Expanding Students’ Language Awareness and Preserving Local Wisdom Through Folktales  

Oleh:

Soelistijowati, Joesasono Oediarti ; Erwanto, Lambang

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 2, page 655-662.
Topik: language awareness; local wisdom; folktales
Fulltext: hal 655.pdf (15.04MB)

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In many countries around the world, literature is highly valued. Based on this reason, students of English education department may experience a real sense of achievement at tracking literary materials in the classroom. Asking students to retell short stories from their own culture before getting them to read an authentic story in English on a similar theme could be highly motivating. A good novel or short story, a play and a poem are good materials for teaching English. If the materials are carefully chosen, students will feel that what they do in the classroom is relevant and meaningful to their own lives. Literature can provide students with access to the culture of the people whose language they are studying. Literary texts in English reflect the rich and fascinating diversities of our world. The purpose of this paper is to show that literature in language teaching is very crucial in the global era for expanding students’ language awareness and preserving local wisdom through folktales to create interesting and amazing atmosphere.

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