Study of Legends and Folklores as Efforts to Develop Instructional Materials in High Schools

This research is aimed at obtaining appropriate teaching based on the student’s cultural background to help ease their difficulties in learning short stories. Folklore has a good deed and is close to the students’ life, and therefore it is suitable to be implemented as teaching material. This research gathers all folklores through interviews and documentation studies. Structures and values of folklores are analyzed qualitatively to find out the folklores based on some determined criteria. Selected folklores are applied as developed teaching material and the use of language is adapted according to 2013 Curriculum. Based on some validity tests as well as learning trials conducted by some experts and practitioners, the developed teaching materials are applicable. It can be seen from the students’ enthusiasm telling their own folklores; dynamic learning activities, positive responses to comprehend, to speak, to read, and to write short stories whose ideas are developed from the folklore values, and the learning outcomes are considered effective. Keywords—structures and values of folklores; teaching materials