Direct Method In Learning Arabic at Darussalam Rajapolah Islamic Boarding School

Abstract

The direct method is a way of presenting Arabic learning material, where the teacher makes the language as the language of instruction without using the mother tongue. If there are words that are difficult for students to understand, teachers can interpret by using props, demonstrating, and describing. This method is based on student understanding, teaching foreign languages is not the same as teaching exact sciences or natural sciences. The purpose of applying this method is oral mastery of the target language so that students are able to communicate using the target language. With this method, the teaching process avoids the translation system which is considered to have confusion in achieving language learning objectives. The application of this method is considered to be able to support language improvement in Arabic language teaching in educational institutions, one of which is at the Darussalam Rajapolah Tasikmalaya Islamic Boarding School. This research was carried out on the assumption that learning a foreign language is the same as the process of learning a foreign language itself, in other words this method can be more effective in learning Arabic. The methods used in this study are qualitative methods that begin with problem identification, problem limitation, application of problem focus, research implementation, data management and meaning, theory generation, and concluding research results.