Penerapan Metode Imla’ Istima`I Untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Menulis (Maharatul Kitabah) Bahasa Arab Siswi Kelas VIII Shofiyah Di SMP Qur’an Darul Fattah Bandar Lampung

This research is based on the lack of application of appropriate learning methods to support the learning process of Arabic writing skills, a lack of effective time in learning Arabic writing skills, a lack of training for students to develop Arabic writing skills, and a lack of knowledge of students in writing Arabic. Arabic writing is good and correct. The formulation of the problem in this study is "Can the application of the Imla 'Istima`i method improve the Arabic writing skills (maharatul kitabah) of students of class VIII Shofiyah even semester of SMP Qur`an Darul Fattah?". While the purpose of this study is "to describe the effect of the application of the Imla` Istima`i method in improving the Arabic writing skills (maharatul kitabah) of students of class VIII Shofiyah even semester of SMP Qur`an Darul Fattah". Therefore, researchers undertake alternative solutions using the imla` istimai` method because it can help students hone their writing skills properly and correctly. The research subjects were 23 students of class VIII Shofiyah Qur`an Darul Fattah Bandar Lampung, and this research was conducted in 2 cycles with 3 meetings in each cycle. This is evidenced by the increase in the percentage of results from cycle I to cycle II, in the first cycle it obtained an average value of 78.04 and in the second cycle it obtained an average value of 80.39. So the increase in cycle I to cycle II reaches 2.35%. Based on the results of the research that has been done, it is concluded that the imla` istimai` method can improve the writing skills of Shofiyah class VIII students of SMP Qur`an Darul Fattah in Bandar Lampung. What researchers do in this method is to convey how to write the imla` properly and correctly, by providing example sentences, translating Arabic texts and rewriting the contents of the Arabic text