The Potentials of Malay Folklore In West Kalimantan on Learning Writing Short Stories

The objection of this study is to describe the achievement of student competency in writing skill on Malay folklore short stories as local wisdom in West Kalimantan. The data were observed descriptive qualitative by interview and observation from 64 teachers and students on grade XII class senior high school. The problem in this study is most of students less optimal in writing short stories skill and less understand in writing guidance. Base on preliminary study were found that students have lack ability to analyze main material and to create short story. The lack of student enthusiasm base on story which heard and discussed was known from less of vocabulary in a paragraph. This study empowering Malay folklore as a local wisdom in West Kalimantan as an approached to build and optimize the student enthusiasm in short story writing base on the right guidance.