Al-Muyassar: Journal of Arabic Education
Vol 5 No 3 (2026): Al-Muyassar: Journal of Arabic Education

Scaffolding, Collaboration, and Feedback in Task-Based Arabic Writing: Evidence from an Indonesian Islamic Boarding School

Ammar Ahmed Mohammed Al Wesabi (Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung)
Dindin Solahudin (Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung)
Isop Syafei (Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung)
Nanang Kosim (Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Sep 2026

Abstract

This study examines how linguistic scaffolding, collaborative writing, and feedback operate as interconnected pedagogical mechanisms in task-based Arabic writing instruction. It reports a focused qualitative classroom-process analysis embedded within a broader research-and-development study conducted at an Islamic boarding school in Bogor, Indonesia. The analysis centered on 14 male upper-secondary students who participated in a ten-period task-based writing program. Data were obtained from classroom observations, interviews, instructional documents, classroom writing activities, and implementation records, and were analyzed thematically by tracing patterns of linguistic support, peer interaction, feedback engagement, and revision. The findings show that linguistic scaffolding helped learners access vocabulary, structures, and task expectations before writing; collaborative work enabled them to generate ideas, compare expressions, and negotiate linguistic choices; and teacher and peer feedback directed attention to unresolved problems that were subsequently addressed through revision. These mechanisms operated sequentially and recursively rather than independently. The study contributes a process-oriented explanation linking linguistic scaffolding, collaborative meaning-making, feedback and noticing, revision, and meaningful Arabic writing. The findings imply that effective task-based writing requires coordinated support across the writing process rather than the assignment of communicative tasks alone.

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al

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Description

Al-Muyassar: Journal of Arabic Education is a journal published twice a year (June and December), is a multilingual (Bahasa, Arabic, and English), and specializes in Arabic Education and Arabic Studies. This journal published by the Arabic Education Department, Faculty of Islamic, Muhammadiyah ...