Research Article
Teaching Modals through Markobar in Pabagas Boru Ceremony as Mandailing Oral Tradition
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2022.2324505, author={Asrita Sari and Sumarsih Sumarsih and Rahmad Husein}, title={Teaching Modals through Markobar in Pabagas Boru Ceremony as Mandailing Oral Tradition}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership, AISTEEL 2022, 20 September 2022, Medan, North Sumatera Province, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={AISTEEL}, year={2022}, month={12}, keywords={modals modality markobar in pabagas boru ceremony mandailing oral tradition}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2022.2324505} }- Asrita Sari
Sumarsih Sumarsih
Rahmad Husein
Year: 2022
Teaching Modals through Markobar in Pabagas Boru Ceremony as Mandailing Oral Tradition
AISTEEL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2022.2324505
Abstract
The objective of study was to investigate modality categories in the texts of Markobar in pabagas boru ceremony as teaching modals for 11th grade students at SMA Islam Plus Adzkia Medan. Markobar is an oral tradition of Mandailing tribe. Markobar means “speaking”. The study was a qualitative research. the participants comprising 14 positions in Markobar in pabagas boru ceremony, two atobangon (expert of Markobar) in Padangsidimpuan were the data source of study. The participants were 11th grade students at SMA Islam Plus Adzkia. The data of the study were 66 clauses containing modality delivered by participants orally. The theory used was modality theory proposed by Halliday (2004). In addition, the data gained were analyzed based on Miles, Huberman, and Saldana (2014) namely, data collection, data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing/ verification. Thus, the study showed that modalization and modulation categories were found in the texts of Markobar in pabagas boru ceremony. The dominant meaning in modalization was probability (39%) meanwhile usuality was only 1,5 %. Then, in modulation category, the dominant category was obligation (49%) and inclination was only 10,5%. In conclusion, modals used by the participants means that the students had understood about modality categories.