Psycholinguistic Study on How Teachers Talk to Their Students in Kindergarten
A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC STUDY ON HOW TEACHERS TALK TO THEIR STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN TK SABILILAH MALANG.
I. Background of Study Language is a very important aspect for human life because it is means of communication that can help people share ideas, wants, and anything else. Carrol (2008, p. 3) stated that it is our most important tool in communicating our thoughts and feeling to each other. Even a very small kid needs language to communicate with others although his language is still very limited. This is supported by the statement of Shweder (cited in Sonawat and Francis, 2007, p.2) saying that language is defined as everyday communications between children. When they are playing games, they also communicate by language so that they can share ideas, express their feeling, and emotions. Also, when they are in school they need to communicate with their teachers to understand about the learning process. Moreover, the teachers also use language to deliver the lesson to the students and talk to them. In this research, the writer uses psycolinguistic theory to investigate the strategies that the kindergarten teachers use to talk to their student. Harley (2005, p.4) stated that psycolinguistic examine the psycology of language. He also added that psycolinguistics sudies understanding, producing, and remembering language, and language aquisition as well as the way in which it interacs with other psychological system. To communicate with the young children, the teachers have to know their language and psycoogy development so that they can understand them and make them understand what they are talking about. When they understand how to talk and deal with these young children, they can get successful to communicate with them. Therefore, they can teach them and influence them how to be better children and prepare them to enter the elementary school as well as to interact with others as social beings. In brief, this study which is entitled “A Psycholinguistic Study
I. Background of Study Language is a very important aspect for human life because it is means of communication that can help people share ideas, wants, and anything else. Carrol (2008, p. 3) stated that it is our most important tool in communicating our thoughts and feeling to each other. Even a very small kid needs language to communicate with others although his language is still very limited. This is supported by the statement of Shweder (cited in Sonawat and Francis, 2007, p.2) saying that language is defined as everyday communications between children. When they are playing games, they also communicate by language so that they can share ideas, express their feeling, and emotions. Also, when they are in school they need to communicate with their teachers to understand about the learning process. Moreover, the teachers also use language to deliver the lesson to the students and talk to them. In this research, the writer uses psycolinguistic theory to investigate the strategies that the kindergarten teachers use to talk to their student. Harley (2005, p.4) stated that psycolinguistic examine the psycology of language. He also added that psycolinguistics sudies understanding, producing, and remembering language, and language aquisition as well as the way in which it interacs with other psychological system. To communicate with the young children, the teachers have to know their language and psycoogy development so that they can understand them and make them understand what they are talking about. When they understand how to talk and deal with these young children, they can get successful to communicate with them. Therefore, they can teach them and influence them how to be better children and prepare them to enter the elementary school as well as to interact with others as social beings. In brief, this study which is entitled “A Psycholinguistic Study
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