CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NELENG NENG KUNG NURSERY RHYME: A WELL-BEING PERSPECTIVE ON MEPENDE AS A SUNDANESE LOCAL WISDOM
Ayi Sobarna, Erhamwilda, Nurul Afrianti, Masnipal

PG PAUD Universitas Islam Bandung

Abstract

This research aims to identify Neleng Neng Kung nursery rhyme from a child well-being perspective. Child well-being is currently facing threats due to several factors, mainly the crisis of dominant value from modernization (identically to the westernization). Adding to the factor is the change in the current Western dominance in science and knowledge. In the child well-being context, each ethnic group has childcare tradition, specifically for nursery rhymes. Various studies have touched this subject, but none relates it with child well-being. Therefore, this study aims to cover the relation of Neleng Neng Kung as a nursery rhyme with child well-being. This research uses the Norman Fairclough model of Critical Discourse Analysis which includes three steps: description, interpretation and explanation and UNICEF framework for child well-being. The conclusion shows that the local wisdom covers a part of the child well-being framework and centers well-being to social relation. Physical and intellectual aspects must be guided to social ones.

Keywords: Child well-being, nursery rhyme, local wisdom

Topic: Innovative Education in the Digital Era