Author(s)

Noor Azli Mohamed Masrop¹, Hafawati Ishak¹, Ghazali Zainuddin², Siti Rosilawati Ramlan³, Muhammad Sabri Sahrir⁴, Harwati Hashim^5*

¹Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Kolej Universiti Islam (KUIS), Antarabangsa Selangor, Malaysia.
²Faculty of Islamic Studies and Civilization, KUIS, Antarabangsa Selangor, Malaysia.
³Faculty of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁴Faculty of Major Language Studies, Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM), Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
⁵Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.

Digital gameplay is becoming increasingly prevalent. Its participant-players number in the millions and its revenues are in billions of dollars. As they grow in popularity, digital games are also growing in complexity, depth and sophistication. This paper presents reasons why games and gameplay matter to the future of education. Drawing upon these works, the potential for instruction in digital games is recognized. Previous works in the area were also analyzed with respect to their theoretical findings. Hence, the authors in this study propose some existing Arabic language learning games intended for education of children. The analysis result shows that the majority of Arabic language learning games are limited to alphabet content. The overall presentation lacks of quality in terms of graphics, animations, colors and voice-over.

Digital Gameplay, Educational Games, Arabic Language, DGBLL Model, Gamification

Masrop, N. , Ishak, H. , Zainuddin, G. , Ramlan, S. , Sahrir, M. and Hashim, H. (2019) Digital Games Based Language Learning for Arabic Literacy Remedial. Creative Education, 10, 3213-3222. doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.1012245.