A Psycholinguistic Analysis Of The Influence Of Television Media On First Language Acquisition In Children Aged 3-6 Years

Abstract

This research discussed the influence of television on the children first language acquisition aged 3-6 years in terms of psycholinguistic analysis. The purpose of this research was to describe how the influence of television on the first language acquisition, especially the acquisition of vocabulary which was divided into several parts of speech. Descriptive qualitative method was applied. The data were collected from the statement of two children as the object of research while watching television. Both of them was 3 years oled. Data collection methods were used to record. Through the notes and records, the data were obtained as the material of this research. It was concluded that television had more influences on object research 1 whose total vocabulary was 105 words. While object research 2 was 71 words. The frequency of watching television was also the factor influencing the amount of vocabulary obtained, in which object research 1 had a higher frequency of watching television than object research 2 was.