Implementation of Integrative Arabic Grammar (Nahwu & Sharaf) Curriculum in Islamic Boarding School

Learning Nahwu & Sharaf is considered a frightening subject by students in Islamic boarding schools and informal Islamic boarding schools. One of the reasons is that the institution's existing curriculum has not been planned and presented correctly. One of the institutions with an integrative curriculum to teach Nahwu & Sharaf subjects considered acceptable is the Darul Uluum Islamic Boarding School.This study aimed to describe Nahwu & Sharaf curriculum development concepts and models at Daarul Uluum Islamic boarding school at Majalengka supporting and inhibiting implementing the curriculum. The method used in this study was qualitative research. Data collection used interviews, the teacher's approach to teaching Nahwu & Sharaf, and the Islamic boarding school syllabus.The results showed that Nahwu & Sharaf curriculum development model was a central de-central, which combined two administrative approaches and the grassroots approach. The supporting factors were: 1) Motivation of leaders of Islamic boarding school; 2) Commitments of leaders of Islamic boarding schoolto develop curriculum, 3) Professional competence of Nahwu & Sharaf teachers, and 4) Input of students who have an initial understanding of the material to be obtainable. The inhibiting factors were: 1) the lack of individual funding allocations; 2) the teacher has not been able to properly teach students the material in Nahwu & Sharaf syllabus; 3) the unequal ability of teachers to teach in class Nahwu & Sharaf subjects; and 4) students feel bored while studying in class.

Akuarintar as a Media in Arabic Teaching and Learning for Deaf Towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) 2030

Indonesia is a country that is familiar and closely related to Arabic. Therefore, learning this language becomes an important thing. This research was aimed to explain the development process and the validity level of Application of Arabic-Indonesian Expression Dictionary for Deaf (Akuarintar) as a media in Arabic teaching and learning for students at SMALB YPTB Malang. This research and development method used the ADDIE model which included Assessment/Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The results of the validity test were the language validation test showed the proportion of 83%. The results of material validation were 89%, while the results of media design validation were 87%, and the results of teacher validation were 87%. The results of the Wilcoxon Rank Tests analysis obtained a significance value of p = 0.001 and z = -3.453, which means that the students score of Arabic learning significantly increased after using the Akuarintar application. So, it can be concluded that Akuarintar is very suitable as a media for teaching and learning Arabic for the deaf.

CEFR-Based Arabic Language Learning Competency

This research was an effort to formulate an easy and modern Arabic learning method for non-Arabic speakers. Learning Arabic at CEFR does not only focus on the principles of Nahwu as science or practice, but also there are other competencies that must be included in its learning. This research was descriptive qualitative in nature with the primarily data was the study of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR). Data analysis was carried out by document analysis on the CEFR-based Arabic learning competency and the results were presented in descriptive form. This research resulted two main competency standards in teaching Arabic based on CEFR, they were: language competence in general and communicative language competence. In this general competency there were four derivative competencies, namely: 1) declarative knowledge; 2) expertise and skills; 3) existential competence; and (4) the ability to learn. Meanwhile, the CEFR only defined communicative language competence in its three derivative competencies, namely: 1) linguistic competence; 2) sociolinguistic competence; and 3) pragmatic competence.

Teacher’s Perception toward the Readiness to Face Multiculturalism in Arabic Teaching and Learning

Multicultural presence required an appropriate response from Arabic teachers, so that Arabic is easily accepted and loved by various groups. This research aimed to analyze the efforts of Arabic teachers in dealing with multiculturalism and analyze the obstacles encountered in applying multicultural education in Arabic language learning. This qualitative descriptive research was conducted with interview and documentation. While the data analysis and processing techniques used in this study were processing and preparing the data for analysis, reading the entire data, starting coding all the data, coding to explain the settings, people, categories, themes analyzed, and describing the themes that will be presented again in the narrative/qualitative report. The results revealed that the efforts of Arabic teachers to confront multicultural were by reaffirming the unifying Arabic for Muslims, confirming Arabic as one of the International language, learning the essence of multicultural, improving didactic and methodical competencies, attending training, and modeling. The constraints of the application of multicultural education in Arabic language learning were lack of understanding of the essence of multicultural, lack of knowledge of learning methods and strategies, lack of literature, lack of syllabus and teaching materials contained multicultural education, lack of support from institutions, and lack of training and guidance.

Developing Arabic Language Instructional Content in Canvas LMS for the Era and Post Covid-19 Pandemic

Online and offline learning practices must not ignore pedagogy, psychology, technology, instructional content, and other aspects of teaching and learning process. Instructional content needs more attention during and after Covid-19 pandemic because it must match the characteristics of students. Therefore, this problem has led to the development of mE-Book for Arabic learning in Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mE-Book as instructional content for Arabic language learning in Canvas LMS and the extent of mE-Book acceptance by students in the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) 3. This research used a nonrandomized control group pretest-posttest design by comparing two groups with and without mE-Book and the interview to know the students’ point of view about mE-Book. The results showed that mE-Book was effective as instructional content for Arabic language learning in Canvas LMS with large effect based on effect size criteria. Students’ perspectives showed that the use of mE-Book as instructional content for Arabic language learning in Canvas LMS is interesting for online and offline learning. In conclusion, students could accept mE-Book in learning activity in Canvas LMS because it eased students in Arabic language learning.

