DINAMIKA ILMU - Vol 20 No 2 - The Use of Teaching Media in Arabic Language Teaching During Covid-19 Pandemic

Oct 15, 2026

Arabic language’s distinctive characteristics create teaching challenges for the academic community, and the COVID-19 situation has intensified impacts on both teachers and students. At the university level, online learning must sustain teaching–learning continuity through appropriate media. This qualitative case study explores Arabic online teaching–learning activities at IAIN Palangka Raya using observations, interviews, and documentation. Findings identify three main platforms: WhatsApp Group, Google Classroom, and Zoom Cloud Meeting.

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A. Introduction

DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 20 No. 2, 2020 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v20i2.2515](http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v20i2.2515) The Use of Teaching Media in Arabic Language Teaching During Covid-19 Pandemic Ahmadi IAIN Palangka Raya, Indonesia [e-mail: ahmadiiainplk@yahoo.co.id](e-mail: ahmadiiainplk@yahoo.co.id) Aulia Mustika Ilmiani IAIN Palangka Raya, Indonesia [e-mail: aulia.mustika.ilmiani@iain-palangkaraya.ac.id](e-mail: aulia.mustika.ilmiani@iain-palangkaraya.ac.id) Abstract The characteristic of Arabic Language which is unique and different compared to other foreign languages, has become certain issue for academic society, especially with this actual condition of COVID-19, it gives impact to both teachers and students. In university level, more specifically, in order to maintain teaching – learning process to be held, various kind of media are used to support the teaching and learning activities. This research aims for exploring and describing Arabic language teaching – learning online activities in IAIN Palangka Raya using qualitative method and case study. Data collecting methods used in this research are observations, interview and documentation. Research result shows that Arabic language teaching – learning online activities in IAIN Palangka Raya adopting online technology with platforms which based on social media and e-learning application. Those platforms are categorized into three: 1) WhatsApp Group, used for intensive communications between teacher and students related to teaching – learning activities; 2) Google Classroom, used for collecting assignments; and 3) Zoom Cloud Meeting, used for audio-visual media for learning topics which need significant explanation. These medias are used after consideration on ease of accessibility, hardware compatibility, communication features, process and cost needed to use them. The findings of this research describe that Arabic language teaching – learning online activities in IAIN Palangka Raya collaborate those three aforementioned applications so that creativity, innovation and motivation are growing even during Covid-19 pandemic situation. Keywords: arabic language teaching, covid-19, teaching media A. Introduction Covid-19 pandemic is a health crisis which has been infecting millions of people in more than 200 countries around the world and has been causing a lot of deaths (Shereenet al, 2020). This disease which caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-Cov-2 first happened in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China (Cluver et al, 2020) . World Health Organization (WHO) has established Covid-19 as global pandemic (Fauzi et al, 2020) . Covid-19 pandemic has been giving impact on life aspects, including education. In this situation, the role and position of education is extremely crucial (Bakhtiar, 2016) . There are many countries decided to shut down their schools and university for any regular teaching-learning activities (Contreras, 2020) . Education has become one of any aspect which is lethally affected by Covid-10 pandemic. This pandemic happens in fast pace and affecting grand scale of area. In order to control the spreading of Covid-19, where students and teachers are also considered as carrier and asymptomatic patients, almost all countries are reducing or even prohibiting activities in any educational institutes. According to ABC News report on March 7th, 2020, schools are closed in more than tens of countries due to Covid-1 pandemic. And based on data of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) there are 39 countries which deliberately close their schools with the number of potentially infected students are reaching to 421.388.462 children, and 86.034.287 university students. Nowadays in Indonesia, many universities and schools have been implementing the policy to use online method for remote teaching and learning activities. And either Indo

FAQs

What is the aim of the research on Arabic language teaching online during COVID-19?

To explore and describe Arabic language teaching–learning online activities at IAIN Palangka Raya using a qualitative case study approach.

Which online platforms are used in Arabic language teaching–learning at IAIN Palangka Raya?

WhatsApp Group for intensive communication, Google Classroom for collecting assignments, and Zoom Cloud Meeting for audio-visual learning that needs significant explanation.

How does the study explain the use of the selected teaching media?

The platforms are chosen based on accessibility, hardware compatibility, communication features, and the process and cost required to use them, supporting creativity, innovation, and motivation during the pandemic.

Oct 15, 2026

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