This study aims at revealing the values contained in penti ceremony of Manggraian, Flores, NTT the insertion of the values in question in teaching-learning process. Using ethnography approach, data were collected through interview and observation which were subsequently analyzed through some steps namely data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The results have shown that penti ceremony has religious, social, and ecological values which can be inserted by means of approach, method and technique of teaching as well as text-books used in teaching-learning process. As one of Indonesian local culture, penti has some values that can be of benefit to build students’ good character and be a guidance, not only for local people but also for students to properly behave with others and nature.

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Kualitas lingkungan alam saat ini semakin memburuk. Fungsi lingkungan alam yang terus terdegradasi sebagai akibat kerusakan yang berkepanjangan dan berlangsung terus menerus berdampak buruk terhadap keberlangsungan makhluk hidup termasuk manusia. Eksploitasi yang dilakukan oleh manusia terhadap lingkungan alam mengakibatkan kesenjangan hubungan antara manusia itu sendiri dan juga dengan lingkungannya. Solusi rekayasa teknologi yang ditawarkan sama sekali tidak mampu mengatasi masalah dan belum menyentuh permasalahan kerusakan lingkungan alam. Oleh karena itu, perlu ada upaya perlindungan dan pengelolaan lingkungan alam yang integratif, berkelanjutan, dan konsisten melalui budaya lokal oleh masyarakat lokal dan pemerintah. Upaya tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan menanamkan nilai-nilai yang terkandung dalam budaya lokal. Internalisasi nilai ekologis yang terkandung dalam kearifan lokal dapat membantu lahirnya kesadaran manusia dalam pengelolaan lingkungan alam sehingga dapat membentuk sikap ekologis yang baik. Tulisan ini memaparkan konsep- konsep terkait pentingnya internalisasi nilai-nilai kearifan lokal yang didukung dengan bukti-bukti empiris dan hasil observasi terkait upaya pelestarian lingkungan alam. Dari kajian empiris dan hasil observasi disimpulkan bahwa internalisasi nilai-nilai kearifan lokal dapat memberikan kontribusi positif bagi pelestarian lingkungan alam, melalui perwujudan hak dan kewenangan masyarakat adat setempat.

This study was an attempt to analyses the pragmatic functions of EFL teachers' questioning act in their interactions with students. Data were gathered from six purposefully EFL teachers' questions in their interactions with students. Data were transcribed and analyzed following the principle of Conversation Analysis (CA) and Freed's taxonomy (1994) namely external, talk, relational, and expressive functional category. The Conversation Analysis (CA) revealed that most of the questions served more than one purpose ranging from factual information to teacher expressive styles (external, talk, relational and expressive categories). Among the functions found, confirmation and elaboration functions reflecting respectively the talk and relational functional categories appeared at most. Aside from Freed's (1994) category, the speculative function was beneficial to extend the interactions. Then, the functions of questions were not only associated with their pedagogical purposes but also with the pragmatic and social functions depending on the context where they possibly appeared.

Indonesia has a great number of local cultures. Such local cultures exist along with the values, norms, and thought of the society. One of the local culture in question is Penti ceremony that is conducted anually by Manggaraian people in the west of Flores. This study was an attempt to reveal the the geographical context found in the ritual of penti ceremony. To gather the data, interview and observation were carried out and were analyzed in some stages namely data reduction, data display and verfication. The results have shown that the geographical context in the penti covers both natural spatial and social aspects. The natural spatial aspect is concerned with the selection of the locations where the the ritual of penti is carried out. The selected locations were regarded as media for communication and.were as reflections of interpersonal relations and the cosmological view of the Manggarain community towards nature. Meanwhile, the social aspect regulates the social relations of the community which is manifested in the form of norms, ethics, and prohibitions. As a conclusion, the geographical context in the ritual of penti is closely related to natural environment preservation and social life sustainbility. Keywords: penti; spatial and social geography