Tahlīlu al-Qudrati ‘ala Fahmi al-Maqrūi Li an-Nuṣūṣi al-‘Arabiyyati ladai Ṭullabi al-Faṣli as-Sābi’i bi al-Madrasati aṡ-Ṡānawiyyati al-‘Ināyah Bāndūnj

Abstract

This research is motivated by a problem that occurred in seventh grade students at MTs Al-Inayah Bandung which was related to the lack of reading comprehension of Arabic texts in students. This research aims to (1) determine the ability to read comprehension of Arabic texts in seventh grade students at MTs Al-Inayah Bandung, (2) determine the factors that influenced the reading comprehension of Arabic texts for students, (3) know what efforts are made to overcome difficulties of the students in understanding Arabic texts. The method used in this research is a descriptive analysis method, with a qualitative approach. The techniques of data collection in this study was carried out by (1) observation, (2) interviews, (3) tests, and (4) documentation. Participants in this study were Arabic teacher and twenty six students in seventh grade. The results showed that (1) the reading comprehension ability of seventh grade students at MTs Al-Inayah Bandung obtained an average score of 79 with good category, (2) the factors that influenced students in reading comprehension of Arabic text included: teacher, learning methods, motivation, interests, background, experience, lessons, text structure of reading and vocabulary, (3) the efforts to overcome difficulties of students' reading comprehension by the teacher are to provide motivation to students, provide examples of reading text repeatedly until students understand very well so that students are able to answer the questions given, provide additional learning for students who are less or students who have difficulty, provide rewards and good grades, improve students' vocabulary mastery and form study groups.