JURNAL ISLAM DAN MASYARAKAT KONTEMPORARI, 22 (1): 36-52 36 https: / / journal.unisza.edu.my / jimk [ARABIC LANGUAGE LEARNING AMONG JUVENILE AT SEKOLAH AGAMA (JAIM) HENRY GUNRNEY, TELOK MAS, MELAKA] PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB DALAM KALANGAN PESALAH JUVANA DI SEKOLAH AGAMA (JAIM) HENRY GUNRNEY, TELOK MAS, MELAKA MOHD TAUFIK ARIFFIN 1 SUHAILA ZAILANI @ AHMAD 1 1 Pusat Pengajian Bahasa Arab dan Tamadun Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia *Corresponding author: suzail@ukm.edu.my Received Date: 7 January 2021 • Accepted Date: 29 March 2021 Abstract Sekolah Agama (JAIM) Henry Gurney, Telok Mas is a pioneer prison school who carry out religious education formally since 2016. This school used Curriculum of Al-Qur’an and Fardu Ain Class (KAFA) provided by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM). Therefore, this study aims to explain the use of KAFA Arabic Language Curriculum for learning Arabic among juvenile offenders at the Sekolah Agama (JAIM) Henry Gurney, Telok Mas. In addition to detect the interest factors of juvenile offenders in learning Arabic. This study used a questionnaire instrument as a method of data collection and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The respondents consisted of 50 students (juvenile offenders) selected to the KAFA Arabic language curriculum at Sekolah Agama (JAIM) Henry Gurney, Telok Mas, Melaka. The findings of the study show that the use of a lower level Arabic language curriculum can attract students to learn Arabic. This study also identified the factors of the most interested students and impacted on this learning was increased in Arabic vocabulary (96%), followed by the learning Arabic language base on creativity of teaching methods, interesting including using the variety of teaching tools (92%). This study recommends to authorities such as the Malaysian Prisons Department, JAKIM and JAIM to study the suitability of using the Al-Quran and Fardhu Ain Class Curriculum (KAFA), especially the Arabic language curriculum in terms of content, level and approach among juvenile offenders more effective and achieve the objective of religious education for rehabilitation. Keywords: Arabic Language Learning, Juvenile Offender, Sekolah Agama (JAIM) Henry Gurney, Melaka. Abstrak Sekolah Agama (JAIM) Henry Gurney, Telok Mas merupakan sekolah penjara perintis yang melaksanakan pendidikan agama secara formal sejak tahun 2016. Sekolah ini menggunakan kurikulum Kelas Al-Qur’an dan Fardu Ain (KAFA) yang disediakan oleh Jabatan Kemajuan JURNAL ISLAM DAN MASYARAKAT KONTEMPORARI © PENERBIT UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN ISSN 1985-7667 • e-ISSN: 2289-6325 https://doi.org/10.37231/jimk.2021.22.537