Folklore Kampar: The Local Wisdom In Reading

Gisfa, Mella (2022) Folklore Kampar: The Local Wisdom In Reading. Other thesis, Universitas Islam Riau.

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Abstract

Reading is an activity to understand the written text. It is an interactive process between the reader and text; with reading we can get more information, science and knowledge.reading also one of the most important tools for students because through reading can gain knowledge and fulfill their need of information. This research is about the folklore of Gunung Sahilan Kampar which has been a tradition and has been told for so many years from many generations before to help people understand the tradition itself and the local values. Objective of this research is to provide teachers possibilities of reading materials coming from the local stories. Besides giving additional vocabulary to enrich the student skills it can also promote the local cultures and values from the stories coming into English classes in college. The data was mainly collected by interviewing 3 (three) public figures of Gunung Sahilan village and rewrite the stories they told in the sort of narrative texts. The results of the research are three folklore from Gunung Sahilan, Kampar suitable for teaching materials especially in reading comprehension and adding up student’s vocabulary as well as to expose them with its local values.

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