Maulisa Muhas (0743042021)

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

BABY TALK

By :

Maulisa Muhas

0743042021

ENGLISH EDUCATION

LANGUAGE AND ART DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG

BANDAR LAMPUNG

2010

BABY TALK

Baby Sign Language is all about using simple gestures with your hearing child to allow you to communicate long before they have mastered the intricacies of speech.

Baby Talk was set up in order to provide parents Baby Sign Language resources and support.

Baby Talk, or Baby Sign Language, can be more clearly defined as teaching the symbols of sign language as opposed to the structure of New Zealand Sign Language. It can be best described as being a stepping stone for language - in the same way that crawling is to walking.

Babies naturally resort to using their body language, facial expressions, noises, cries and gestures in order to communicate with you. Baby Sign Language is just an extension on what your baby can already do. By introducing a few simple signs, your baby will be able to tell you what she or he is thinking about or needing.

In summary, Baby Sign Language fills the communication gap until your baby has mastered spoken language.

Personality data

Parents name               : Father            : Mulyo Hartono

Children’s name                                  : kayasa, 2 years old

Family background                             : javanese

Setting : 1. Time          : morning

  2. Place          : at home

Kayasa and her father is talking about kayasa’s activity in that day.

Bapak              : nduk, wes adus urung? (nak,sudah mandi belum?)

Kayasa                        : wes

Bapak              : karo sopo?(sama siapa?)

Kayasa                        : mbak.(kakak perempuan)

Bapak              : oh karo mbak. ngopol ora? (oh, sama mbak. ngompol tidak?)

Kayasa                        : ra (tidak)

Bapak              : pinter’e ora ngompol meneh. Wes mangan urung nduk? (pinter lho tidak ngompol lagi. Sudah makan belum nak?)

Kayasa                        : wes (sudah)

Bapak              : mangan’e nganggo opo nduk? (makannya sama apa nak?)

Kayasa                        : mangan iwak yam (makan daging ayam)

Bapak              : mbak’e nengdi?(mbaknya dimana sekarang?)

Kayasa                        : mbak dolan.(mbak maen)

Bapak              : numpak opo? (motornya siapa?)

Kayasa                        : motol (motor)

Bapak              : motor’e sopo? (motor siapa?)

Kayasa                        : lek man (om man)

Bapak              : apik ora motor’e? (Bagus tidak motornya?)

Kayasa                        :he’eh

The common baby talk techniques of speaking slow, overenunciating, and overemphasizing one or two words in a sentence are tailor-made for the 1- or 2-year-old child trying to segment the speech stream into comprehensible units. Her father uses a slower and more repetitive tone than used in regular conversation. It sounds that her father try to make the sentence simpler.