Inculcating Islamic Values in ELT: Teacher's Technique in Enhancing Students' Vocabularies through Translating Qur'anic Verses

Abstract

The key to language improvement for English skills is vocabulary. This research attempts to analyze the teachers’ technique in improving students’ English vocabularies by translating Qur’anic verses into English at SMA Budi Utomo Jombang. This study highlights the implementation, problems, benefits, and drawbacks of translating Qur’anic verses into English. This research used a qualitative approach. To collect the data, the researchers employed three techniques: observation, interview, and documentation. The result showed that translating Qur’anic verses into English is significantly improving students’ vocabulary. However, they still have some problems. The problems are the teacher’s use of unusual terminology, the students’ poor listening abilities, the teachers’ unclear voices, and teachers’ awareness of spelling the new vocabulary. The benefits include improving students' knowledge of Islam, increasing their communicative skills, enhancing their vocabulary, strengthening their faith in God, and enhancing their grammatical knowledge. The drawbacks include the time commitment, use of advanced instruments, incomprehensible teacher’s voices, and students' uncertainty regarding the appropriate vocabulary.