PENGEMBANGAN BUKU AJAR BAHASA ARAB BERBASIS KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT ACEH

Abstract

Most Arabic language textbooks used in Indonesian educational institutions are still dominated by content set in Middle Eastern or generic national contexts, resulting in learning materials that feel culturally distant and less meaningful for students in specific regions such as Aceh. Local wisdom-based textbook development offers a contextual alternative by integrating regional cultural content, such as proverbs, customs, traditional arts, and local cuisine, into Arabic vocabulary, reading texts, and conversational materials. This article aims to examine the concept and urgency of developing Arabic textbooks based on Acehnese local wisdom, to map the potential cultural content of Aceh that can be integrated into such textbooks, and to describe an appropriate development model and ideal structure for these instructional materials. This study employs a qualitative approach using a literature review (library research) method, collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing books, national and international journal articles, and precedents of local wisdom-based Arabic textbook development in various regions of Indonesia. The results show that precedents from regions such as Brebes, Kudus, Sumenep, and Malay-speaking areas demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of local wisdom-based Arabic textbooks in enhancing student motivation and cultural relevance, while Aceh possesses rich and largely untapped cultural resources, including hadih maja proverbs, Dodaidi and Peurateb Aneuk oral traditions, Rapa'i performing arts, traditional games, and distinctive local cuisine and tourism sites, that can be systematically integrated into vocabulary lists, reading passages, and dialogue materials through a research and development model such as Borg and Gall or ADDIE. The article concludes that the development of an Acehnese local wisdom-based Arabic textbook offers a contextually meaningful, culturally authentic, and pedagogically sound approach to Arabic language instruction, while simultaneously contributing to the preservation and documentation of Aceh's cultural heritage.