, USA A wave of psychological forces in second language learning: An Arabic * experience at IIUM Muhamadul Bakir Hj. Yaakub (Department of Arabic Language and Literature, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 53100, Malaysia) Abstract: Psychological bases of success deal with relatively inner-self factors. The paper presents basic understandings of learning process as well as a model of identifying factors of second language learning success. There are a number of reasons why some students learn Arabic much more quickly than the others. Learner’s psychological situation is one of the most expected determination factor. Therefore, its nature has to be described, its function needs to be identified and analyzed, especially in term of motivating students to have better performance in learning Arabic as a second language in the context of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Key words: psychological factors; motivation; attitude; second language learning 1. Introduction There is considerable interest today in the notion of educational psychology to postulate a theoretical model subsuming the psychological faultless variable to explain and predict learner’s performance within a learning process. The same appears for the case of second language learning (SLL) or foreign language learning (FLL) where the process becomes more complicated and complex together with the interplay of internal and external factors. In principle, learning (whatever subject it is) does not