The Learning of Arabic Alphabets for Special Needs Students in Elementary School

This research was motivated by the learning of Arabic letters in students with special needs as a basic stage of learning Arabic and the Qur’an. This study aimed to describe the learning of Arabic letters in students with special needs in elementary school Campurdarat Tulungagung East Java Indonesia.This type of research was descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques by interview, observation, and documentation. Sources of data in this study were principals, teachers, students with special needs, and documents. The results of this study were descriptions of the learning of Arabic letters for students with special needs in elementary schools. (1) Learning planning included promissory notes, syllabus, and lesson plans like schools in general. (2) The implementation of learning included teaching materials with Islamic handbooks while learning methods included alphabetical methods, demonstrations, recitation, and lectures dominated by sign language, while the learning media included cards and Juz ‘Amma. (3) Evaluation of learning included evaluation of processes and results that show students with special abilities can identify Arabic letters, but difficulties in pronunciation.

Characteristic of Teaching Materials for Arabic Reading Skill with Inductive Approach

Himmati is deliberately created as a textbook modification to recognize the Qur'an prepared for beginners. This research aimed to describe the characteristics of teaching material contained in Himmati. This research was a qualitative approach and content analysis of the perspective of Thu’aimah. It also belonged to library research with the main data source is a book, named Himmati: Modifikasi Pembelajaran Dasar Mengenali al-Qur’an from volume 1 to volume 5. The results showed that: 1) Generally, the teaching materials in Himmati were divided into 5 volumes which were presented inductively, namely the introduction of letters, words, tajweed, gharib, and verses in the Qur’an. Specifically, the teaching materials in Himmati were divided into 7 volumes which were presented with examples from the Qur'an and colored in the order of the frequency of visible light, from red to violet. The 1st volume focused on pronunciation, the 2ndA volume was on short vowels, long vowels, nunation (tanwin), and original sukuun, the 2ndB volume was on non-original sukuun and shadda, the 3rdA volume was on the law of nuun sukuun, nunation, germination nuun and miim, the 3rdB volume was on the law of miim sukuun, definite article al, and madd, the 4th volume was on the rule of exception, and the 5th volume was on the stop sign. The teaching materials in Himmati presented for beginners level

Amplification and Description Techniques in the Translation of Arabic Phrases in Matan Al-Ghayah wa Al-Taqrib

The translation from Arabic into Indonesian on the Islamic field has its long history. However, researches on the subject are a little bit rare. Therefore, the study of the item using a modern approach is required. This research described the use of amplification and descriptions techniques in the translation of Arabic phrases in the reading of Matan al-Ghayah wa al-Taqrib by Ahmad Ma'ruf Asrori. Besides, this paper aimed to describe the quality of the text that is seen from the aspect of readability. This research used a qualitative analysis combined with a quantitative data approach. The data were selected and classified based on procedures of translation techniques. The results showed that based on the amplification techniques there were 35 data in Matan al-Ghayah wa al-Taqrib found 35 which can be divided into four Arabic phrases based as follows: 1) 'atfy phrases are 12 data, 2) idhafy phrases are 13 data, 4) syibhu al-jumlah phrases are 5 data, and 5) adjective phrases are 5 data. Whereas in the description technique, the researchers found 31 data divided into five Arabic phrases based on their constituent elements, namely the 'atfy phrase 12 data, idhafy phrase 12 data, ‘adady phrase 3 data, syibhu al-jumlah phrase 3 data, and adjective phrase 2 data. From the translation quality, it showed that the use of these two techniques could be seen from the assessment of the readability aspects of 42 respondents. It rated 52% high readability on the amplification technique, and 56% high readability on the description technique. It means that the translator used more of these two techniques frequently rather than other techniques. It assumed that amplification and description techniques are much more applicable in the translation of Arabic books into Indonesian due to its acceptance of the cultural dimension of the targeted language.

Stylistic Analysis in Surah Al-Najm

Stylistic is a multidisciplinary approach that aims to foreground the peculiar properties of texts on the basis of language and derive hidden and in-depth meaning to figure out major and minor themes. The evident fact that makes Stylistic a multidisciplinary approach is its retrievable, rigorous, and replicable principles. With Stylistic science, someone can reveal the secrets of the Qur’an as a whole by analyzing all aspects of the Qur’anic linguistics. This article aimed to analyze Surah al-Najm with the Stylistic theory. The research was qualitative research with library research or literature study. The analysis was carried out using an objective approach and descriptive analysis method by reading Surah al-Najm repeatedly then collecting relevant data. So, the data that has been found was analyzed with the two terms of Stylistics, they are semantics and imagery. From this study, it was concluded that in Surah al-Najm there were (1) nouns and verb preferences, various sentence structures and sentence confirmation in syntactic aspects, synonyms and antonyms in semantic aspects, and (2) several kinds of language styles such as isti'arah, majaz, and kinayah in imagery.

The Influence of Using Audio-lingual Method on Students’ Speaking Skill in Madrasah Diniyah Takmiliyah Awwaliyyah

The study aimed to determine the influence of audio-lingual methods towards the Arabic speaking skills, the method used in this research was quantitative with experimental quasi approach, data collection technique was polling and test. The population of this research was 102 students in the MDTA Bustanul Huda at Padang City, West Sumatera, Indonesia. Data obtained through polls and tests were then analyzed statistically. The analysis used the normality test, homogeneity test, and hypothesis test. All three types of tests were done with the help of the SPSS Statistics 22 program. The results of the study were: 1) the use of audio-lingual methods was categorized on good classification with an average of 63.33 in intervals 62-64; 2) Speaking Arabic skills was categorized on good classification with an average of 68 in intervals 65-68; and 3) the score of influence with N 30 obtained sig α 0.001 and the score of r Square 0.35. There was a significant influence between the use of audio-lingual methods to the Arabic speaking skill of students at MDTA Bustanul Huda Ulak Karang at Padang City Indonesia in the academic year 2019/2020. The influence of variable X to variable Y because students are accustomed to hearing how to speak Arabic as the native speaker of the Arabic language.