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PARENTS’ LANGUAGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS LANGUAGES AND MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE LANGUAGE Sugiyanta
Dialectical Literature and Educational Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Dialectical Literature and Education Journal
Publisher : Department of English Education, Universitas Panca Sakti Bekasi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51714/dlejpancasakti.v5i1.13.pp.43-52

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This current research is to explore parents’ language attitudes towards languages and maintenance of heritage language and to find out the efforts of maintaining heritage language and its supporting and inhibiting factors. In this research, a questionnaire and semi-structured interview were employed to collect data. There were 62 respondents, consisting of 37 males and 25 females coming from eleven provinces in Indonesia. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents by both electronic and direct systems. Respondents were asked to fill in the questionnaires. Interviews were conducted to some respondents. The findings of this current research reveal that most parents show positive attitudes towards languages and the maintenance of heritage language. The results also indicate that there were some factors supporting the maintenance of heritage language, including parents’ attitudes and roles, community, school, family, daily practices, and culture. In addition, there were a number of factors inhibiting to the maintenance of heritage language such as parents’ attitudes and roles, community, school, family, external culture, and technological advancements. In terms of the efforts to maintain the heritage language, the results show that the language should be taught in the families and at schools, and should be used for social interactions and in traditional and ceremonial events.
FIRST LANGUAGE VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT AND PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDONESIAN CHILD: A CASE STUDY Sugiyanta
Dialectical Literature and Educational Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Dialectical Literature and Education Journal
Publisher : Department of English Education, Universitas Panca Sakti Bekasi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51714/dlejpancasakti.v5i2.34.pp.83-93

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First language vocabulary development and phonological development are important for a child to interact with others and to acquire second language. This current research aims to explore the first language vocabulary development and phonological development of an Indonesian child. The subject of this current research is an Indonesian female child aged 2.10 years. Recordings were employed as the research instrument to collect data. The data were collected by recording the child’s utterances within a three-month period, commencing from February 5, 2019 to April 23, 2019. There were nine (9) recordings in February, twenty-five (25) recordings in March, and twenty-six (26) recording in April. To explore the child’s first language vocabulary and phonological development, the recordings of the child’s utterances were transcribed. The findings show that the vocabulary development of the child occurred in the names of animals, vegetables, fruits, transportation, stationary, numbers, colours, and family members. In addition, the findings also indicate that child’s phonological development did not yet happen in the second month of the research (March 2019). It occurred in the third month only in the categories of other things and colours. A study should be further conducted with more categories, not only focusing on the main four parts of speech – nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, but also on pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and articles.