Jurnal
The Expressive Language Skills of a Bilingual Child: A Case Study
Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology (JLEET) · Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021) · pp. 12–26
- ISSN
- 2502-3306
- Published
- 2021-03-31
- Publisher
- Halu Oleo University
- Language
- eng
Abstract
This study attempted to explore the expressive language skills of a bilingual child from year to year. A qualitative method was used with the support of simple analysis of Mean Length Utterances calculation to answer the research question. The data was taken from the transcribed videos recorded intermittently from 2015 to 2020. Initially, the MLU score of the child was only 5.7 and it did not reach the standard score of6.88 for her age. However, the child’s MLU score for the following years rose even higher than it should be. The whole words of each utterance were counted then divided by the number of utterances. Based on the data, there was no significant improvement in 2019. This might be due to the fact that the data available in 2018 was of monologue type and that the subject was less willing to speak back then. Furthermore, based on the researcher’s observation, the English proficiency of the child, especially expressive language skills mastery, increased from year to year. Besides, the child was also shown to be more motivated. She kept practicing her English with her sister by watching and making English videos and acting as a professional YoutuberKeywords:The expressive language skills, Mean Length of Utterances, Bilingual child
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40 authors · 82 co-authorship links · 3 across different organisations · showing the 40 most connected
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- Universitas Halu Oleo
- Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari
- Universitas Merdeka Malang
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|---|---|---|
| Kamaluddin Kamaluddin | Universitas Merdeka Malang | 3 |
| Tambunan Tambunan | Affiliation unknown | 3 |
| Sitti Agustina | Affiliation unknown | 2 |
| Hilaluddin Hanafi | Affiliation unknown | 2 |
| Muhammad Iqbal | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari | 1 |
| Evan Purnama Ramdan | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Inti Mulyo Arti | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Hartina Batoa | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Tjandra Buana | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Usman Rianse | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Awaluddin Hamzah | Universitas Halu Oleo | 1 |
| Nurshiyam Hanrolan | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Suriani Suriani | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Alberth Alberth | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Ni Kadek Sepriani | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Nurhajatin Nurhajatin | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Yun Angraeni Saputri | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Vill Janna Ningzi | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| M. Yazid A.R.G. | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Sahlan Sahlan | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Andi Sessu | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Jenny Samosir | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Wahyudi Daud | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Weka Widayati | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| La Ode Muh. Magribi | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Makmur Jaya Arma | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| HS Gusnawaty | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Siam Siam | Universitas Halu Oleo | 1 |
| Naila Sari | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Mauliddin Nuur | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Hanna Hanna | Universitas Halu Oleo | 1 |
| Sitti Fatimah Aprianti | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Sitti Suharni | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Aderlaepe Aderlaepe | Universitas Halu Oleo | 1 |
| Ice Nurmadina | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Wa Ode Nur Awwaliyah Annisa | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
| Sisca Tiara Hanandita | Affiliation unknown | 1 |
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