A Comparative Study of Dialogue in the Arabic Textbook Al- ‘Arabiyyah Bayna Yadaik and Al- ‘Arabiyyah li An-Nāsyiin

دراسة مقارنة الحوار في الكتاب العربية بين يديك والكتاب العربية للناشئين

Abstract

School textbooks play a very important role in ensuring the achievement of learning objectives. In the learning of foreign languages such as Arabic for non-native speakers, school textbooks pose a problem because there are still very few textbooks suitable for use in learning Arabic. Most Arabic textbooks still use books from most Eastern countries, whose educational materials were prepared for Arabic speakers. Because these two books contain many examples of dialogue and are suitable for learning speaking skills, the researcher wants to examine the material related to dialogue in these two books and then identify the similarities and shortcomings of each book. The research questions are: What are the similarities between the dialogue in the Arabic book between your hands and the Arabic book for beginners? What are the differences between the dialogue in the two books? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two books? The objectives of this research are to identify the similarities and differences in dialogue and the advantages and disadvantages of the two books. This research is qualitative and in the analysis of data, the researcher used the comparison method. The results of this research are similarities in the dialogue between the two books, namely that the dialogue in both books is in a single introduction, and differences in the dialogue between the two books, namely that the dialogue in the Arabic book for beginners may contain Arabic phrases that are not grammatically correct. The advantage of the Arabic book in your hands is the integration of the four language skills and their proficiency, while its disadvantage is that the long texts may cause boredom for the reader. The advantage of the Arabic book for beginners is that it is distinguished by aspects of the language such as grammar and morphology, while its disadvantage is the lack of integration between the elements of the language and its skills. Finally, the Arabic book in your hands and the Arabic book for beginners have advantages and shortcomings that distinguish them from each other.