Sundanese Language Vocabulary in Narrative Essay of Elementary School Students

Abstract

The principle of language teaching is to enable students to use the language competently. The quantity and quality of language skills can be measured from the quantity and quality of vocabulary mastered. The lack of research on the vocabulary of elementary school students is the basis of this research. The purpose of the research is to find out and describe two things, i.e. the types of vocabulary in the narrative essays of elementary school students and the suitability of vocabulary with the development of elementary school students. The research uses a qualitative approach, and the method used is descriptive method. Data analysis techniques used is direct element analysis techniques. From 16 essays, 650 words are found with the frequency of use of 2520 words. After conducting the analysis on the types of vocabulary, the findings are as follows: there are 216 basic words, 126 borrowed words, and 74 function words. From the narrative essays written by elementary school students, the words used are relatively in accordance with the development of student age. This is evident from 650 words only 10 of them are considered as words normally used by adult speakers. Keywords—vocabulary; elementary school students