1. The document discusses the application of trilingual learning in early childhood education to support children's language development and other developmental areas.
2. Trilingual learning helps children develop better language skills over time as their vocabulary grows from exposure to multiple languages. It also benefits children's cognitive development as they learn rules for different language structures.
3. Playing is an effective way to incorporate trilingual learning for young children in a fun way that also supports their social, cultural, and language development. Consistency is needed for the trilingual process to run smoothly and minimize silent periods as children adjust to new languages.
1. The document discusses the application of trilingual learning in early childhood education to support children's language development and other developmental areas.
2. Trilingual learning helps children develop better language skills over time as their vocabulary grows from exposure to multiple languages. It also benefits children's cognitive development as they learn rules for different language structures.
3. Playing is an effective way to incorporate trilingual learning for young children in a fun way that also supports their social, cultural, and language development. Consistency is needed for the trilingual process to run smoothly and minimize silent periods as children adjust to new languages.
1. The document discusses the application of trilingual learning in early childhood education to support children's language development and other developmental areas.
2. Trilingual learning helps children develop better language skills over time as their vocabulary grows from exposure to multiple languages. It also benefits children's cognitive development as they learn rules for different language structures.
3. Playing is an effective way to incorporate trilingual learning for young children in a fun way that also supports their social, cultural, and language development. Consistency is needed for the trilingual process to run smoothly and minimize silent periods as children adjust to new languages.
1. The document discusses the application of trilingual learning in early childhood education to support children's language development and other developmental areas.
2. Trilingual learning helps children develop better language skills over time as their vocabulary grows from exposure to multiple languages. It also benefits children's cognitive development as they learn rules for different language structures.
3. Playing is an effective way to incorporate trilingual learning for young children in a fun way that also supports their social, cultural, and language development. Consistency is needed for the trilingual process to run smoothly and minimize silent periods as children adjust to new languages.
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THE APPLICATION OF TRILINGUAL IN (Barbera M.L.
: 2007 and Abidin: 2010), establish
EARLY CHILDHOOD meaningful relationships, respond to other people's sayings and to understand the circumstances DIAN SURYA APRILYANTI (Barbera M.L.: 2007). These functions can help Depelovment of Early Childhood Education. Postgraduate children to grow and develop optimally, both in the Course. language aspect or other aspects of development. Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia The fluency of language can also help children to Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No/229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia gain knowledge and develop their cognitive abilities. [email protected] Oates J. and Grayson A. (2007) suggested that language significantly indicates the cognitive aspects ABSTRACT of the children in which they are able to name the Language is a bridge to communicate in early characteristics of an object, recognize and name childhood, adapt, and acquire knowledge. Language is objects, learn new things from others, construct and one of the development aspects that gives significance to communicate something, make plans and understand a child's life. Children are love to explore the what is existing and happening around them. environment with their high curiosity. The more Language provide good impacts for children, and if children master the various languages the easier it is for they are mastering more than one language, they will them to gain knowledge and explore the environment be able to learn to manage/situate the language Trilingual is a learning effort that supports the development of language in children, it even affects which is the requirement for cognitive ability various aspects of children’s development, such as (Barack R., Bialystok E., Castro D.C. and Sanchez cognitive and social-cultural awareness. In early M.: 2014). Exceedingly, when children get trilingual childhood education trilingual delivered through fun learning they learn three combinations of language activities such as playing. Trilingual learning would structures that will greatly affect their cognitive become much easier if it is done in a balanced manner abilities, as well as their social and cultural abilities. between one and other languages. Although children Language support children socially and will feel difficult at first place, so usually they will culturally in recognizing the characteristics of undergo a silent period, but their language development others and enabling them to grow along with the will be getting better hereinafter, for their vocabulary keep on accrue through the application of trilingual. culture, although it becomes problematic when it is Some studies suggest that trilingual can support children seen that the child is influenced by other cultures to improve language production in the future through (Bruner J., 2001). Language can help preserve the good language skills. Trilingual can help children to social-cultural aspects and their values contained access information, be able to understand and keep up and help children retain their social identity and with the development of times, and maintain and take up cultural identity of their ancestral heritage. There are social-culture awareness. All the more so, ones will various benefits can be obtained through trilingual continue to learn the language all the time implementation. However, it does not mean that trilingual implementation will not encounter any Key words : Trilingual, Early Childhood obstacles in its process. Consistency is required for the process to run smoothly, in order to minimize the silence period. A. INTRODUCTION Silent period is a period in which children are remaining silent and