Mini Research of Psycolinguistic2nd Group / B Class

Tiara Asti Puspitasari / 113-12-038Andika Santriasa / 113-12-Asna Ristanti / 113-12-153

Siti Munawaroh / 113-13-025

Responden

Name : Gerren Hariyudho

Age : 10 years old School : SD Al Azhar

Salatiga Class : 5th Grade Address : St. Ahmad

Yani 25, Salatiga

Father’s name : Siswan

Mother’s name : Nanik Yulianti

Teacher’s name : Miss Mega

Statement of Problems

The child L1 = Javanese and Bahasa, L2= English and Arabic, Native language Bahasa. The child has more dominant with Bahasa than Javanese because his parents always talk to him with bahasa.

The parents type of processing L1 is interactionist. For example: his father usually practice talk to the child with English when they kidding at watching TV or gym together. And also his mother usually shows him with the new knowledge. For example : show the child with playing internet together.

Child second language acquisition:

a. Learner’s CharacteristicGerren is an active boy. He always

currious about anything and always ask to his parent. He doesnt like english but his father sometimes asks him to speak English. Althought he doesnt like learning English, he still learning English and can follow it.

b. Learning ConditionIn the class, teacher likes to do

some habitual activities in same words every day. So that the students will memorize unconciously. He also shows new film that gives the students motivation to learn English or Arabic. And he also likes to do the modelling methods when he want to shows a new thing.

At home, almost everyday his parents persuade him to speak English. Beside that he takes English course once a week. However, he does not too interest with English. Actually he likes Arabic but he cannot speak well.

C . Parents TypeThe parent is tend to be interactionist. It’s proved by His father always persuade him to speak English at home about daily activity and his mother always shows him about films and songs.

4. Teacher’s type The teacher’s style is tend to be interactionist. She makes the students have an interaction to the teacher and friends. For example: the teacher shows the film and asks the students to give a comment about the film.

Review of The Related Theory

A. PsycolinguisticAccording to Harley (2001; 1) psycolinguistic as a “study about mental process in using language”

B. Language AcquisitionLanguage acquisition is the process that children acquire their first languages. “ we all watch and listen with absolute fascination as the first `coos` and gurgles`; sounding very much like conversation, are uttered by six-month-old baby.” (Lightbown & Spada, 1993) Then, the process is going on with word, two-word and sentences to the whole language.

C. First Language AcquisitionAccording to Christine C.M and Rita Elaine Silver (2004:13) 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. First language can be defined as the first language you learn in your life. It follows then that second language is any language you learn later in life.

D . Second Language AquisitionSecond language acquisition refers to any language learned after in life (whether it’s the second, third, or fourth.Brown (2000:280) argued that second language learning clearly is a process in which varying degrees of learning and acquisition can both be beneficial, depending upon the learner’s own style and strategies

E. InteractionistAs Halliday (1993) cited in Halliday (1973) says “Language is acquired in a social context – that is by interacting with other people.” Interactionists believe that children are born with brains that ready to the ability to pick up languages as well as with a desire to communicate. Moreover, Social interactionists argue that the way a baby learns a language is both biological and social. Like Piaget, Bruner believed that children have an innate capacity that helps them make sense of the work and that cognitive abilities develop through active interaction. “Also like nativists, social interactionists believe that children have some sort of innate predisposition to language acquisition but that predisposition is less important to acquisition than is the social environment”(Piper, 1998 cited in Matychuk, 2004)

Methodology

This is the mini research of qualitative study that using method of data collection through observation and interview.

Date Activity

March 28 2015, Saturday We discused about responden and looked for the book.

March 31 2015, Tuesday We observed our responden, and collected the data.

April 2 2015, Thursday We discused again about our observation and matched to the theory.

April 4 2015, Saturday We finished our report.

Finding

1. Interview the childa. Are you happy to learn English?

answer : No, but I like to watch English movie and read comics. We asked about the hobby in English and he can answer in English too.

2. Interview the parentsWhat the parents did to make the child want to learn English?answer : They show the films that he likes and persuade him to speak English almost everyday.

3. What kind of method that the teacher implemented to teach the students?answer : the teacher tend to the interactionist model, teacher likes to do some habitual activities in same words every day. So that the students will memorize unconciously. He also shows new film that gives the students motivation to learn English or Arabic. And he also likes to do the modelling methods when he want to shows a new thing.

2. What kind of language that the teacher used in learning process?answer : Using mix of Indonesian and English but English more dominant. Indonesian used for help to understand the meaning.

Conclusions

1. The first language acquisition of the child is Indonesian and Javanese, and the native language is Indonesian.

2. Type of parents are interactionist, because they always have an interaction to the child.

3. The child is smart and activebut he doesn’t like English course, but he can still follow it.

4. Type of the teacher is interactionist because she make the students always interact to her and friends.

References

Dardjowidjojo, Soenjono. 2012. Psikolinguistic : Pengantar Pemahaman Bahasa Manusia. Jakarta: Unika Atma Jaya.

Bruner, J. (1983). Child’s talk: Learning to use language. New York: Norton.

Halliday, M. A. K. (1993). Towards a language based theory of learning. Linguistics and Education University of Sydney and Macquarie University Retrieved on November,21, 2010 from http://lchc.ucsd.edu/mca/Mail/xmcamail.2006_08.dir/att-0096/02-HallidayLangBased.pdf

Piper, T., (1998). Language and Learning: The Home and School Years, Second ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc,Upper Saddle River, NJ.