Textbooks are one of the learning resources used in the learning process. As the main
learning resource, textbooks serve as a medium for educators and students in an effort
to achieve learning objectives. This study aims to describe errors in textbooks. The
focus of the research was done by looking at syntactic errors, vocabulary, and writing
Arabic words. The source of the data in this research is the Arabic book for Class II
Madrasah Ibtidaiyah written by Sunaryo Putro published by PT. Tiga Serangkai of
Independent Libraries, Solo. The research method used content analysis with the
analytical technique to record the types of errors contained in the textbook. The results
showed that there were 13 errors in the textbook that the author examined with details
of 3 errors in syntax, in the form of an error in the final vowel of a word that is not in
accordance with its maqam i'rab, 3 errors in vocabulary (mufradat) which is the
vocabulary in the book not in accordance with the actual meaning, as well as 7 errors
in writing words that do not refer to the writing of Arabic words that are good and
correct, in accordance with the rules of Islamic science. This study recommends
further research to analyze more varied sample of teaching materials with the other
research methods.
Keywords: error analysis, arabic language, textbook