RESEARCH FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FOR YOUNG LEARNER

Mini Research Psycholinguistics

Members : Rizqi Fitriana Safira (113-12-126)

Alfida Alfiani Mahmuda (113-12-167)

Umar Anas (113-12-098)

Zainal Arifin (113-12-003)

Class : A

Statement of the problem :

1. What the child’s first language acquisition, mother tongue or

native language?

2. What the parent’s type of processing?behaviorism, innstism or

interactionism.

3. What the child second language acquisition? learner

characteristics, and learning condition.

4. What parent’s type of processing ? It’s behaviorism, innatism,

interactionsm.

Review of the related theories

According to the behaviorist ability to speak and

understand the language of the child obtained through

stimulation from the environment. Children are considered as

passive recipients of environmental pressure. The process of

language development is mainly determined by the length of

training provided by the environment. They argue stimulus

(stimulus) of a particular environment reinforce language

skills of children.

According to Skinner (1969) grammatical rules or rules of language

is verbal behavior that allows a can answer or say something. However, if

then the child can speak, not of "control rule (rule-governed)" because a child

can never an express rule language, but directly shaped by factors outside

themselves.

According to Chomsky language can be mastered in a short time,

four-years-old son was able to speak like an adult. Children are born with the

supplied "language acquisition tool" (language acquisition device

(LAD).This tool which is a biological gift that has been programmed to

specify the items might be of a grammar. LAD is considered as a

physiological part of the brain that is specialized for language processing, and

had no relation to other cognitive abilities.

Methodology

The research of child language development must not

be separated from the view, hypothesis, or theory espoused

psychology. Viewed in terms of development experienced by a

child from boyhood until approximately towards school,

students who have studied is the acquisition of the first

language is Indonesian. Mother tongue used is Java language,

but the child is taught Indonesian, because the environment is

affecting communication when using the language.

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After examining a child's first grade students in elementary

school, the process will be undertaken by parents when giving first

language acquisition are controlled from outside of the child, by

stimulation that given through the environment.Language that

implies a form, something that is owned or used and not something

done. Though the language is one of behavior, among other behavior

of a human-behavior.

Then for the second language acquisition obtained by the

child is the Java language. when parents ask something to the child

to do anything but child's lack of understanding of what is the

meant by the parents, the parents using the Java language to clarify

the communication to the child.

The characteristic of the child in the school the teacher

said that this child smart like another students,but she haven’t

pretention to show that she is can do that. When time to rest, this

child just sitting on a chair and reading book with her friend, not

like a friends running in the yard. So, the teacher must be followed

th child to do that.

At home this child very active or communicative.

when she found new something or that she didn’t know about

it she never afraid to ask with her mother. She have a curiosity.

When she hearded something but didn’t know, she always

imitate it although didn’t know the meaning.

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Findings

Curriculum Vitae of parent :

Name : Wahyuriningsih

Date of birth : Ungaran, 29th June 1977

Address : Gang Adipurna no.186 Kalicacing Salatiga

Age : 37 years old

Job : Bisnis woman

Curriculum Vitae of Student

Name : Niken Handaru

Date of birth : Salatiga, 28th June 2008

Adress : Gang Adipurna no.186 Kalicacing Salatiga

School : SD NEGERI 02 Salatiga

Age : 6 years old

Currilum Vitae of Teacher :

Name : S. Kun Hadiningsih S.pd

Adress : Klaten Jawa Tengah

Age :45 years old

Classification of problem statement

INTERACTIONISM

Parent types include Intractionism, always give attention with

the child by drawing book, puzzle, story book, etc. Parent give it all to

improve and exlplore her skills and the children can study about it

all.

BEHAVIORISM

The children types include behaviorism, sometimes when the

parent say something with the children, she imatate. Produce of

language the children from environment.

INTERACTIONISM

The teacher types include Interactionism, when learning

process the teacher look that teacher he children is a passive, the

teacher when explain his material of learning, she always give his

students question to know understanding of students. the teacher

active when she teach in class, by use roll play when the children

bored with their learning

CONCLUSION

1. The child’s first language acquisition (L1) :

The child’s mother tongue is javanese.

The child’s native language is indonesian.

2. Parent’ type of processing (L1) is Intractionism.

3. The child’ second language acquisition (L2):

leaner characteristic ( the child) is behaviorism

learning condition (the child) is behaviorism

4. parent’s type of processing (L2) is Interactionism.

Reference

• C.M., Christine and Rita Elain Silver.2004.language acquisition and development. singapore : prentice hall.