Critical thinking is one of the 21st century skills that students must master. One way to improve students' critical thinking skills is by learning that accommodates High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). The HOTS level is in the cognitive aspect; evaluate, analyze and create. The curriculum for Arabic subject learning has been regulated by the Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Religion number 183 and 184 of 2019, which stated that teachers are asked to direct Arabic subject learning that focuses on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). This study is descriptive qualitative research, describing Arabic subject learning using the Project-based learning (PjBL) model. This study describes the PBL model that can be applied to Arabic learning at Madrasah Aliyah for ten graders with the steps of; asking basic questions, planning and scheduling, monitoring, product assessment, and evaluation.

The use of technology to innovate in learning methods and media has been widely carried out, including in the learning process of the Al-Qirā'ah Al-Asāsiyyah course at the Arabic Language Education Study Program at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta in the third semester. The purpose of this study is to describe students' perspectives on the advantages and challenges of using online-based evaluation tools: Socrative, Quizizz, and Google Form in the learning process at Al-Qirā'ah Al-Asāsiyyah courses. This study is a descriptive quantitative research that uses a questionnaire to collect data. This study revealed several advantages of using the online-based evaluation tools, such as being easy to use, effective, and can motivate students. Meanwhile, the challenges that must be faced are students must be connected to the internet network, the lack of variety in Arabic fonts, and the lack of variety in types of questions. Among the three types of evaluation tools offered, students prefer Quizizz over others.

The Indonesian Ministry of Religion has published Arabic textbooks for ninth grade to assist the implementation of the revision of the Core and Basic Competencies. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the compatibility of Arabic teaching materials with the Basic Competencies outlined in KMA No. 183 of 2019. The study employs a library research design with the data collected using documentation. The sample was selected using purposive sampling techniques, namely the content examination and assessment. Content analysis was performed to analyze the data. The results showed that some contents of the textbook did not comply with the requirements of the basic competence. Several readings and conversational texts did not instance of grammatical structures in use. The textbook did not contain practice questions for mahrah istima'. Also, only 13 (out of 34) questions in the mahārah istimā' segment pertain to higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), while the majority of the questions in mahārah kalām and kitābah pertains to the basic competence of 2013 Curriculum.