Citra Application: Elements Of Folklore Identification

Abstract

Folklore in Indonesian language learning is an interesting object of study to discuss. Due to the lack of students’ knowledge about folklore, requires an application that can help and facilitate students in learning folklore. Therefore, this study aims to describe the Citra (Cerita Rakyat) Applications to facilitate the identification of folklore elements in fifth-grade elementary school students in Malang. This research uses the descriptive percentage method. The research population in this study were fifth grade students from SD Muhammadiyah 1 Malang, SD Muhammadiyah 4 Malang, SD Muhammadiyah 6 Malang, and SDN 1 Tlogomas. There are 40 students in total from the four elementary schools used as research samples taken by simple random sampling technique. Data collection techniques used interviews and surveys. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis. The results of the study show that (1) the application of the Citra to facilitate the identification of folklore elements in Indonesian language learning, and (2) the existence of the Citra Application can also act as a learning medium that can provide benefits for students.