Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education

This study is aimed at describing proverbs from the Acehnese society and explaining the attitudes of people towards those proverbs in relation to education. The methodology applied was ethnographic using a questionnaire to obtain data. A number of 14 respondents who varied across ages, educational b...

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Main Author: Chairina Nasir
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Syiah Kuala 2015-03-01
Series:Studies in English Language and Education
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Online Access:https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/2234
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description This study is aimed at describing proverbs from the Acehnese society and explaining the attitudes of people towards those proverbs in relation to education. The methodology applied was ethnographic using a questionnaire to obtain data. A number of 14 respondents who varied across ages, educational background and occupations participated in this study. These respondents included three housewives, two university students, one fresh graduate, one junior high school and two senior high school students, one trader, two senior citizens, one teacher and one civil servant. Based on the findings, the attitude nowadays of the Acehnese has changed radically. Out of eight adults, only three were actively using proverbs in their daily lives and teaching their children those proverbs. All of the young people, who ranged from fourteen to twenty three years old, did not use proverbs. In relation to education, proverbs are used to teach the society about courtesy, advices (e.g. for choosing companions and friends in life, child rearing, socializing/conversing, and not to mind other people’s business), and shyness as part of faith. Furthermore, a significant language shift has occurred in Aceh which has impacted Acehnese oral literature whereby more parents today prefer Indonesian to be taught as their children’s first language (Alamsyah, et al., 2011). Consequently this has put the Acehnese proverbs under the threat of becoming extinct in their own society.
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spelling doaj.art-662fb78e1a2e42c99e26ef1f6e827b5a2023-02-08T03:26:43ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752015-03-0121456010.24815/siele.v2i1.22342126Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to EducationChairina Nasir0Syiah Kuala University, IndonesiaThis study is aimed at describing proverbs from the Acehnese society and explaining the attitudes of people towards those proverbs in relation to education. The methodology applied was ethnographic using a questionnaire to obtain data. A number of 14 respondents who varied across ages, educational background and occupations participated in this study. These respondents included three housewives, two university students, one fresh graduate, one junior high school and two senior high school students, one trader, two senior citizens, one teacher and one civil servant. Based on the findings, the attitude nowadays of the Acehnese has changed radically. Out of eight adults, only three were actively using proverbs in their daily lives and teaching their children those proverbs. All of the young people, who ranged from fourteen to twenty three years old, did not use proverbs. In relation to education, proverbs are used to teach the society about courtesy, advices (e.g. for choosing companions and friends in life, child rearing, socializing/conversing, and not to mind other people’s business), and shyness as part of faith. Furthermore, a significant language shift has occurred in Aceh which has impacted Acehnese oral literature whereby more parents today prefer Indonesian to be taught as their children’s first language (Alamsyah, et al., 2011). Consequently this has put the Acehnese proverbs under the threat of becoming extinct in their own society.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/2234acehnese proverbsoral literaturemoral education
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Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
Studies in English Language and Education
acehnese proverbs
oral literature
moral education
title Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
title_full Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
title_fullStr Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
title_short Attitudes of Acehnese People towards Acehnese Proverbs in Relation to Education
title_sort attitudes of acehnese people towards acehnese proverbs in relation to education
topic acehnese proverbs
oral literature
moral education
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