Open and Distance Learning In Arabic Creative Writing Using The WSQA Method (Word, Sentence, Question, Answer): Case Study In MAN Karanganyar

Abstract

This research will investigate the open and distance learning in Arabic language. Distance learning was very important to gain the competences of a foreign language, especially in Arabic language. The students were not entering the class, they can study Arabic language outside the class using the WSQA method. This method will investigate the Arabic writing skill of the students by elaborating word, sentence, question, and answer in Arabic language. The data in this research had been collected from the text of WSQA written by Islamic Senior High Student at MAN Karanganyar. There are two outcomes from this research: (1) describing the common mistakes in WSQA method and its impact to decrease the memorizing method when learning the new vocabularies. (2) Describing the strategies of WSQA methode to minimize the common mistakes in Arabic creative writing. The data was collected by using the several questionnaires at MAN Karanganyar. This research had been used the observation of the 39 students in class XI MAN Karanganyar. They had composed the WSQA text in Arabic language. The common mistakes in Arabic WSQA text had been divided into two basic common mistakes, such as (1) Arabic Morphology and (2) Arabic Syntax. The results of this research concluded that the WSQA method using distance learning had the significant impact on the process of creative writing translation from Arabic language (L1) into Bahasa Indonesia (L2) and it can be the model of innovation for child-friendly education.