Name : Rifa Izatun

Age : 6 years old

Father : Hamim

Mother : Siti

Teacher : Siti Rafi’ah

Kindergarten:

RA. Tarbiyatul Banin

Wonokerto 1

Address : Bancak

1. What is the child first language acquisition?

2. What is the parents type processing L1?

3. What is the child second language acquisition

(Learner characteristic & Learning condition)?

4. What is the teachers type of processing L2?

First language acquisition is an amazing process.

Consider a child’s astounding progress from

crying, gurgling, cooing, babbling, uttering single

words and two-words utterances to speaking

complete and well-formed sentences in a matter

of three to four years (M. Goh and Silver,

2004:13).

Second language acquisition refers to any

language learned after in life (whether it’s the

second, third, or fourth). It usually means a

language learned after the age of 5, and it usually

means at least some of the learning is aided by

instruction or schooling (M. Goh and Silver,

2004:29).

Concerned with social and pschological aspects of languagelearning

Meaningful linguistic input from the environtment

The importance of communicative contexts

Child’s pragmatic intentions

Adult conversational /interaction strategies

Child-directed speech (Motherese)

Adult’s rich interpretation and feedback

Conversational adjustments

Child’s capacity for learning

Interdependence of cognitive and language developments

(M. Goh and Silver, 2004:25).

This research use Qualitative Research. The

researchers use methods such as participant

observation. The method of data collection were

observation, interview and documentation. This

research focuses on the process of child in

acquaring L1 and L2.

1. Rifa Izatun was 0-2 years old she lived in

Bandung and uses the sundaness as her 1st

language. When she was 2 years old until now

she moved in Bancak Village in Semarang and

use the Javaness as her 1st language. Now almost

2 years she get education in RA.Tarbiyatul Banin

Wonokerto 1. In her school she get Indonesian as

her 2nd language acquisition.

2. The Parents

a. Mr. Hamim (39 years old) is a native speakers of

Sundaness. He work as a carpenter in his village.

In his daily live, now he use Javaness and

Indonesian. Actually he is an “interactionist” for

his daughters in processing the L1 because:

Althought not everyday he meets his daughter

but, he always having oneday (Friday) to teach

his daughter about javaness.

Sometimes he gives his daughter a reward when

Rifa can pronouns the new vocab in Javaness,

like he give a candy when Rifa can says “enggeh,

bapak”

He often invites Rifa to sings the javaness songs,

likes “cublak cublak suweng, jamuran” and

others.

When both of they go to the market, he also give

information to Rifa about traditional food likes

cenil, ondhe-ondhe and others.

Mr. Hamim usually teach Rifa about javaness use

the media around their live like, the name of

many animal, vegetable and others.

b. Mrs. Siti (38 years old) gets javaness as her firstlanguage but she doesn’t a native speakers. Her dailylive she always go to the market excepted Friday.Actually she is an interactionist although noteveryday accompany her daughters to study because:

Every Sunday she goes to the market with Rifa tobuy many VCD films for kids likes Thomas andFriends, VCD of kids song, VCD of learning for kids(writing, accounting and reading).

Every Friday she always accompanies Rifa to study(writing, reading and accounting)

Every Sunday she goes to the market with Rifa to

buy many VCD films for kids likes Thomas and

Friends, VCD of kids song, VCD of learning for

kids (writing, accounting and reading).

Every Friday she always accompanies Rifa to

study (writing, reading and accounting)

She knows that Rifa’s passions is in drawing andcoloring so she always support Rifa to drawingmany things and used it as a media to teach manyvocabulary likes she make a gesture then Rifaguess what the meaning of that.

Usually she teach Rifa about javanees phraselike “dhowo ususe,ditulung menthung” andothers.

She introduced many vobabulary in java thencompared into bahasa when they are watcing TV.

3. Child Language Second Acquisition:

a. Learner’s Characteristic

Rifa is a smart students. Usually she willenthusiastic with the new items of learning. Shealso friendly with foreign poeple around her butshe often crying when she get disturbing fromanother kids. She will totally absurb the lessonwhen the lesson delivered by songs and picturesit’s because she is an audiovisual types oflearning.

b. Learning Conditions

It is 12 childs in Rifa’s class 7 girls and 5 boys.

Rifa having the biggest body posture than

another girls in the class but, rifa is the younger

one in the class. Rifa is more interactive with the

her boys friend in her class. It is makes she often

crying.

Mrs. Rafi’ah usually give more attention to Rifa

because Rifa having troubles with her listening.

Mrs. Rafi’ah also knowing that Rifa is more

better to recognize lesson by picture than by

listening but mrs. Rafi’ah always gives Rifa

appreciation when she successfull to remember a

songs and she can sings it lonely.

4. The Teachers

Mrs. Siti Rafi’ah (25 years old) is the teacher

class of Rifa’s class. She is friendly and look like

a sister for her students and she is an

interactionist because :

She can create a new situation that make rifa

Happy after she cries like give candy to Rifa

when she cried

Mrs. Rafi’ah used audiovisual lesson and canapplying it based on her students type oflearning. All students like drawing and coloring

To Rifa, Mrs. Rafi’ah always giving picturefirstly then the songs or the lesson after thatbecause it will makes rifa more enthusiastic.

Mrs.Rafi’ah always appreciate when Rifa getsthe higher score in drawing dan coloring lessonsfor example : ”mbak Rifa nanti kalo sudah besarpasti jadi pelukis yang hebat”

From the explanation of findings and related

theory, we can draw conclusion such as:

The child L1 is bilingual (Javanese and

Bahasa).

Rifa Izatun use the Javaness as her 1st language

and Indonesian as 2nd language acquisition

Parents type of processing L1 is Interactionist.

Teacher type of processing L2 is

Interactionist.

Goh, Christine C. M. and Rita Elaine Silver.

2004. Language Acquisition and Development.

Prentice Hall: Singapore

Abdul Chaer. 2003. Psikolinguistik Kajian

Teoritik. Rineka Cipta. Jakarta

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