developing an early literacy syllabus of rejang language as a local contentsubject at elementary schools

This study conducted a research and development method with the aim of designing rejanglanguage learning as a mother tongue at elementary schools in rejang lebong regency, bengkuluprovince, indonesia. the product designed was an early literacy syllabus for elementary school studentsat classes iv, v, and vi. the phenomenon underlying this study was the current reality that the presencesof many local languages are abandoned in the midst of society. the most proximate indicator is that locallanguages, including rejang language, are no longer used in familial communication. such an empiricalcondition drove the researchers to design a learning product on the basis of early literacy in rejanglanguage teaching as an effort to preserve this local language. this study adopted borg and gall’s 10developmental steps, and the data collection techniques deployed observations, interviews, andquestionnaires representing the implementation of both qualitative and quantitative methods. the datawere analyzed using means and percentages. the syllabus feasibility test involved three experts in thefields of syllabus and materials, literacy, and rejang language. this study revealed that the syllabusfeasibility test demonstrated the average score of 3.06 with a feasible criterion; the literacy feasibility testshowed a very feasible criterion with the average of 3.48; and the feasibility test of rejang languageexhibited a very feasible criterion with the average of 3.75. the results of this study suggested that thissyllabus was feasible to be used at elementary schools in rejang lebong regency, bengkulu province,indonesia.