READING ISLAMIC PROPHETIC STORIES IN ENGLISH TO HELP BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR FAITH

Fazira Fazira

Abstract


 Islamic boarding schools place a strong emphasis on the growth of students' faith, but modern students are increasingly interacting with languages from throughout the world, especially English. This study investigates how reading English-language Islamic prophetic stories can strengthen boarding school students' faith. Students from an Islamic boarding school took part in structured reading exercises utilizing English prophetic narratives as part of a mixed-methods study. Semi-structured interviews, reading comprehension assessments, religious perception scales, and questionnaires were used to gather data. The results show that exposing students to English-language Islamic prophetic stories not only improves their religious comprehension but also fortifies their faith, moral reflection, and spiritual awareness. Additionally, because of the writings' contextual significance, students showed increased motivation to learn English. According to this study, incorporating English-language Islamic literature into religious instruction can be a successful teaching method for promoting faith and improving language proficiency in Islamic boarding schools.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3059/insis.v0i0.29308

DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.3059/insis.v0i0.29308.g14921

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