digest a foreign language that is Language is the one of the children less dominant in their daily lives (Yip V. and development aspects that supports the children’s Matthews S.: 2007). To overcome this silent period productivity in their growth and development stages. teacher can modify learning through fun activities The results of Gillen's (2003: 3) and Stakanova, E., such as playing. Playing can develop many aspects Tolstikhina, E. . (2014) studies suggest that language of the development of children, one of which is the development will be more optimal if stimulated development of the language (Gillen J.: 2001; Philp early, therefore there will be differences in a J., Mackey A. and Olive. R.: 2008; Cook G.; 2000). language development that are stimulated early on Children’s play activities is not free of the use of with the development of language which began in language to construct the delightful playing. Thus, adulthood. Language will be more productive when playing can directly or indirectly develop the used by children because of the various benefits that language, and the language can be developed foster their growth and development. Multiple through unrestrained and restrained playing language fluency for children constitutes a learning activities. In addition to play activities there are process. In the learning process, they can produce various activities that could support the application words, learning words and their meanings, and of trilingual in early childhood. incorporate words into sentences with the correct structure hereinafter (Brock and Rankin; 2008:7). B. DISCUSSION The language has many functions such as the intermediaries in communication (Gillen J.: 2001; 1. TRILINGUAL IN THE LANGUAGE Whitehead M.R: 2007; and Barbera M.L.: 2007), DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN expressing feelings (Barbera M.L.: 2007 and Abidin: Trilingual supports children's language 2010), letting others know their needs (informative) productivity in their developmental stages. Gillen (2003: 1) asserts that children who are knowledge (or higher levels of analysis) of mastering multiple languages will increase similar rules that are successfully used in their language skills, the more languages they implicit ways in term of conversation." (Barac learned, their language skills will increase here R., Bialystok E., Castro D.C., and Sanchez M. : in after. The more children are stimulated to 2014). speak, the more they will gain the increasingly rich vocabulary, their language development From the above description we can see improved. Children's productivity in language that the development of language skills of promotes their communication skill. Arranging children also takes effect on their cognitive two languages at the same time is a competitive abilities. A study in America suggests that most control mechanism between the various of children aged 5-17 years are limited in the languages used effectively for communication quantity of writing and reading foreign (Poarch, G. J., & Hell, J. G. Van, 2012). As languages (Moon K. and Reifel S.: 2008). learning the language children need to show Thereat, in early childhood the introduction of their language skills to gain recognition foreign language is better be done through the (Stakanova E. and Tolstikhina E.: 2014). introduction of several nouns in the first place. Recognized language proficiency of children is There is a speculation suggests that children very meaningful to them and will affect their who are mastering more than one language motivation in learning language. So it is not evince that the knowledge of the use the impossible when Crosse (2007: 1) states, language denotes an advantage of nonverbal research in multi-cultural countries such as the intelligence (Barac R., Bialystok E. Castro UK found that many early children who study D.C., and Sanchez M.: 2014). Therefore, 2-3 different languages at once. Brock and children's language skills will increase by the Rankin (2008: 3) added that some children who application of trilingual both verbal and use more than one language have varying nonverbal, which also designates the language usage patterns. improvement of the cognitive development of The language skill of children includes children. the skills in delivering language and understanding the meaning effectively, 2. TRILINGUAL IN THE COGNITIVE including words and knowledge (Goodrich DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN J.M., Lonigan C.J., Ann J. and Farver M.: Language immensely affects the various 2017). There is also a supportive statement that developments of children. Stakanova, E., children who speak two or more languages will Tolstikhina, E. . (2014) argues that language have more awareness of how languages psychologically and cognitively supports the function and improve sensitivity in the using of development of linguistic, musical, visual, language(s) (Crosse, 2007 : 6). The language mathematical, kinesthetic, intra-personal and skills improvement by using their vocabulary interpersonal intelligence. Language has a has been raising the expectation that children considerable contribution in the cognitive can be directed to the use of language with development of children. There is a tendency to heuristic functions. According to Halliday, conceive that the mastery of more than one (1973: in Tarigan, 2011: 8) the heuristic language is a language experience that affects function is the use of language to gain the language itself and the cognitive of knowledge and discover the environment in the children, since the ability to manage more than future. So that in addition to the increase of the one language constitutes an intellectual language skills of children, they can also gain a potential (Barac R., Bialystok E., Castro DC, lot of knowledge through an understanding in and Sanchez M.: 2014). Cognitively interpreting language, especially if they have a challenging conversations are connected trilingual ability. children with participants in conversations, Trilingual abilities support children to including explaining, narrating, playing to improve their future reading skills, to utter produce something, analyze experiences and language, to increase the phonological share ideas (Masyy: 2004, in Whorall. J. and awareness, and to describe knowledge Cabell S.Q.: 2016). This cognitive ability can (Goodrich J.M., Lonigan C.J., Ann J., and continue to grow through the process of Farver M. : 2017; Whorall. J. and Cabell S.Q. : communication and fluency of children. 