| Ini adalah esei bahasa Inggeris untuk peperiksaan bahasa Inggeris bagi sem ke dua tahun tiga Syari'ah. Our tutor is Ms Patricia Ellizabeth Sinclair. I've got 85% for this essay. Alhamdulillah... I'm very interested in this topic so that was why I chose this topic to my exam. Have a read, friends! Thanks. Name : Nor Arbaeiyah Wahab Class : Third Syari’ah Date : May 4 2005 The Ways of Learning Searching for knowledge or learning is an obligation laid on every male and female who believes in Allah. This rule comes from Allah and His messenger; Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Allah says, “Read: In the Name of your Lord Who created- Created mankind from something which clings; Read! And your Lord is the Most Noble; Who taught by the pen; taught mankind what he did not know” (Qur’an: Chapter 95 verse 1-5). Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “The search for knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim” (Narrated by Ibn Majah). In learning, there are two ways, surface and deep approach. Surface approach is learners whose main aim is to pass an exam and deep approach is vice versa, it is learners whose main aim is to understand the subject. They are completely different and there are many positive and negative effects to the learners, society and future government. The learners whose main aim is to pass an exam tend to stick closely to the course requirements. Therefore, they just memorise information needed for assessments, not all the information. Besides that, they try to learn in order to repeat what they have learned. In this case, they make use rote learning. The because of taking a narrow view and concentrate on detail, they fail to distinguish principles from examples. They do all of these because they are motivated by fear of failure. If there is no any exam to be taken, they will not learn. Their main aim precisely is not to pass an exam but it is to gain a certificate for the best employment. They are not creative. They cannot invent a new invention or discover a new discovery. They just accept what is given to them due to they are not an innovative person. They are not a good thinker although they have a good recollection. Taking a narrow view and concentrating on detail, make they fail to improve so far. These learners will make adverse effect to themselves. Yes, they possibly pass their exam but they will fail in their complicated life. They will not able to settle off the problems due to their knowledge is very limited. They just have information that needed for assessments and most possibly all information which they have will vanish after the exam. They will not able to work successfully although they have the excellent job. Besides they will make negative effect to themselves, they also will make adverse effect to society and future government. Their work will not give an improvement to their employment due to they are not innovative and creative. Bad problems come from society also will not be able to settle off by them. This bad matter affects the government. In Malay language, there is a proverb says, “Young man is expectation of nationality and young woman is mast of nation”. Youth is a trusted people to lead future government. If the youth is a learner whose main aim is to pass an exam, we already know what the bad effect that will affect the future government. Not like the learners whose main aim is to pass an exam, learners whose main aim is to understand the subject do the vice versa work. They tend to read and study beyond the course requirements by actively seeking to understand the material or the subject. In this case, they make use of evidence, inquiry and evaluation. Besides that, they take a broad view and relate ideas to one another. They also relate new ideas to previous knowledge and relate concepts to everyday experience. They are motivated to learn by interesting. They are ingenious and creative due to they trained by their way of learning. They have innovation. Therefore, they can to invent an invention or discover a new discovery. They also affect their friends to work as them. Commonly, they are loved by tutors and who is around them the because of their substantiality work. May be some of them do not have a very good memory but this weakness is not a matter to become more advance. Of course, all learners want to pass their exam. The learners whose main aim is to understand the subject also want to pass too but passing the exam is not the main aim. It is one of the aims. Their main aim is obtaining as total of knowledge and experience to make they go forward. Making the other people and future government advanced also one of their aims. These learners will make positive effect to themselves. They will be a smart person. Tending to study beyond the course requirements by actively seeking to understand the material or the subject, making use of evidence, making use of inquiry, making use of evaluation, taking a broad view, relating ideas to one another, relating new ideas to previous knowledge, relating concepts to everyday experience, make them a smart person. They also will be a wise person. Besides making positive effect to themselves, these learners also make positive effect to society and future government. They will able to settle off the problems because they already have experience. Experience is very important to step oneself in understanding the subject. Definitely, they will contribute a positive effect to society and government because making the other people and future government advanced is one of their learning aims. In Malay language, there is a proverb says, “A good seed if it is discarded in a sea, it will become an island”. It means, wherever a good person has, he will do good deeds to all people. The learners whose main aim is to understand the subject will do good deeds wherever they are. They will practice their knowledge due to their knowledge is unlimited and is not vanish. Learning is not an easy task and a convenient assignment. Perhaps this is why some learners learn just to pass exam for gaining the job. Islam does not want its believers learn by the negative way. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “If anyone pursues a path in search of knowledge, Allah will thereby make easy for him a path to paradise” (Narrated by Muslim). He also said, “He who guides to what are good will have a reward equivalent to that of him who does it” (Narrated by Muslim). Having experience and as total of knowledge must be our main aim. Truly, it helps us to pass our exam. We need a quality not a quantity. We also need wisdom not a certificate. One day, we will repent what we have done. People will evaluate us by our character, not by our certificate. May be some of them will evaluate us by our certificate but it is not longer and not lasting. As a Muslim, we have to learn by the positive way. Learning or searching for knowledge is also one of the acts of devotion. Besides we get knowledge, we are also given rewards by Allah. Allah says, “Allah will raise up in rank those of you who believe and who have been granted knowledge” (Qur’an: Chapter 58 verse 11). We learn not for gaining materialistic things but for our society virtue. We have to mend this wrong perception and do the best as we can. |
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