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Revealing the Kafoa Language Vitality through the Basic Cultural Vocabulary Mastery: Implications for Language Education

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العنوان: Revealing the Kafoa Language Vitality through the Basic Cultural Vocabulary Mastery: Implications for Language Education
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Fairul Zabadi, Besse Darmawati, Dessy Wahyuni, Sri Kusuma Winahyu, Dewi Nastiti Lestaningsih, Amirullah Abduh
المصدر: International Journal of Language Education. 2023 7(4):686-701.
الإتاحة: International Journal of Language Education. Faculty of Languages and Literature UNM Jl Daeng Tata Raya Makassar, South Sulawesi 90224 Indonesia. e-mail: ijole@unm.ac.id; Web site: https://ojs.unm.ac.id/ijole/indexTest
تمت مراجعته من قبل الزملاء: Y
Page Count: 16
تاريخ النشر: 2023
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
الواصفات: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Indigenous Populations, Native Language, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Form Classes (Languages), Nouns, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Cultural Traits, Language Skill Attrition, Language Minorities
مصطلحات جغرافية: Indonesia
تدمد: 2548-8457
2548-8465
مستخلص: The Kafoa language is one of the indigenous languages in Indonesia so that needs to preserve it to be in existed category and reveal it as language assets in Indonesia and local culture identity. Revealing the Kafoa Language vitality can be conducted through many perspectives, one of them is through the use of basic cultural vocabulary mastery by native speakers. Therefore, this study aimed to reveal the Kafoa language vitality through the basic cultural vocabulary mastery by the native speakers in Bawah Sub-Village, Probur Utara Village, Southwest Alor District, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The study was a qualitative applying case study method. Data were the answer of 40 native speakers of the Kafoa language as respondents. In collecting data, questionnaire and interview guidance is used as instruments which involves the 451 basic cultural vocabularies in nine domains of body parts; pronouns, greetings, and references; kinship; village and community life; house and its parts; equipment and tools; foods and beverages; plants and trees; and animals. The data were then analysed through Miles and Huberman steps of data analysis. The study result showed that 190 (42%) vocabularies are still mastered by the native speakers of Kafoa language, while 261(58%) vocabularies are not longer mastered. It indicates that the tendency to master the basic cultural vocabulary by native speakers of the Kafoa language tends to decrease so that its vitality is getting low. To maintain the vitality or life power of the Kafoa language, a policy from the Government is needed and teaching it in the schools is considered.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الانضمام: EJ1413375
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC