SUMMARY

Complied By:
Somayya Jufri(E1D1160
Tanti Nurliana E1D116068)
Yusriyah( E1D116071)

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM
2018
A Case Study of Improving the Speaking Ability of 5-Year-Old Child Using
Android Application(By: Jelita F.S Napitupulu)
 Introduction

In Indonesia, most of the organizers of the program for Early Childhood Education
(ECD) and Kindergarten (TK) organize English language learning program for the learners.
Mastery of English in early childhood cannot be equated with adult. Teaching English for
children is limited on vocabulary recognitions that are often encountered in their
environment. The improvement of foreign language knowledge in child’s cognitive system
can be estimated by identifying the number of vocabulary already known, and the ability to
use the language in communication.

 Object of this research

The object of the research is Alice, (A) a 5-year-old girl who is the nephew of the
author and she lives with the author. The author chose to observe with the hope of overseeing
her development directly and continually. This research was a classroom action research
conducted on 5-year-old child in Bandung. Definition of key terms,
Improving,Speaking,Classroom action research

 The scope of the study

The writer of the research focused on vocabulary acquisition, which was verified by
an oral test, because the subject of the research cannot read and write. The themes of nouns
examined were Things, Colors, Clothes, My body. Meanwhile, the verbs examined included
activities and movements of children, such as smile, run, play, and so on. In this research,
Puspita used some instruments which were assessment for performance, interviews,
documentation, and tests.

 Research procedure

The study was conducted for two weeks by implementing pre-test, mid-test, and
post-test. The form of the conducted test was an oral test, the researcher asked A to confirm
A’s vocabulary particularly nouns and verbs. A number of nouns and verbs were listed in a
table and was used as a reference to conduct the test. Intended nouns and verbs were nouns
and verbs that commonly appear in the video application. Especially for nouns, the author
chose nouns with four themes, namely: Things, Colours, Clothes, My body. The pre-test was
conducted in the first week. The researcher noted word that already known to A and words
that she hasn’t known. English Language exposure using android application was done
against A for 6 hours of treatment. The selected android application was English for Kid.
This application consists of short animation video collection with daily conversations. The
video duration is between 1 – 30 minutes and listed according to a certain theme. A was
asked to play with the English for Kid application for 15-30 minutes every day. This research
is a qualitative method with a mix of quantitative method. Quantitative mythology was used
for a simple calculation to see the rise in the number of vocabularies as a form of cognitive
development after receiving the treatment. A qualitative method was used to explain the
development of A’s communicative ability after the treatment. This study showed an increase
in the vocabulary of children who were exposed to English using the application in the
device. This research requires more in-depth analysis with a longer period of the research.