MORAL VALUE AND CHARACTER-BUILDING EDUCATION IN FOLKLORE: SI GALE GALE

Nur Jannah (Universitas Prima Indonesia)
Sri Karolina Br Surbakti (Universitas Prima Indonesia)
Aryani Monita Tarigan (Universitas Prima Indonesia)
Achida Niasti Veronica Gulo

English Language Teaching Prima Journal (ELT)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): English Languange Teaching Prima (ELT)

In character building education and moral values there are significant things that are writtenin the meaning of folklore as a characteristic of a culture. The aim of this study is to describefolklore as a way to build character education and increasing moral values into an education.SIGALE-GALE PEOPLE'S STORIES FROM TAPANULI UTARA as source of data in thisresearch. After analyzing and recording important points in the story through a qualitativedescriptive method, several things can be obtained that contain character building educationand moral values in the SIGALE-GALE story: individual, social, and religious moral values.Which can be applied in attitudes and behaviors in character building education.This research uses the technique of content analysis, which is a research analysis that revealsthe ideas of the author or creator, both manifestly and latently. There for, it can be concludedthat the SIGALE-GALE folklore apart from being an education to build character and moralvalues can also be a means of getting to know ancestors and their stories for futuregenerations.Keywords: character buiding education, moral value, folklore, SIGALE-GALE.