Gayonese’s customs and cultural ( Traditions values education ) by Joni MN

When the language is taught for its educational value, understand cultural content is much more important (Lado, 1964:149) in his book is Language Teaching – a Scientific Approach, McGraw-Hill, Inc. San Francisco Toronto London. For example, if teach the Gayo Language forms but refer to another place culture meanings, values, and pattern of behaviors, we are not fully teaching of Gayo Language but have to introduce of the culture content its self too, cause of both of them cannot be separated each other. Culture as the container of the norm then the language as the tool to send the message about what we mean and sense to tell.

Phenix (1958:40), stated, that :“It possible to conceive of teacher and student as one and same person and the self taught person as one who direct his own development through an internal interaction between the self as I and the self as me on the other hand, it is usual for one teacher to teach many students simultaneously. In that even the quality of the interaction may become generalized and impersonal, or it may, by appropriate means, retain its person to person character.

Language education is the teaching and learning of a language and culture go together. It can include improving a learner's mastery of her or his native language, but the term is more commonly used with regard to second language acquisition, which means the learning of a foreign or second language and which is the topic of this article. Some scholars differentiate between acquisition and learning. Language education is a branch of applied linguistics.

Teaching is an addresses generic aspect of curriculum, instruction and assessment, as well as classroom organization and management practices that support effective instruction (Brophy, 1969: 6). It focuses on learning outcomes but with recognition of the need for a supportive classroom climate and positive student attitudes towards schooling, teachers and classmates.

According to the author the purpose of the Education and Teaching at the School are: The concept of education as a means to humanize people in achieving the goal of human life itself later. In this process, student’s control of the target language is obviously inadequate in the early stages for attempt at systematic treatment of cultural content through it. Once some control of the language has been achieved, cultural content may be learned through the target language in systematic and more comprehensive assignment. And Education as social symptom of life have the individual base, social and cultural. Teaching or Educate purpose generally, teaching function is for achieving of educating the people or societies to be good moral and norms.

Culture learning is the process of acquiring the culture-specific and culture- general knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for effective communication and interaction with individuals from other cultures. It is a dynamic, developmental, and ongoing process which engages the learner cognitively, behaviorally, and affectively (Allen, W., & Fouletier-Smith, N, 1994).

In Gayo high land always follow the Gayonese’s customs and cultural traditions Values Education be able to establish norms of learners, as found in the discussion of "Indigenous Origin of Four" - "Asaliyah Edet Si Opat" or which explains that the custom has become the main of customs and Gayonese’s culture itself, in the main traditional explained that the customary of Gayo society (urang Gayo) should follow to:

1. Edettulah
2. Edet Muhakamah
3. Edet Mutmainah
4. Resam Edet

According to author state that an area there is anything in specific as which are basically related to the natural environment, socio-economic environment, and socio-cultural environment. And the area needs is anything that is needed by the community in an area, especially for the survival and increased standards of public life, which is adjusted with the direction of regional development as well as potential areas concerned (Departemen Pendidikan Nasional Badan Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Pendidikan Nasional Pusat Kurikulum” Model Pengembangan Mata Pelajaran Muatan Lokal” Jakarta Desember 2006: 2).

From the statement above is about culture and education, the relationship of culture and education in my opinion is between culture and education that have a very closed and not be separated because the views from the definition of both culture and education. Can take the conclusion that the role of education in recognizing that culture is very important because through the process of human education could be known and know in depth the meaning and role of culture in human life.

Written by Ama Dr. Joni MN, M.Pd, B.I

Linguist

Hometown in Gayo, Takengon, Aceh, Indonesia