LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE OF BALINESE MOTHER TONGUE THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL STORY TELLING (

Abstract

Maintaining language in particular mother tongue in a community is cumpulsory because it shows identity and attitude of appreciation toward the ancestors’ inheritance. This research is a descriptive qualitative research which aims at investigating the language maintenance of Balinese mother tongue. The research aims to find out whether the habit of telling story (mesatua)(mesatua)is still done in Batu Bulan Village of Gianyar Regency. This research applies Hoffman’s framework; interview and questionnaires were used as the technique in collecting the data. It can be found that the habit of storytelling (mesatua) is rarely done due to the development of modern world and technology. There is a tendency of language shift by parents in conducting storytelling to their children; shifting from mother tongue to national language. The activities were usually done orally by the parents or grandparents. There are many story told to the children and major stories told were I Lutung jak I Kakua, Siap Selem serta I Bawang jak I Kasuna