PHONOLOGICAL ACQUISITION OF 3-4 YEARS OLD CHILDREN IN JORONG BUKIT KILI NAGARI KOTO BARU KUBUNG SUB-DISTRICT, SOLOK DISTRICT

Abstract

The background of this research is the phonological acquisition of children aged 3-4 years who have difficulty pronouncing several phoneme sounds. When conveying what he wants, sometimes the people around him don't understand because he can't speak fluently compared to his peers. This study aims to describe the acquisition of phonology, namely the phonetic and phonemic part, in children aged 3-4 years in Jorong Bukit Kili Nagari Koto Baru, Kubung District, Solok Regency. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive method. Research data obtained from data sources in the form of speech The data collection technique is done by recording. The steps in data collection were: 1) socializing with the chil; 2) observing the child in dialogue with the people around him; and 3) recording the speech the child said. The steps taken in analyzing the data included: 1) listening to the recordings; 2) transcribing the spoken data into written language; 3) coding based on the type of language acquisition; 4) classifying children's speech into a tabular format found in the research instrument; 5) analyzing the data; and 6) concluding the data analysis. Based on the research findings obtained in the field, a total of 1,350 data was found. So, the most commonly found phonological acquisition is consonants. This is because it is evident from the story found by Matteo Alaric Pratama.