Improving Student’s Arabic Achievement by Implementing Extracurricular Program Management

Abstract

Lack of support for language activities outside the classroom causes failure in learning Arabic. The first aim of this research to determine the extracurricular management design in improving students' Arabic language skills. The second objective to explain the process of organizing, implementing and evaluating learning in the Arabic extracurricular program. Third, researchers wanted to know students' success after conducting the extracurricular Arabic language program. This research uses a qualitative approach in the form of a case study. The data were collected through observation, in-depth interviews. After obtaining the data, Data for the analysis were collected through observation and in-depth interviews with six extracurricular teachers in four Arabic extracurricular classes: news reading, speech, and scientific debate. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Indonesian to make answering and minimizing language barriers easier for participants. The collected data is analyzed using thematic analysis. The results of this research indicate that students’ achievement in mastering Arabic can be improved with the implementation of additional activities such as extracurricular activities. Designing extracurricular programs such as determining activities, determining supervisors, improving student achievement in getting Arabic and the role of supervisor responsibilities, and selecting students' interests according to their talents positively impacts the love of learning Arabic. Apart from that, implementing innovative strategies and maintaining relevant material can increase students' enthusiasm for learning Arabic, and what is no less critical is holding weekly semester evaluations at each meeting to determine student learning outcomes in mastering Arabic.