Jacob's Analytical Assessment in the Evaluation of Arabic Writing Skills at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Program Keagamaan

Abstract

This article aims to determine the level of Arabic writing proficiency of class X PK 1 Madrasah Aliyah Program Keagamaan (MANPK) Jember students in writing essays. The sample for this research was 20 students, here in after referred to as students 1 - students 20 (S1-S20). Data was taken from students' "Simple Essays" written in class. These texts were then analyzed based on the Jacobs Analysis Rubric to assess students' general Arabic writing proficiency. This technique proposes assessing five criteria in students' Arabic writing, namely from the aspects of content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. This research uses a quantitative descriptive research design. The results of the evaluation of students' Arabic writing using Jacob's analysis were that the average student's writing ability was at a good to average level. This can be seen from the number of students whose Arabic writing skills in all aspects are at a perfect to very good level, only 10%, while the number of students who are at a good to average level in all aspects of the assessment is 60% and 30% of other students. is at a fair to poor level in all aspects, except for the aspect of vocabulary use and selection, which is at a good to sufficient level. These findings can be used as feedback for teachers to improve the process of learning Arabic writing skills.