The Contribution of Bilingualism to the Enhancement of Arabic Listening and Speaking Skills in Language Instruction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31571/bahasa.v14i1.9058Keywords:
bilingualism, listening skills (maharah istima’), speaking skills (maharah kalam), Arabic language learning, instructional strategiesAbstract
Listening (Istima') and speaking (Kalam) skills are essential components of Arabic language instruction in the 21st century. In the Indonesian context, where Arabic is not a native language, bilingualism presents a promising pedagogical strategy to bridge students’ linguistic comprehension gaps. This study aims to examine the contribution of bilingualism—particularly the selective use of Indonesian—in enhancing learners’ istima’ and kalam proficiency. Employing a systematic literature review method, this research analyzed 20 scholarly articles published over the past five years, focusing on the intersection of bilingualism and Arabic language education. The findings indicate that a bilingual approach not only enriches students’ vocabulary and sentence structure but also fosters communicative confidence through conversation practice, debates, and the use of bilingual audio media. Strategies such as the Bilingual Class System, audiolingual methods, and translanguaging were found to enhance student engagement, reinforce linguistic memory, and build self-confidence in using Arabic. This study underscores the importance of curriculum development, bilingual teacher training, and the provision of interactive bilingual learning materials. The main contribution of this article lies in proposing a contextualized, adaptive, and sustainable bilingual-based pedagogical approach for Arabic language learning. Thus, this research not only contributes to the theoretical advancement of bilingualism but also offers practical guidance for improving the quality of Arabic language instruction in Indonesia.
Downloads
References
Afra Yuslizar, F., & Arifa, Z. (2021). Interferensi Morfologi dan Sintaksis Bahasa Indonesia dalam Berbicara Bahasa Arab Komunitas Al-Kindy UIN Malang. Lisanul Arab: Journal of Arabic Learning and Teaching, 10(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.15294/la.v10i2.51931
Alasmari, M., Qasem, F., Ahmed, R., & Alrayes, M. (2022). Bilingual teachers’ translanguaging practices and ideologies in online classrooms in Saudi Arabia. Heliyon, 8(9), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10537
Aulia, A., & Rahma, A. N. (2024). Antara Islam dan Budaya Arab: Analisis Fenomena Bilinguaslime dalam Film Series Arab Maklum Between Islam and Arab Culture: Analysis of the Bilinguaslime Phenomenon in the Arab Film Series Maklum. J-LELC: Journal Language Education, Linguistics, and Culture, 4(1), 27–34.
Bai, B., & Zang, X. (2025). Bilingual learning motivation and engagement among students in Chinese-English bilingual education programmes in Mainland China: competing or coexistent? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 4632, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2024.2449071
Budi Sidharta, D., Diani, O., Kartika Sari, D., & Abrian Nugraha, M. (2022). Fenomena Bilingualisme dan Diglosia Taruna Program Studi Manajemen Transportasi Perairan Daratan Politeknik Transportasi Sungai, Danau, dan Penyeberangan Palembang. Jurnal Education and Development : Institur Pendidikan Tapanuli Selatan, 10(1), 102–108. http://journal.ipts.ac.id/index.php/ED/article/view/3460
Dzikrul Hakim Al-Ghozali, M., Kharisma Putra, I., Abidah Ilmi, K., Lathiva Isnaini, N., & Dyah Nurlaili, C. (2025). Problematika Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Siswa di MAN 6 Jombang
. Al-Furqan : Jurnal Agama, Sosial, Dan Budaya, 4(2), 473–485.
