ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL-BASED STRATEGY IN ARABIC TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MUSLIM MINORITY WEST PAPUA
Arabic language becomes important and compulsive to understand Quran in schools and madrasah (Islamic school) which have students as learning target. In addition, learning is not only about classroom. The exploration could be extend to environment where the students live around. Therefore, this article would identify the process of Arabic learning and teaching in Islamic boarding school-based strategy. To enhance the process of learning in the madrasah (school), the management provide boarding or domitory facilities for student who can not reach the school every day. This reserach was conducted in West Papua of Indonesia. The research is a series of research to identify the muslim minority Arabic teaching and learning in the island of Papua. Non-participant observation and in-depth interview were employed in collecting data. This article shows that there are four programs were implemented to accelerate students’ competencies in acquitting the target language. Furthermore, this article discusses the issue of strategy was inspired by the development of technology and knowledge as well as the globalization putting the teacher not to be the only one source, likewise the school. On the other hand, print and electronic media, internet and life around the students can be taken as learning sources. Secondly, strategy which is giving chances to the learners to play as dominants in learning management. Finally, this article recommends further research in exploration the topic to extend the potential development of Arabic teaching and learning the region of Muslim minority.