Folklore as a Tool to Naturally Learn and Maintain Sasak Language as Mother Tongue

Nuriadi

2018

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of function of Sasak folklore, especially verbal folklores, in teaching and maintaining Sasak language naturally. ‘Sasak’ is a name of an ethnic group exisiting in Lombok island using Sasak language as mother tongue. Based on qualitative research, Sasak people is usually ‘planting’ (teaching) the Sasak language as their mother tongue through folklore, especially verbal Sasak folklores. Those are such as: pinje panje, children playing songs (elate), lullabying songs (bedede), or story telling (waran). This activity mostly happens in informal form in any kind of occasions. This phenomenon is usually undergone by mothers to their children or by other children to their friends in their own communities. Hence, it is also found that this model of learning is very effective in maintaining the Sasak language as mother tongue and Sasak culture. Finally, based on the research, most of the informants acknowledge that they still well remember all the folklores they played in childhood. They even still love their Sasak backgrounds. Therefore, Sasak folklore is a good tool in naturally teaching and/or maintaining Sasak language.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nuriadi. (2018). Folklore as a Tool to Naturally Learn and Maintain Sasak Language as Mother Tongue.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS, ISBN 978-989-758-348-3, pages 918-926. DOI: 10.5220/0007554009180926

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icps18,
author={Nuriadi},
title={Folklore as a Tool to Naturally Learn and Maintain Sasak Language as Mother Tongue},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,},
year={2018},
pages={918-926},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007554009180926},
isbn={978-989-758-348-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,
TI - Folklore as a Tool to Naturally Learn and Maintain Sasak Language as Mother Tongue
SN - 978-989-758-348-3
AU - Nuriadi.
PY - 2018
SP - 918
EP - 926
DO - 10.5220/0007554009180926