Psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition of Children Aged 3-5 Years In The COVID-19 Pandemic in Canden Hamlet

Abstract

Language is a means of human communication in interacting with the nature of everyday life to obtain a specific purpose. Language skills are owned by children from birth to parents wherever they are. It is characterized by sounds that come out of the mouth, even though it is sometimes unclear. This study describes childhood language acquisition during the Covid-19 pandemic in Canden, Bantul, Yogyakarta. This research is a type of descriptive qualitative approach from a psycholinguistic perspective. The data collection was made through observation, documentation, and interviews with sampling data on ten vulnerable children aged 3-5 years. Research shows that the acquisition of early childhood forms ways and excitations. How to gain language found through; Imitate, Remember, Ask, Tell Stories. Thus, the process of obtaining the language of a 3-5-year-old child is located in the form way and excitation stimulation.