Improve Language Learning in Early Childhood

Does this study raise the problem of how to improve children's language skills by telling stories in PAUD Dahlia Kota Bengkulu? And the child's response to storytelling activities? This study aims to improve children's language skills through storytelling in PAUD Dahlia Kota Bengkulu. This study uses qualitative methods with a classroom action research approach. The subjects of this study were children of PAUD Dahlia Kota Bengkulu aged 5-6 years totaling 20 children consisting of 10 women and 10 men. Data were collected through observation and performance and then analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. The study was conducted in 2 cycles, each cycle consisting of three activities. The results showed that the very well-developed children (BSB) in the first cycle were as follows: the first activity did not exist, the second activity did not exist, and the third activity was 2 children. Increased in the second cycle, namely the first activities as many as 8 children, the second activity as many as 10 children, and the third activity as many as 14 children. The results showed that storytelling activities using extra textual interactions during the process of storytelling activities had a large influence on improving children's responses which ultimately had an effect on improving children's language skills. Keywords—enhancing; children's language ability; storytelling activities; interactions; extextual