Journal of Learning and Development Studies ISSN: 2752-9541 DOI: 10.32996/jlds Journal Homepage: www.al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jlds JLDS AL-KINDI CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Copyright: © 2022 the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Published by Al-Kindi Centre for Research and Development, London, United Kingdom. Page | 1 | RESEARCH ARTICLE Students’ Acceptance towards Microsoft Teams for Learning Arabic Language Nur Hakimah Md Sallehuddin 1 ✉ Tuan Sarifah Aini Syed Ahmad (Dr) 2 , Fatin Aliyah Hassan 3 and Nur Amirah Nabihah Zainal Abidin 4 1234 Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Seremban Campus, Malaysia Corresponding Author: Nur Hakimah Md Sallehuddin, E-mail: hakimah87@uitm.edu.my | ABSTRACT The Arabic language is one of the third languages offered for degree students at UiTM. The students must complete three levels (I, II and III). Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the methodology of teaching the Arabic language was by using the traditional way, which was face-to-face instruction. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the methodology of teaching in UiTM has shifted to Open and Distance Learning (ODL). This new way of teaching affected the students’ acceptance of learning the Arabic language as they were familiar with the traditional method of teaching. This study aimed to get feedback on student’s acceptance of using Microsoft Teams in teaching and learning the Arabic language. The objectives of this study are (i) to evaluate the Perceived Usefulness (PU) of Microsoft Teams among UiTM Students learning Arabic Language, (ii) to assess the Perceived Ease of Use (PEU) of Microsoft Teams among UiTM Students learning Arabic Language and (iii) to investigate the students’ attitudes towards using Microsoft Teams in learning the Arabic language. The sample consisted of 121 students from three different faculties: Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (FSKM), Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation (FSR) and Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies (FSPPP). The data were collected using Google Forms. The result shows that the students agreed that the application of Microsoft Teams for learning the Arabic language was easy to access, convenient and user-friendly. Other than that, they also agreed Microsoft Teams helped them to learn the Arabic language efficiently and perform a task quickly and were interested in using the apps for learning. It is suggested that MS Teams is one of the convenient online applications that can be used in learning the Arabic language via the Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode. | KEYWORDS Acceptance, Microsoft Teams, Arabic Language, Technology Acceptance Model, Open Distance Learning. | ARTICLE INFORMATION ACCEPTED: 01 January 2023 PUBLISHED: 10 January 2023 DOI: 10.32996/jlds.2023.3.1.1 . 1. Introduction Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) offers eight foreign languages to students, namely Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish and Italian. In order to meet the requirements of diploma and bachelor’s degree programmes, the Arabic language is one of the alternatives of foreign languages offered to qualify them for graduation. In UiTM Cawangan Negeri Sembilan (UiTMCNS) Seremban campus, Malaysia, the Arabic language courses are offered only to degree students in three faculties, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (FSKM), Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation (FSR) and Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies (FSPPP). The purpose of learning the Arabic language as an alternative subject in UiTM is to acquire basic skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing. In addition, other than learning vocabulary, students are also exposed to Arabic language grammar, such as فعل ال (verb), لضمائر ا(pronouns) and the Arabic culture from the topics included in the textbook, such as لمشروباتت و امأكولا ال(food and beverages), لأعياد ا(celebration), and السفر وتجول ال(travel and sight seeing). Students are required to complete three levels of the Arabic language courses, which are Introductory Arabic Language Level I, II and III, coded as TAC401, TAC451 and TAC501, respectively.