LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN IN THE DOWN SYNDROME VILLAGE PONOROGO: A PSYCHOLINGUISTICS OVERVIEW

SUMARLAM, SUMARLAM and PURNANTO, DWI and PAMUNGKAS, SRI and HASYIM, KHOIRUL and UTAMI, ANGGA CAHYANING (2016) LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN IN THE DOWN SYNDROME VILLAGE PONOROGO: A PSYCHOLINGUISTICS OVERVIEW. PRASASTI: Journal of Linguistics, 1 (1). pp. 168-186. ISSN 2527-2969

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Abstract

This study focuses on language acquisition of down syndrome children in the down syndrome village Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. The down syndrome villages are Krebet subdistrict of Jambon, Sidoharjo sub-district of Jambon, Karangpatihan sub-district of Sidoharjo, Pandak sub-district of Balong, and Dayakan sub-district Badegan. The purpose of this study are (1) to explain the first language acquisition; (2) to explain the second language acquisition; and (3) to explain the factors that affect language acquisition of down syndrome children in Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. The method of this study is case study in which it seeks the unique phenomena by examining the data description qualitatively. The source of the data are the Down syndrome children and document of information related to them. The data are the Down syndrome children’s utterances. The data collection method of this study are observation and interview by applying close and open interview. The triangulation technique of this study are method and source triangulation. The data are analyzed descriptively by using some stages: identifying, classifying, interpreting, and explicating. The result shows that the down syndrome children aged 7-15 years master the first language (mother tongue) only, it is Javanese in the ngoko level (the Javanese language lowest level). They do not speak Bahasa Indonesia. The Down syndrome children lexical mastery are unique, e.g. pangot to mention knife. They also mention the object based on its sound (onomatopoeic), e.g. eong to mention cat. They eliminate the beginning and the middle consonant, vowel, and also do consonant replacement. Down syndrome children dod not acquire prefix and also the repetition. They do not recognize compound words. They acquire the concepts here and now, the things around him, and now. The do not acquire concept of past and imagination. In addition, children with Down syndrome do echolalia (imitating others), autoecholalia (repeating his own words), verbal auditory agnosia or cogenital word deafness (phonological perception problem). They also impaired speech or stuttering and selective mutism (not speaking to certain situations and places). The Down syndrome children experienced those cases on the onset of their life, although some of them had the problems because of high temperature when they were in 6 months, 1.5 years, and 2 years. Inbreeding, maternal age over 35 years, and malnutrition become a trigger of down syndrome. The factors that affect first and second language acquisition of the Down syndrome children are: (1) rarely to communicate; (2) no bedtime stories before bed; (3) no mother singing before bed; (4) the lack of family attention toward education, especially on language acquisition. Keywords : language acquisition, down syndrome children, psycholinguistic

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia
Depositing User:	Muhammad Yusron Afif
Date Deposited:	12 Jul 2023 05:21
Last Modified:	12 Jul 2023 05:21
URI:	http://repository.stkippacitan.ac.id/id/eprint/1153

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