Abstract

Islamic boarding schools are one of the institutions that have an important role in education, especially in learning Arabic. Islamic boarding schools have subcultures related to the philosophy of life, value systems, and systems of power and authority in their management. The difference in educators in making Arabic learning strategies in modern Islamic boarding schools and traditional Islamic boarding schools has made the two parties contradictory, so that the two Islamic boarding schools have different Arabic language learning curricula and methods. This research aims to identify and compare Arabic learning at Al Mizan Muhammadiyah Islamic boarding school Lamongan and Sunan Drajat Islamic Boarding School and to further analyze what is the differentiating factor of learning in Al Mizan Islamic Boarding School and Sunan Drajat Islamic Boarding School in terms of curriculum and learning methods. In this research, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive method. The results of the research conducted were that learning at the Al-Mizan Islamic boarding school and Sunan Drajat Islamic boarding school each had different advantages in terms of curriculum and methods learning Arabic.