<![CDATA[This research is motivated by the imbalance in language use in school learning, which tends to emphasize standard and formal language. Meanwhile, non-standard language varieties such as sociolects are still rarely touched upon. In fact, understanding sociolects is important for developing listening skills in real-life contexts. This study aims to describe the sociolect forms of the character Piko in the film Mencuri Raden Saleh, as well as its implications for listening skills. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative with content analysis techniques accompanied by an open-ended questionnaire. The results show that the character Piko uses sociolect variations, such as colloquial, jargon, slang, vulgar, basilect and argot. His utterances contain distinctive language forms that have the potential to be used to train students to understand language varieties in real life. The implications of this study indicate that films can be an alternative teaching material that supports listening skills, especially introducing non-standard language varieties such as sociolects contextually.]]>
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