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ABSTRACT

This study assessed the influence of Arabic home classes on the achievement of students with learning disability in Arabic language. The population of this study was Arabic Language teachers in East and Oyo West Local Government Area of Oyo State. The study posed three research questions and questionnaire with 20 items was used to get answers to the research questions. 120 respondents were sampled for this study. According to the research findings, it was established that the fact that most of the students attended Arabic home-classes because theirparents prefer that they attend Arabic home class than to go extra mural class. As a result, the students do attend Arabic home-classes regularly. In fact, many of the Arabic home class teachers do teach them regularly. Also, there is a relationship between what they do learn in Arabic home classes and that of the school. The finding shows that Arabic home classes used to serve as revision to what they have learnt in school and Arabic home classes do make Arabic language easier for them to learn in school. This shows that Arabic home classes do assist them in speaking Arabic language fluently. Also, many of them confirmed that the Arabic texts they are using to learn Arabic at home class is enhancing their Arabic language and Arabic language assignment in school. In fact, explaining Arabic language in mother tongue at home Arabic class do aid most of the students understanding of Arabic language and most of the students have seen positive effects in their academic performance due to Arabic home class they were attending. Also, most of the students affirmed that Arabic home class does not make them to lose interest in western education. Also, most of the students do not used to have time to revise what they have learnt in school due to Arabic home class and most of them do not used to mingle with opposite sex in Arabic home class. Also, average number of the students used to learn bad attitudes and vulgar language from their mates in Arabic home class. Even, most of the students affirmed that it is easy to become stubborn due to the way Arabic home class teacher used to treat them because the teachers used to beat them on any mistake they made at Arabic home class.