PEMBENTUKAN KATA PADA KETERAMPILAN MENULIS CERITA RAKYAT DI KELAS V SDN 08 PEGADUNGAN PETANG DI JAKARTA BARAT

Abstract

The teaching of the Indonesian language in elementary schools encompasses four main skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In the Kurikulum Merdeka, writing folk stories is a key focus to enhance students' cultural understanding and language structure. However, many students struggle with word formation and effective sentence construction. This study analyzes word formation in the folk story writing skills of fifth-grade students in class V B at SDN Pegadungan 08 Petang. The research employs a qualitative descriptive method with content analysis, interviews, observations, and documentation techniques. The objective is to understand students' word formation skills and teachers' instructional strategies in folk story writing. The findings indicate that students actively use affixation, particularly prefixes, suffixes, and confixes, to enrich their vocabulary and improve narrative quality. This process plays a crucial role in creating clear, varied, and storyline-relevant sentences. However, errors in applying prefixes and confixes were still observed. Therefore, more in-depth instruction on word formation rules is necessary to ensure students can use them correctly and effectively.