By Dr.Lubna Almenoar on 2-1-2010 12:47

The use of a Quran-based literary text is my innovative research aim or objective. It is not only having a whole class dedicated to Quranic Studies/Memorization but a whole new way of incorporating the Quran “naturally” through the literary text or material chosen into the main subject classroom. The Quranic literary text is asked to be looked at from a different angle, at its literary value. I have done some research work incorporating Quranic texts into the Literature classroom at the University level with success. The same objectives of the intended lesson were achieved at the end of the lesson as with any other text, with the added advantage of sparking up topics of discussion of Islam. With this success, I advocate the incorporation be done subtlely in each subject by each educator, especially starting with Islamic Institutions or institutions with Muslim majority of student population. As we are globally inclined in the our choices of material brought into the classrooms, being in touch with Islam in the English Language in the context of learning Linguistics, Stylistics, Literature, Culture, even Science, would undoubtedly, liven up the classroom with interest and curiosity. If one subject educator has the responsibility of incorporating one Quran based material per semester, this would be such an accomplishment indeed. There should be a center or a committee in each institution ready to assist each educator in each subject for the Quran based materials.

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