3RD YEAR CHILDREN IMITATION THROUGH A SONG
ENTITLED ‘KETAHUAN PACARAN LAGI’ BY MATA
IN RELATION WITH THEIR EARLY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Submitted in order to fulfill the assignment of Language in Society subject
Compiled by
M. Umar Harahap 033539
Hendra Supriyatna 034659
Ali Arifin 011900
DEPARTEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION
INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
2007
FOREWORDS
Praise upon Allah SWT, who still blessing us with prosperity and kindness and also praise upon Muhammad the messenger of God, who has left us the holy Quran and Hadist so we can still be I his blessed path.
When the three of us met, we had never believed that we can finish this paper. As a matter of fact, Even though we had met for three times, we made nothing. There was too much elaboration.
At the end, while the time is running out, we have met to one decision that we were going to choose the topic entitled “3RD YEAR CHILDREN IMITATION THROUGH A SONG ENTITLED ‘KETAHUAN PACARAN LAGI’ BY MATA IN RELATION WITH THEIR EARLY LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. In this paper, basically, we try to answer, whether or why this song relate with the early language development of a 3rd year child.
So, with the existing of this paper, what we believed didn’t come true. We finally have finished this paper. The writers also, as learners, realize that this paper couldn’t be called perfect paper. There are probably many errors, and for that reason we expect good input from the reader of this paper.
We would send our thanks to Mrs. Yanti and Mr. Wahyu, without both of you , we would be confused with this subject again and also thanks to flopi net, for being our non-stop media in working this paper.
Writers
CHAPTER I
I. BACKGROUND
Linguists view that language exist along with the development of culture. It is said also, that the language forms the culture. Along with this, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, views language as a system used to facilitate communication. There are also many explanation on the language itself. By this means, language partially, is a way of sending our message. Through this partial definition, ways of sending message are various in reality. We know also, the language itself develop through the changing of time. Whether we can say that language can be recognized through the region where they stay. Linguists still argue or can be said different in using the jargon.
However, since the birth – Linguists, have develop the systemic rules in governing the way human send their message. Linguists have also made some stages to what human belong in their language development.
As a matter of fact, there are many explanations about this staging. As the explanations are varies in quantity, there is one, common staging, used in stratify the language development. Cause of the fact that there variety of language development, we try to analyze this development from their early development. And we have mention ‘early’ because it means that the object of this paper is children or infants. Furthermore, Piaget (1896-1980) hypothesized that infants are born with schemes operating at birth that he called “reflexes.” Speaking about reflex, we have found phenomena where children of this paper often use the words from a song as their early language.
II. THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
According to wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Language development is a process that starts early in human life, when a person begins to acquire language by learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry. Children’s language development moves from simplicity to complexity. In relation with that, children as the subject of the language developer gain their own language through a variety of media, situations and time sequences.
Through a variety of media, situations and time sequences children develop their language based on what they get from, basically, audio and visual input or both of them, for example, television, radio, magazine, newspaper, and so forth. Those media, influence children in gaining words to be used in their daily language improvement.
In accordance with that, children, in their language development, are influenced by parents when interacted through these media. Usually, language starts off as recall of simple words without associated meaning, but as children age, words acquire meaning, and connections between words are formed. In time, sentences start to form as words are joined together to create logical meaning. As a child grows, new meanings and new associations are created and vocabulary increases as more words are learned.
Even though most children begin to vocalize and eventually verbalize at various ages and at different rates, they learn their first language without conscious instruction from parents or caretakers. It is a seemingly effortless task that grows increasingly difficult with age. Of course, before any learning can begin, the child must be biologically and socially mature enough.
One of the ways to develop their language, through media of audio, which is, a song, children mostly imitate the lyrics that is easy to be understood and repeated occasionally. In this case, the song that is going to be discussed is a song entitled ‘ketahuan pacaran lagi’ by mata. We choose this song, as a matter of fact, influenced by our finding that this song often, now, played and imitated by children in relation with their language development, especially, in 3rd year children of their age.
