Development of TIKAR Web-Based Media to Improve Arabic Writing Skills Using ACTFL Guidelines

Nilna Ulfatul Farida, Nurul Murtadho, Kholisin Kholisin, Abd Rauf Bin Hassan

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This study describes the development of TIKAR, an interactive web-based learning medium for Arabic writing using 12 narrative texts selected from Shuwar Min At-Tarikh Al-Islami. Using the ADDIE model, the study involved a needs analysis of 35 female students and one Arabic teacher, followed by a limited trial with 10 eleventh-grade female students at MA Al-Manshur Al-Islamy. TIKAR integrates four writing-exercise levels mapped to ACTFL Writing Proficiency levels from Novice Low to Intermediate Low. Content-expert validation reached 79.46%, media-expert validation 80.00%, and female students’ responses 84.13%, indicating pedagogical feasibility, instructional appropriateness, and strong user acceptability of the developed medium. Trial data showed that 70% of female students were at the Novice Mid level. These data describe the use of the medium and are not evidence of its effectiveness. The findings provide a model for integrating authentic Islamic historical texts with ACTFL-based scaffolded writing tasks in a web-based learning platform.

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ACTFL writing proficiency; ADDIE model; Arabic writing skills; TIKAR Web-based learning media

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