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.