CHAPTER 2
I. THE LYRICS
KETAHUAN PACARAN LAGI by mata
Dari awal aku tak pernah percaya
kata-katamu karena aku hanya melihat
semua dari parasmu
Terlanjur kau bilang padaku
Kau tak akan pernah selingkuh
Ternyata dirimu bermain dibelakangku
Saat ku melihatmu kau sedang bermesraan
Dengan seorang yang ku kenal
Oo..Oo.. kamu ketahuan pacaran lagi
Dengan dirinya teman baikku
Oo..Oo.. kamu ketahuan pacaran lagi
Dengan dirinya teman baikku
Tapi tak mengapa aku tak heran
Karena dirimu cinta sesaatku
II. THE ANALYSIS
For a third year children, presumably, almost imposible whether they can use and produce the song as their early language development. We mean all for real. Furthermore, the possibility arised the phenomena 3rd year children able to produce the chorus in an almost correct pronunciation. Through this interesting phenomena, we have come to try to find out why this phenomena happen?; is it possible, whether another children can do the exact way of pronuncing the sentences.
As we know, the characteristics of the song entitled ’ketahuan pacaran lagi’ by mata is quite easy to be well understood and reproduced by 3rd year children. However, we believe this question is in accordance with their basic language acquisitions: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Cause children receive the language through listening to this song. Then, why they can reproduce it in a well manner.
To answer the question, we have an assumption whether, the song, at the beginning, takes children’s’ attention and with that they easily to remember the words. This attractive song urges children motivation and response to this song by reproduce it on an on. Through the song, children listen to it and this gives them the fundamental characteristic in gaining their words through their language improvement.
Then, to what extent, this song able to make the children gain their language skills and develop their language in advance way. The answer comes from the changing of time along with the development of human brain. Through this assumption the easiest way why children easy to gain their words even sentences in their language development is adaptation. Piaget described two processes used by the individual in its attempt to adapt: assimilation and accommodation. Both of these processes are used throughout life as the person increasingly adapts to the environment in a more complex manner.
According to what we have learned, children, generally recognized their language through familiar voices and sounds, and through repeated voice children more easily gain their language development, reinforced by this fact, they easily recall the words.
Typically, through this practice they will get several language skills development, which are, 1) uses simple phrase; 2) responds to simple directions; 3) enjoys simple rhyme and song; 4) uses two to three words; 5) repeats words spoken by someone else.
In relation with the language skills, we have found that from the lyric, children tend to use and repeat this chorus:
Oo..Oo.. kamu ketahuan pacaran lagi
Dengan dirinya teman baikku
Oo..Oo.. kamu ketahuan pacaran lagi
Dengan dirinya teman baikku
This chorus represents the development of language skills. Based on the uses of simple phrase, “Oo..kamu ketahuan” is the most pointed words imitated by children. From the language point of view, this phrase attracts children attention. Besides, the children can respond to simple direction. The stressed “Oo..Oo” in this chorus is the directing and motivating the children in adapting the words come along with. This jargon can stimulate children to continue the song. It also could assist children to remember the part of words on the song.
The rhyme of the Mata’s song is an attraction to children and unconsciously children enjoy the song and remember the lyric. In line with this, Piaget outlined several principles for building cognitive structures. During all development stages, the child experiences his or her environment using whatever mental maps he or she has constructed so far. If the experience is a repeated one, it fits easily–or is assimilated–into the child’s cognitive structure so that he or she maintains mental “equilibrium.” If the experience is different or new, the child loses equilibrium, and alters his or her cognitive structure to accommodate the new conditions. By this way, children advance their language and develop through their responsive brain.
The other language skill development that influences children is that children can express the song. In this case, they use some words. That could be two or three words. The words which can express it is “Oo..Oo kamu ketahuan”.
In repeating song from someone else -from original singer or people singing a song is “Oo…oo kamu ketahuan” children are able to manage their selves to reproduce the lyrics which is produced by the original singer, even the lyrics only sung it through radio or other audio media.
CHAPTER 3
CONCLUSION
The phenomena, is not far from the changing of time. The reason behind this phenomena is human always evolve, so with the 3rd year children. The period has changed so with the children. Now, if we said children characteristic like this, we can not say it once again when the time’s changed. This assumption can be related with the psychological aspect of children growth as mentioned by piaget.
Children’s language development, can be said, caused or affected by the environment and language of the environment affect the culture or the habit of children. Whether the environment is surrounded by song, then, children will mostly gain their language through that song while if the language used is Indonesia, children will gain Indonesia also.
Children characteristics grow uniquely; child time is the gold moment in learning language. Their brains easily take anything around their environment. However, the results are not influenced only by such factor. Besides, internal factors, there are external factors that come along with in influencing their language development.
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