Singing As An Effective Approach For Learning English On Early Childhood

Abstract

There are so many native languages in Indonesia that makes English as a foreign language following Indonesian as the L2. This leads to the development of simultaneous bilinguals. However, there have been some contradictory opinions on whether learning English for early childhood is effective as it can inhibit a child's L1 and L2 development. This may lead to the phenomenon of subtractive bilingualism resulting in a major dilemma for the government and parents. However, this notion can be debated through the critical period hypothesis. This study presents a literature review on 'rhymes, songs, and chant's as the effective media for learning English and its implication for early childhood through 'singing' approach. ABSTRAKAda begitu banyak bahasa asli di Indonesia yang menjadikan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing mengikuti bahasa Indonesia sebagai L2. Ini mengarah pada pengembangan bilingual secara simultan. Namun, ada beberapa pendapat yang bertentangan tentang apakah belajar bahasa Inggris untuk anak usia dini efektif karena dapat menghambat perkembangan L1 dan L2 anak. Ini dapat mengarah pada fenomena bilingualisme subtraktif yang mengakibatkan dilema besar bagi pemerintah dan orang tua. Namun, gagasan ini dapat diperdebatkan melalui hipotesis periode kritis. Studi ini menyajikan tinjauan literatur tentang 'sajak, lagu, dan nyanyian sebagai media yang efektif untuk belajar bahasa Inggris dan implikasinya untuk anak usia dini melalui pendekatan' menyanyi '. Kata kunci: nyanyian, masa kritis, anak usia dini, sajak, lagu INTRODUCTONEnglish is an international language that has an important role in everyday life. English is commonly used in education, work, entertainment, electronic communication, and travel, so English is very important to master. Nowadays, it has become a common thing that people can use English. That is, people who come from diverse backgrounds, origin, religion and culture have an agreed media to communicate with each other in the international world, namely English.