Folklore as A Media to Empower Reading Literacy & The Socio-Cultural Values among EFL Students: A Need Analysis

is a diverse archipelago with various ethnicities, languages, and cultures. Recognizing and understanding the socio-cultural values of EFL students promotes cultural sensitivity and respect in the classroom. This is essential for creating an inclusive and harmonious learning environment. This research tends to provide the EFL students with an understanding of socio-cultural values through the use of folklore from Bangka Belitung island Province as a reference for media literacy in this modern era. The socio-cultural values contained in the stories chosen by the researchers are the main focus of this study which can be used as a reflection for the students. The socio-cultural values are found in a collection of folklore from Bangka Beitung island Province which will be used as a medium to strengthen community literacy in cultural and social aspects. A qualitative descriptive study was used in this research. This study’s findings are divided into five types; the human-God relationship, values in the human-nature relationship, values in the human-human interaction, and values in the human-self relationship. Piety, religion, deliberation, justice, wisdom, harmony, mutual help, compassion, obedience, sincerity, self-esteem, and humility are values raised by the five groups of relationships.