The curriculum and learning are two things that can not be separated. The curriculum serves as a guide that provides the direction and purpose of education and content to be learned, while learning is a process that occurs in the interaction of teaching and learning between teachers and students. Without a clear curriculum as a reference, then learning process will not take place effectively. Similarly, the curriculum will not be meaningful if it is not implemented in the learning process. The development of an Arabic learning curriculum is a never-ending process that must be done continuously. If not, then the curriculum becomes obsolete or out of date. Nevertheless, the curriculum development can not be done perfunctorily or in any old way. To produce a qualified Arabic leaning curriculum must stand on a firm foundation, among others: religious, philosophical, juridical, linguistic, psychololinguistic, sociolinguistic, and scientific and technological foundations.

This study aimed to analyze the level of learning interest and Arabic speaking ability of students in Islamic Junior High School. This research method was quantitative with a survey approach. The study was conducted at Islamic Junior High School 2 centr this study were 52 students of grade VIII. The data collection method used a questionnaire and test. The questionnaire method was aimed to students to get data on the level of students' interest in learning Arabic and the test method speaking ability. The data analysis technique was descriptive quantitative. The results showed that the level of student interest in learning Arabic was low and the level of ability to speak Arabic was Low of interest and speaking ability due to the students' learning environment that was not conducive. The learning environment did not support in increasing speaking ability. The lack of support from the environment would cause a sense of disinte learning process. So that the goal of increasing interest in learning and speaking ability would not be achieved.

This paper aims to assess the book of al-Balaghah al-Wadhihah compiled by ‘Ali al-Jarim and Mustafa Amin as a textbook used in the Department of Arabic Language Teaching at the Education Faculty of State Islamic Istitute of Metro. The study of this textbook uses the literature review method by examining various theories about the principles and criteria for preparing textbooks as an analysis tool. The result of study found that the book of al-Balaghah al-Wadhihah is in accordance with the principles and criteria for the preparation of a good textbook. There are some advantages and disadvantages of this textbook. The advantages of this textbook include: the basic concepts of the subject are simple, containing verses of the Qur'an as an example of discussion of material and practice. However, it still has many disadvantages, among others: this textbook is composed for Arabic (Egyptian) students and uses Arabic as the language of instruction, not compiled for Non-Arabic (Indonesian) students so that it is difficult to understand by Indonesian students who are weak in nahwu-sharaf mastery and lack of vocabulary.

The Arabic writing skill is one of the important Arabic language skill and it is a main goal of the Arabic learning as foreign language. However, it does not get a main concern in Arabic teaching as foreign language. Beside, the students’ Arabic writing skill is still in low level. This research aims to increase students’ Arabic writing skill through the constructive teaching approach and to describe the effective teaching method of Arabic writing skill as foreign language. This research used the classroom action research method conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of four steps they are: 1)planning, 2) action, 3) observation, and 4) reflection. The data of research consist of teaching and learning process of Arabic writing skill in classroom and students’ Arabic compositions. The research participants are a lecture and 30 students of Arabic writing skill. The results of research showed that the Arabic writing skill teaching through the constructive approach consists of three phases they are: 1) pre writing phase, 2) writing phase, and 3) post writing phase. The results also showed that the constructive teaching approach is effective to increase students’ Arabic writing skill.

This study aimed at classifying the kinds of errors in Arabic conversations of students majoring in Arabic at the State Islamic Institute of Metro in Academic Year 2017/2018, describing the frequency of the language errors, and explaining the factors that caused the language error. The data were collected through observation, field notes, and tape recording. The results showed that errors in Arabic conversations of students majoring in Arabic at the State Islamic Institute of Metro in Academic Year 2017/2018 can be classified in three kinds of languages errors, namely: (1) the pronunciation errors, (2) the morphology errors, and (3) the syntax errors. On the kind of pronunciation errors, the highest frequency of errors occurred at pronunciation of / ض /, / ث /, / ع /, and / ذ /. On the kind of morphology errors, the highest frequency of errors occurred at tashrif fi’il madhiy and tashrif fi’il mudhari'. On the kind of syntax errors, the highest frequency of errors occurred at the structure of mudhaf-mudhaf ilaih, na'at-man’ut, and jar-majrur. The factors that caused the pronunciation errors can be categorized as the inter-language errors. While the factors that caused morphology errors and syntax errors can be categorized as the intra-lingual errors.