Abstract:
This research discusses first language acquisition of children 3-6 years in rural
and urban areas. The purpose of this research to describe the first language of
children in urban and rural areas. This type of research is descriptive qualitative,
because this study provides a picture of language acquisition research in children
in rural and urban areas. technique of collecting data in this research is
observation, interview, and recording. Technique of analysis data in this research
is classifying, analyzing, and discribing . In conclusion, first language acquisition
of children in urban area, almost all children in urban area not use first languages
or regional language in their family, 12 of children in urban area, the researchers
do not get one of the child who can use first language, so 100% of children in
urban area use a second language (indonesian language) as their first language.
While first language of children in rural area, of the 12 children become object of
research, only 8 children used the first language (mother tongue) because the
environment in rural area is more flat with the same ethnic group, while 4 children
again use common language (second language) as their first language, because of
the certain factors, such as the different tribes between father and mother,
environmental factors, and factors from parents as well. The researcher get the
result of the first language of children's in rural area, 66.6% of children in rural
area use first language, and 33.4% use second language (Indonesian language) as
their first language.
