Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study examines lecturers’ perception of lecturers of factors inhibiting teaching of Arabic Language among Universities, in kwara state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey method was used. Population of the study is 30 Lecturers in the department of Arabic among Universities, in kwara state. All the lecturers constitute the sample for the study. Structured questionnaire as data collection instrument. It was duly validated and its reliability tested using Pearson-Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistical tool and the reliability score showed 0.86. Descriptive statistical tools used were frequency count, percentages, and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical tool was used for hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. SPSS version 20.0 was used for data analysis and result. Findings shows that there is no significant difference in the lecturers’ perception of factors inhibiting teaching of Arabic language based on educational qualifications (F-cal. = 51.361 > p-value of 0.000). The study found that there is no significant difference in the lecturers’ perception of factors inhibiting teaching of Arabic language on the basis of experience (F-cal. = 24.347> p-value of 0.000). The study found that there is no significant difference in the lecturers’ perception of factors inhibiting teaching of Arabic language based on age (F-cal. = 34.121 > p-value of 0.000). Based on the findings, the study concluded that there were no significant differences in the lecturers’ perception on the on the basis of educational qualifications, experience and age. Based on the results, the study recommends that the universities authority should employ more staffs of Arabic language in Universities in kwara state Nigeria. The study recommends that university authority should provide more instructional materials in Arabic language to make it more effective. The study also recommends that Arabic language lecturers in the universities should be more motivated to make the teaching more effective. The universities management should provide sufficient learning facilities for Arabic language in the universities. The universities management should provide more Arabic language materials in the universities library. This would facilitate effective teaching of Arabic language in the universities.