Arabic Teaching and Learning: A Model from Indonesian Muslim Minority

Abstract Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) has a long history on the development of national education system in Indonesia. This initiative is expanded through Indonesia, include to the muslim minority area. Therefore, this paper will explore how pesantren engage on their activity in teaching and learning of foreign language. Those foreign languages are Arabic and English. This study will focus only on Arabic as a main source of Islamic understanding. Research was accomplished in Pesantren Nurul Yaqin, West Papua, Indonesia. Qualitative approach was employed during study cycles. In-depth interview and non-participant observation were conducted to collect data. Data collection was performed from February to May. Research findings show that pesantren preserve traditional Arabic teaching and learning processes. They still carry out badongan (individual) and sorogan (classical). In addition to these performs they proceed other strategies and method to enhance students’ language skill. There are seventeen practices that pesantren conducted. Those programs were linkage through 24 hours living environment line up. Finally, techniques and activities were implemented to extend students’ language achievement.