scholarly journals English Development as a Second Language in Relation with TV Exposure

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Ni Made Ayu Widiastuti ◽  
Anak Agung Sagung Shanti Sari Dewi ◽  
Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Development ◽  
Television Program ◽  
Viewing Time ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Second Language Development ◽  
Young Learner

The aims of this study are to know the role of young learner’s parents in choosing good and educating television program for their child, and to describe the effects of TV exposure in their child’s English language development. A five-year-old young learner who lives in Denpasar was observed in 2017. The data were collected by giving a questionnaire to the young learner’s parents in order to get the description of the effects of the television programs to her language development. As it is a following research of the previous research on English vocabulary acquisition, the results of the observation of the young learner and the interview with her parents that have already been done are used to support the analysis of this small research. The collected data were analysed descriptively based on approaches from Barr, et.al. (2010), Christakis (2009), and March (2004) about English language acquisition and language development of young children. The results show that the young learner’s parents have the important role in choosing good and educating television program for her. It can be seen from the choices of cartoon movies as one of the television programs that is educating as well as entertaining for a child in her age, the intensive accompaniment when she was watching the movies, the limitation of television watching time, and also the parents’ assistance in order to help her understand the stories and vocabulary meanings. It is true that good content, context, and the amount of daily TV viewing time as well as parental assistance will be beneficial for the young learner’s second language development in informal learning situation. The effectiveness of watching cartoon movies has led her to gain the positive second language development in her bilingual condition, although English code-switching in Indonesian sentences sometimes occur. Keywords: SLA, English, language development, TV exposure, cartoon movies

scholarly journals Game ‘I Know My Body’ Application to Encourage English Learning Process in Kindergarten

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Nur Lailatul Aqromi ◽  
Dwija Wisnu Brata ◽  
Achmad Nurchoelis
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
English Language Development ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Young Learner ◽  
Kindergarten Curriculum

Learning in early childhood requires special understanding due to the character of children who are easily bored; particularly in case of English learning process that is not their mother tongue. One of children’s character is that they love all forms of games, so the game could be considered as one way to attract the their curiousity. Thus, game can be used as a medium for young learner especially in kindergarten to learn English. This paper provides an elaboration how to use a game to improve English learning process for young learner. The method of this study used Classroom Action Research. The game is Java-based and the content of the game is based on kindergarten curriculum that contains of some important basic aspects covered by English Language development aspect for kindergarten. To sum up, through game, the students of kindergarten feel fun and challenging to fulfill the the game, and in other side unconsciously they have learned English as well.

scholarly journals English language instructors’ beliefs about the role of L1 in English language development and formal instruction in Croatia: A survey

ExELL ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-121
Author(s):  
Mirna Erk
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
English Language Development ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
Formal Instruction ◽  
Acquisition Processes

Abstract Current understanding of second language acquisition processes is based on the position that second language learners rely and depend on their L1 as well as on all of their language-related experience. This paper presents results of a questionnaire study aimed to explore Croatian EFL instructors’ beliefs about the role of L1 in English language development and formal instruction. Data was further analysed in order to explore variables most likely to impact instructors’ belief systems (participants’ age and academic degree, students’ language level, learning setting). The findings point to a lack of professional consensus with regard to L1 use which is discussed and followed by practical implications.

scholarly journals The Semantic Field Theoretical Approach in the teaching of English and its Grammatical Implication to Second Language Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Benard Angatia Mudogo
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Second Language Development ◽  
Languages In Contact ◽  
L2 Development ◽  
Data Content

The Semantic Field Theory (SFT) has been widely used in teaching English as a second Language to preschool children in Kenya.  In the SFT approach, the grammars of two or more languages are in contact. The grammar of languages involved in the SFT approach may be similar or different. However, studies have indicated that where the grammar of two languages in contact differ, syntactic mismatches are likely to result. It was against this background that the investigation was undertaken to establish the potential syntactic mismatches between English and Lukabarasi when using the SMT approach and the possible grammatical implications to English language development lessons. Contrastive Analysis (CA) by Lado (1967) was used in the comparison of the structures of Lukabarasi and English in order to identify syntactic similarities and differences in The First Language (L1) and The Second Language (L2). A sample of 10 key informants teaching English as a second language in rural pre-schools were purposively sampled to help collect the songs. Two songs were purposively sampled for collecting the relevant data. Content analysis guided the data analysis to identify the parts of the songs that were relevant to the achievement of the research objective. The findings indicated that teachers used Lukabarasi songs during English development lessons to enhance vocabulary acquisition using the SFT approach. Further, rules of the two languages were not observed and finally, there were syntactic mismatches during the teaching of English lessons. The findings revealed that extensive use the SMT approach and failure to follow rules of languages during L2 lessons may affect second language development. The findings recommend use of SFT approach when necessary in teaching English and adherence to rules of the two languages during English lessons to reduce negative transfer and to enhance L2 development.

Effects of academic and non-academic instructional approaches on preschool English language learners’ classroom engagement and English language development

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Markova
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Free Play ◽  
English Language Development ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Bilingual Students ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
English Language Skills

This research compared the relative impact of different preschool activities on the development of bilingual students’ English-language skills. The study investigated whether bilingual preschool children would engage more, and use more of their second language (English), during free-play (non-academic) versus teacher-structured (academic) activities. The researcher utilized both quantitative and qualitative research approaches; data sources included 285 preschool observations made in three classrooms in Northern California. Data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics (e.g. frequencies/percentages, mean values, and standard deviations). In addition, children’s observed scores were also analyzed by normative scales using standardized z-scores. The findings of this study indicated that bilingual children engaged and interacted significantly more during free-play (non-academic) preschool classroom activities than during teacher-structured (academic) activities. Specific free-play activities enabling optimal engagement and second language acquisition were pretend play, free play, and monkey bars. The study’s major implication is that free-play (non-academic) activities may be much more helpful in developing bilingual preschoolers’ English-language skills than teacher-structured (academic) activities. Free-play activities are an affordance for making language available, which helps with building academic skills and cultural capital. This study proves that free-play activities are an affordance for language learning because bilingual children have shown dramatically greater engagement in non-academic activities (vs academic activities). The importance of free-play activities may extend beyond preschool classrooms (e.g. greater English-language development in early preschool may subsequently positively impact student performance in kindergarten). Thus, unstructured, social-based activities should be implemented for bilingual students in K-12 classrooms. Free-play (i.e. non-academic) activities should be implemented in preschool.

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