Development of Arabic Speaking Teaching Materials based on Tourism Anthropology: A Validator's Assessment

Abstract

All Arabic Language and Literature departments of State Islamic Universities do not offer a particular curriculum that is based on anthropology for students with special needs. Due to this circumstance, the development of Arabic for Occupational Purposes (AOP) content lags significantly behind that of English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) material in terms of speaking skills improvement with local themes and Indonesian cultural wisdom. This study intends to create teaching resources for Arabic that are based on anthropology and include a tourism theme, such as historical tourism, nature tourism, maritime tourism, culinary tourism, religious tourism, local product tourism, and cultural heritage tourism. The Dick and Carry Research and Development paradigm, which has five stages—analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation—is used in this research methodology. Observations in the field and documentation are used as data collection techniques have implications for the presence of Arabic books that are validated and in accordance with the needs of students so that this book is feasible to be applied in improving Arabic speaking proficiency.