Author:
Muhammad Yunus Anis
Affiliation:
Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Indonesia
Keyword(s):
learning assessment, Arabic for tourism, discourse analysis, hybrid/ blended learning
Abstract:
Arabic language had a significant role for elaborating and describing the potential of the Middle East area. Historically, the Arabic language had become the “lingua franca” in the Arabic Peninsula. One of the most significant potentials in this area is tourism, especially religious tourism. This research will elaborate the learning assessment in the Arabic language for a certain purpose (Arabic for tourism). The data in this research is several texts included the comprehensively elaborating about tourism in the Arabic peninsula area. The assessment had been related with two segments: (1) grammatical aspects and (2) discourse aspects. The assessment of Arabic for tourism lesson will be implemented in the hybrid/blended learning supported by E-learning. The first assessment in grammatical measured the capability of the student to understand the text about Arabic tourism from the units of language such as word, phrase, clause, and sentence. The second assessment in discourse aspects fo
cused on the capability of students investigating the relation between the function of language and the elements of communications. By elaborating the discourse assessment in Arabic tourism text, the students can determine comprehensively five functions of language in the discourse analysis, such as (1) expressive function, (2) phatic function, (3) informational function, (4) aesthetic function, and (5) directive function. This research will be the main model of Arabic tourism lesson based on the hybrid/ blended learning to develop the application of learning assessment.
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