Abstract
This study aims to improve students’ cultural awareness through the implementation of a regional folk song-based drill method in Grade IV of SDN 2 Komangaan, Bolaang Mongondow Regency. This classroom action research was conducted in two cycles. Data were collected through tests, observations, and documentation and were analyzed using four stages; planning, action implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and analysis and reflection. The study subjects were 20 grade IV students from SDN 2 Komangaan, Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow Regency. The initial observation revealed that students’ understanding of cultural awareness remained very low. In Cycle I, 4 students (20%) in the first meeting and 8 students (40%) in the second meeting demonstrated adequate cultural awareness. In Cycle II, students’ cultural awareness through regional folk songs increased to 12 students (60%) in the first meeting and 17 students (85%) in the second meeting. In conclusion, students’ cultural awareness improved through the implementation of the regional folk song-based drill method in Grade IV.
