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The Use of Local Legend in Teaching Narrative ReadingA Paper

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The Use of Local Legend in Teaching Narrative Reading

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T%is paper &ill dis'uss ab(ut t%e use () *('al *egend in Tea'%ing +arratie. T%is

-aper tries t( ())er s(me ans&ers )(r s(me pr(blems &%i'% are )(und in t%epr('ess () tea'%ing and learning narratie tet by t%e eig%t% grade 'lass

students () S- + 1 adau. T%e pr(blems &ere t%at t%ey &ere uninterested in

reading less(n and t%ey g(t l(& m(tiati(n in learning nglis% espe'ially in

reading 'lass. (nseuently, t%e students g(t di))i'ulty t( understand t%e

grammati'al '(nstru'ti(n in t%e tet t%ey read4 t%ey did n(t 5n(& t%e meaning ()

un)amiliar ('abulary. esides, t%e reading materials in t%e tet b((5 &ere n(t

interesting t( t%em be'ause t%e st(ries ()ten 'ame )r(m (t%er '(untries and t%e

reading tets &ere n(t appr(priate t( t%e students ba'5gr(und 5n(&ledge.

Key words: Teaching Technique, CTL, Local Legend, reading comprehension

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Reading as one of the language skills presented in teaching learning activity

takes important role in oth receptive and productive language skills. !t can

roaden and enlarge the students" knowledge, ecause most of communicated in

written form. #oreover reading can introduce students" new vocaularies $words,

clauses, and sentences% structure and grammar which are necessary in developing

other skills such as listening, speaking and writing. &pecifically, reading rings

students to get comprehension, which will lead them to understand and respond to

what they read.

'owever, reading comprehension is a comple( process, it does not happen

automatically. )irst of all, the reader must e ale to decode the words.


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!n order the teaching of narrative reading y using Local Legend reaches

ma(imal result, the teacher should design material and decide the approach.

Related to this concept, the use of Conte(tual Teaching and Learning

approach $CTL 1pproach% will e much more suitale. CTL approach emphasi?es

the learning process through 5constructing6 not memori?ing and teaching is

interpreted as an activity of inquiring process not only transferring knowledge to

the students. !n CTL, student are e(pected to develop their own understanding

from their past e(perience or knowledge $assimilation%. !n achieving the goals of

CTL, there are some characteristics that should e concerned y the teachers.

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&tudents use academic knowledge in the real world conte(t to the

meaningful purposes.

!n designing material, the teacher must carefully select the narrative here

are some steps to design the material

D Collecting the document in order to view overall possile resources

related to local community

D @eciding and adapting the most relevant topics from the selected

document $the local legend stories%

D Translating into 2nglish $since the sources are written or narrated in

0ahasa%

D Eiving illustration for the material, here the creativity of a teacher is

needed.

D Eiving the task, the task is very crucial in material development. !t is not

3ust a collection of instructions ut also activity which should contain theelement of conte(tual teaching and learning. There were seven element

must e involved in the tasks, they are constructivism, inquiry,

questioning, learning community, modeling, reflection, and authentic

assessment.

!n teaching learning process, here are some e(amples of possile steps to follow

D The teacher distriutes the story and the students are required to mention the

unfamiliar vocaulary.

D 0efore reading the story, the teacher made sure that all students have een ready

and would focus listening to the story.

D *e(t, the Teacher e(plains the local legend, the generic structure of narrative

te(t and grammatical features of narrative te(t in the story. !n this case, the

writer e(plains more aout the complication and the resolution of the story. &o,

the students can easily find the prolems and gets moral values from the story.

D *e(t, the teacher asks some students distriuted the te(t of the story and the

test that students had to answer individually.

D The teacher gave a chance for the students to ask whether there were still any

unfamiliar words. 0efore starting to answer the questions, the teacher

emphasi?e to the students that they should e confident with their own answersand if they still have difficulties they could ask the teacher

/# 1onclusion

The use of local legend can engage students" motivation in learning process,

particularly in reading activity ecause it is easy for the students to comprehend the


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narrative te(t and they are interested in reading narrative te(t ecause the students

ever read in !ndonesian form and they will learn the stories in 2nglish. They will

also appreciate their local stories and their local wisdom. The use of this material,

however, must e planned carefully y designing it and choose the appropriate

approach of teaching.

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