The Role of Lecturers (Native Speakers) in Increasing Motivation to Speak Arabic for Students

Abstract

A native speaker is someone who speaks a certain language as their mother tongue. In other words, a native speaker means a native speaker. In class C semester II of the Master of Arabic Language Education at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, there is one out of six lecturers teaching courses in that class who is a native Arabic speaker. based on the observation that the lack of motivation of students to use Arabic as a language of communication let alone the language of instruction. Therefore this resarch aims to describe the role of lecturers (native speakers) in increasing students' motivation to speak Arabic and describe the efforts made by the head of study program in creating a language environment. This research is a field research, the method used is descriptive qualitative method. Data collection techniques used are observation, questionnaires and documentation. The results of the study show how important it is for lecturers (native speakers) to teach courses in order to increase motivation to speak. This role includes four things, namely: the lecturer as an educator, the lecturer as a demonstrator, the lecturer as a mediator and facilitator, and the lecturer as an evaluator. Given the importance of the lecturer (native speaker), there should be a lecturer in each class who is a native speaker of Arabic and a lecturer who is active in the language so that students are motivated to use it as a language of communication in class and outside of class.