INNOVATION OF TEACHING LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE IN GLOBALIZATION ERA

This article is talking teaching language, literature, culture, and ethnic poeticsAbstract\ud Education of language, culture, and literature is philosophically multi-discipline that could develop the basic ability of pupils, students, teachers, and lecturers comprise perceptual, intellectual, emotional, social, creativity, and ethics. The presence of language, culture, and literature will continually bring about some changes. Globalization and sophisticated information technology continually flow in all aspects of human life. Awareness and social control mainly derive from the society as the owner of language, literature, and culture. They are expected to have deep and powerful understanding about cultural values existing in each ethnic group in Indonesia. The awareness, self-awareness, could create the character building of the nation like magetteng ???consistent???, warani ???brave???, malempu ???honest???, macca ???smart/clever???, mapaccing ???clean life??? never lie/corrupt, maperru ???thoughtful???, malabo ???generous???, pattulung ???helpful and philanthropy???, sipakatau, sipakalebbi, and sipakaraja ???mutual honor, respect, and values??? (Harun, 2012: 242) This research aims to find out: (a) the meaning of literature which has philosophical, religious, and social values in Buginese traditional ethnic poetics and (b) the meaning of cultural symbols which contains in Buginese Ethnic Poetics (BEP). This research was based on field research as well as text analysis in terms of Semiotic Symbols. The managing of documentation and revitalization of language, literature, and culture has been done, but it is still not maximal yet. This is done in order to avoid extinction. Therefore, the teachers and lecturers now must do research to reveal the meaning of them and to teach them to their students about ???ancestral local genius/local wisdom??? of each ethnic group in Indonesia. The best solution is to teach them through early education. By this way, the nation generations will know and understand their language, literature, and cultural message. Therefore, it is hoped, it could accelerate the character building, dignity, and civilization of the nation towards globalization. \ud Keywords: Teaching language, literature, culture, and ethnic poetics