The current problem of moral degradation that occurs in children is very worrying. To counter this situation, the government issued policy to promote character education at all levels of education. Based on this problem, the researcher developed the teaching materials on Arabic lesson mahfudhat text to improve the character of the students.
This study aims at developing teaching material of Arabic subject based on mahfudhat text to improve the students' character and to see its effect on the increasing their character. This study is based on research and development (R&D) by Borg and Gall. It was preceeded by the need analysis on Arabic materials. The data are collected through observation, interview, questionnaire and document study. Likert scale model is used to analyze the data.
The results of this study indicate that teaching materials developed by mahfudhat text can improve nine students' characters that were measured, i.e: humble, honest, tolerant, discipline, spirited, enthusiastic for learning, patient, creative, and diligent. This result is evidenced by the significant increase in the value of the results of the questionnaire distributed to the students. On the other hand, this study also showed that this teaching material is preferred because it can facilitate them to understand the Arabic lesson, especially on the use of new vocabulary
