The ability to read Malay Arabic in higher education needs to be taken into account because it is based on high level education, therefore this research aims to determine the ability to read Malay Arabic writing for students in class 2021B, Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, FKIP, University of Riau, academic year 2023. To determine the ability In reading Malay Arabic writing, the author uses several methods, namely by testing the skills of reading Malay Arabic writing. The research method uses descriptive analysis, the research sample was taken from 35 students in class 2021B, semester 5 of Indonesian Language and Literature Education, FKIP, Riau University in 2023. The data collection technique was carried out by conducting a reading skills test for 2021B students. The data analysis technique is carried out by processing the data that has been obtained using a reading trial test. The data analysis technique is by collecting test results, looking for percentages for each aspect of reading speed and comprehension. The results of the research concluded that the Malay Arabic reading skills of students in the 2021B Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program FKIP Riau University were 26 students in the high category, 7 students in the medium category and 2 students in the low category.
 

This research is motivated by the fact that Riau Malay has Malay Arabic writing, so research activities are needed to determine the ability to read Malay Arabic writing, especially among students. The aim of this research is to provide readers with an understanding of the importance of having the ability to read Malay Arabic for students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program and having the ability to read Malay Arabic writing as a form of maintaining existing culture. The type of research carried out is quantitative research, with data collection techniques, namely observation and questionnaires. The results of this research are the ability to read and understand anecdotal texts written in Malay Arabic for class 2023 A students of the Indonesian language and literature education study program at Riau University in the medium category with an average of 79.89.

Writing can be said as an activity that forms symbols. But writing is more than producing graphic symbols, just as speaking is defined not only as the production of sound. These symbols must be arranged, according to certain conventions, to form words and words arranged to form sentences. The ability to write is not an ability that can be obtained automatically. The aim of teaching Arabic-Malay writing is to recognize, train, and develop the ability to understand and carry out how to read and write properly and correctly according to Arabic-Malay regulations, as well as express simple ideas or impressions orally and in writing. In conducting this research the authors used a type of quantitative research. In this study the data collection method was carried out by testing the ability to write Malay Arabic words in the questionnaire given. After conducting research on the ability to write Malay Arabic words for students in grade 4a at SD Negeri 148 Pekanbaru, it was found that the students in grade 4a at SD Negeri 148 Pekanbaru as a whole had the ability to write Malay Arabic words in the low category with a percentage of 18.62%. In two-syllable Malay Arabic words, students in grade 4a SD Negeri 148 have a low ability category with a percentage of 7.93% and for Malay Arabic words with more than two syllables are also in the low category with a percentage of 19.31%. This proves that students do not understand how to write Arabic Malay words in two or more syllables.