Fahruroji. (2020). Kompleksitas Penerjemahan Dalam Masyarakat Bilingualisme. Seminar Internasional Riksa Bahasa XIV, 115–123. http://proceedings.upi.edu/index.php/riksabahasa
Fitriyah, K., Wargadinata, W., Taufiqurrohman, H. R., & Mahmud Adam Ibrohim, F. (2024). Enhancing Arabic Speaking Skills Through Habit Formation in Bilingual Education. Jurnal Al Bayan: Jurnal Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Arab, 16(2), 501–526. https://doi.org/10.24042/albayan.v16i2.24316
Husnul Khotimah, M., Aqila, A., Indriati, S., & Nasution, S. (2024). Pendekatan Komunikatif Dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab: Maharah Istima’ dan Kalam. INNOVATIVE: Journal Of Social Science Research, 4(6), 5051–5068. https://doi.org/10.52266/al-afidah.v2i1.161
Imamah, A., Mahsunah, M., Syaputra, P., Aulia, M., & Fitriyani, L. (2024). Implementasi Metode Sam’iyah Syafawiyah pada Maharah Istima’ dan Maharah Kalam di PKPBA UIN Malang. Borneo Journal of Language and Education, 4(1), 95–106.
Inayati, U. (2023). Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Interaktif Mahārah Istima’ Berbasis Keterampilan Abad-21 di MI Plus Al-Fatimah Bojonegoro Interactive Teaching Materials Development in Mahārah Istima’ based on 21st Century skill at Al-Fatimah plus Islamic Elementary School Bojone. EL Bidayah: Journal of Islamic Elementary Education, 5(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.33367/jiee.v5i2.3773
Insani, R., Naila Himmah, S., Royani, A., & Fudhaili, A. (2024). Manfaat, Tantangan dan Strategi Pada Anak Bilingual di Sekolah Bilingual Indonesia. Ukazh: Journal of Arabic Studies, 5(2), 127–138. https://doi.org/10.37274/ukazh.v5i2.949
Liu, L., Chen, A., & Kager, R. (2022). Simultaneous bilinguals who do not speak a tone language show enhancement in pitch sensitivity but not in executive function. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 12(3), 310–346. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.19037.liu
Ma’sum Effendi, A., Rini, S., & Rismaula Kusumawati, E. (2022). Bilingual Learning in Global English Class Learning Communities for Elementary School Level Children. Maharot : Journal of Islamic Education, 6(2), 141–152. https://doi.org/10.28944/maharot.v6i2.885
Manivannan, V., & Maruthy, S. (2024). Self-Perception of Code-Switching Among Kannada-English Bilingual Adults Who Do and Do Not Stutter. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 9(2), 48–63. https://doi.org/10.21849/cacd.2023.01193
Marya Ulpah, S. (2024). Fenomena Bilingualisme Arab-Indonesia dalam Dialog Film Negeri 5 Menara. Qismul Arab: Journal of Arabic Education, 4(01), 1–13.
Muhajir, M., & Karamah, S. (2021). Arabic Language Education Program at Islamic Boarding School Ibnul Qoyyim Putri Yogyakarta: Study of Code Mixing, Code Switching, and Interference. Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 10(2), 181–218. https://doi.org/10.14421/jpi.2021.102.181-218
Nadya Irafany, M., Divanggi, A., Hanifatunnisa, M., Az Zahro, I., Amellya Widyasepti, R., Dewani Iswara, P., & Widagdo, A. (2025). Analisis Teori dan Referensi Pembelajaran Bilingual: Metode, Teknik, Strategi, Evaluasi, dan Aspek Pembelajaran Komprehensif. Socius: Jurnal Penelitian Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial, 2(10), 387–393.
Nikmatul Aolia, I., & Makhromi, M. (2020). Implementasi Program Bilingual Untuk Mengembangkan Kecerdasan Verbal Linguistik Anak Di SDIT Al-Azhar Kediri. Indonesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(3), 186–196. https://doi.org/10.33367/ijhass.v1i3.1498
Novita, D., & Nopriansyah, U. (2024). Pengaruh Pola Asuh Demokratis Orang tua Terhadap Kemampuan Bilingualisme Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun. Aulad : Journal on Early Childhood, 7(3), 743–753. https://doi.org/10.31004/aulad.v7i3.785
Putri Lestari, A., & Sabardila, A. (2025). Pendayagunaan Bilingualisme Masyarakat Wirausaha di Pasar Bunder Sragen serta Implikasinya pada Keterampilan Berbicara. Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa Dan Sastra, 11(1), 905–915.
