Educational Value Contained in the Verse of Macapat Mijil Chant (A Sociolingistics Review)

Abstract

Sociolinguistics was a branch of science that seeks to bring society, culture, and language closer together. All three coexist dynamically and complement each other in communicating the messages of a cultural product. One of them was Macapat Mijil chant that was loaded with educational values. Although globalization has further undermined human civilization, the Macapat Mijil chant remained as an example of an exemplary education by the younger generation. The implicit educational values in the Mijil chant drew attention to further analysis. The purpose of this article was to examine the educational values contained in the Macapat Mijil chant. This study applied descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study were findings about education values, religion values, moral values,ethic values, and social values in macapat mijil.

Keywords: language, culture, value, edcation, mijil.