Qoriatul Hasanah, L. (2024). Arabic Teaching and Learning Research in Non-Arabic-Speaking Countries: a Bibliometric Analysis. Tsaqofiya : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Dan Sastra Arab, 6(2), 633–657. https://doi.org/10.21154/tsaqofiya.v6i2.680
Rakhmat, M., & Abdul Qohar, H. (2024). Pengaruh Bilingualisme dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Ranah Research: Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 6(6), 3057–3072. http://dx.doi.org/10.31227/osf.io/my94n
Rizki Amalia Pratiwi, Q. (2025). PENERAPAN BAHASA ASING DI SD ISLAMIC BILINGUAL SCIENCE DARUL HIJRAH PUTERI. Al-Madrasah: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, 9(2), 795–809. https://doi.org/10.35931/am.v9i2.4821
Saepurrohman, A., Sunarya, Y., & Nurkholis Majid, M. (2023). Higher Order Thinking (HOTS) Skills Assessment Model in Arabic Language Skills Learning in Madrasah. Tadris Al-’Arabiyyah: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab Dan Kebahasaaraban, 2(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.15575/ta.v2i1.24150
Safira, D., & Shanie, A. (2022). Implementasi Pembelajaran Bilingual Pada Siswa Kelas 1 Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Al-Mustafa Semarang. BADA’A: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar, 4(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.37216/badaa.v4i1.553
Sami, R. (2024). Impact of bilingualism on language development in 46 Egyptian children. Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 40(16), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-024-00572-x
Shahbari-Kassem, A., Schiff, R., & Saiegh-Haddad, E. (2024). Development of morphological awareness in Arabic: the role of morphological system and morphological distance. In Reading and Writing (Issue 0123456789). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-024-10581-0
Shao, S., Alharir, S., Hariri, S., Satam, P., Shiri, S., & Mbarki, A. (n.d.). AI-based Arabic Language and Speech Tutor. 1–8.
Sintia Wulandari, A. (2022). Literature Review: Pendekatan Berdiferensiasi Solusi Pembelajaran dalam Keberagaman. Jurnal Pendidikan MIPA, 12(3), 682–689. https://doi.org/10.37630/jpm.v12i3.620
Solehudin, M. (2024). INTERACTIVE DEBATE STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING ARABIC SPEAKING. El-Jaudah: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Dan Sastra Arab, V(2), 92–111.
Solehudin, M., Hanifansyah, N., & Fathi Izzuddin, I. (2024). Enhancing Arabic Listening and Vocabulary Acquisition through AI-Powered Music: A Study on Suno AI. Arabiyat : Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab Dan Kebahasaaraban, 11(2), 175–188.
Sunarko, A., & Astri Dyah Anggraini, D. (2023). Efektivitas Atomic Habits Terhadap Peningkatan Maharah Kalam Peserta Didik Program Bilingual SMA Takhassus Al-Qur ’an Kalibeber Wonosobo. Tarling: Journal of Language Education, 7(2), 247–260.
Wang, Z., C. Lipton, Z., & Tsvetkov, Y. (2020). On Negative Interference in Multilingual Models: Findings and A Meta-Learning Treatment. EMNLP 2020 - 2020 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Proceedings of the Conference, 4438–4450. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2020.emnlp-main.359
Yusuf Al-Ayubi, S., Putra, S., & Mokodenseho, S. (2023). Penggunaan Metode Audiolingual dalam Maharah Istima’ di Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Kahfi Hidayatullah Surakarta. Journal of Education Research, 4(4), 1839–1845.
Zumaruddin, M., Mujib Thohir, M., Luthfinda, M., Naila Fadhila, A., Amadea Maulana, S., & Zaman, B. (2024). Penerapan Implementasi Bilingual Class System di MAN 2 Kudus : Meningkatkan Kualitas Pendidikan Berbasis Bahasa dan Agama. Journal of Instructional and Development Researches, 4(6), 587–595
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
License and Publishing Agreement
In submitting the manuscript to the journal, the authors certify that:
- They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
- The work described has not been formally published before, except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, thesis, or overlay journal.
- That it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,
- That its publication has been approved by all the author(s) and by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – of the institutes where the work has been carried out.
- They secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere.
- They agree to the following license and publishing agreement.
Copyright
Authors who publish with Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Â
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.