2016 ). Language skills – such as listening, There are three cognitive skills of speaking, reading and writing – will also children who use more than one language, i.e. increase by the application of trilingual. the skills of managing or responding to relevant information(s), using memory or renewing "The analysis of knowledge of linguistics is an their thinking ability and flexible cognitive implicit process of mental representation that is skills (Barac R., Bialystok E., Castro DC, and rearranged and reloaded that it becomes Sanchez M.: 2014 ). The more they are explicit hereinafter. In learning to write, for applying their trilingual the more obvious their instance, it requires the more explicit cognitive development. Language affects communication as an environmental facility, understanding, children need examples and improves children's focus, maximizes cognitive guidance as learners in language fluency, abilities in the development of children especially in applying more than one language (Landry et al. : 2006 in Justice L.M., Jiang H., such as trilingual. Multilingual is included in and Strasser K.: 2016). In fact the learning of the use of three or more different languages, trilingual application drills and strengthen the where multilingual implies the use of language focus of children at once. "Many students in various classroom situations of the various should be guided by other trilingual users from using of language, and communicating with different language backgrounds and deal with many students from different backgrounds other pragmatic issues" (Jorda S.P.S.: 2013). (Madiba, M.: 2013). The guidance done by other trilingual users - Moon K. and Reifel S. (2008) argued especially by adults - can increase the that the implications of multicultural confidence to applying trilingual and accelerate understanding and language development that the trilingual learning in children. are practiced by children are the result of In the development of language, the teacher guidance, because of the term of language search terms is classified into comprehension of the teacher. The example 3 categories, i.e.: language experience shown by the teacher in the trilingual ("bilingual learner," bilingual, second language implementation is that there are some socio- learning), age (infant, or pre-school), and cultural issues that become the focus of the cognitively functioning (as executive function, teacher. It is easier for children to understand metalinguistic abilities, brain development, and and designated the various languages they abstract reasoning), (in Barac R., Bialystok E., learned. Teachers who involved in Castro D C., and Sanchez M.: 2014). The more multicultural and multilingual situations should trilingual of children develops, the more pay attention to dialects, language differences identifiable their cognitive ability. Trilingual and differences in previous language structures specifically identifies the indistinguishable (Moon K. and Reifel S.: 2008). Moreover, characteristics of two languages as an there is a different background of every child acquisition of the first language and the context and socio-cultural background that influences of one language (Jorda S.P.S.: 2013). The every language development. The real trials for combination of language can be spoken more teachers on multicultural issues are not just trimly when the cognitive abilities of children culture, language, and economic status, in a are also increasing. Teachers are expected to multicultural class the physical appearance will support the speak ability of children with the become very obvious (Moon K. and Reifel S.: aim of the achievement of vocabulary target, 2008). support children to be interested in the The implementation of trilingual is a language, effectuate the open discussion, and part of the process of recognizing differences in improving the cognitive development through every human being and tolerance in a broader challenging topics (Whorall. J. and Cabell social and cultural development. Using foreign S.Q.: 2016). Moreover, other activities that can languages is a manifestation of teacher's effort support the implementation of trilingual of for children to be able to distinguish cultures children are required. on the one hand, and in other hand to sharpen children's concern and tolerance for different 3. TRILINGUAL IN THE SOCIAL AND cultures/ethnicities (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, CULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN E. 2014). Children of early age begin to show Various languages mastered by children their cultural identity of their country as they can expand their reach in acquiring knowledge speak in the target vocabulary, they grow up to and understanding the global and local be the tolerant children and have sympathetic situations. Child language knowledge and skills to other children (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, also affect social and cultural development. E., 2014). The advantages of multilingual are Multi-language fluency supports the global and associated with multicultural tolerance and local balance, and internationally optimize the uniformity in language acceptance in children maintenance of cultural and community and adults (Mcleod S., Harrison L.J., Whiteford identity (Madiba M.: 2013). Learning a second C., and Walker S., 2015). Trilingual can and/or third language in early childhood is a represent a different entity that becomes a part of the value on good mother tongue manifestation of their own language, the fluency (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, E., 2014). interaction between attitudes and socio-cultural The development of the language of children factors and their choice on the specific form of also has an impact on the social and cultural language they used (Jorda S, P. S, 2013). understanding of their inhabitation, or the There are some children who must learn socio-culture of the language, both locally and and be in situations of trilingual and socio- internationally, from which the language cultural application that must be faced. originated, as well as the socio-culture of the Children who have to learn a foreign language speaker. To gain a socio-cultural because of certain situations such as having to move, such as immigrant (Moon K. and Reifel language dissolving in the application of S., 2008). Children who learn more than one trilingual in children does require time and language other than the language used will motivation that take the form of consistently experience the transition, not only on language acceptance of trilingual. Researchers found that but also on culture (Moon K. and Reifel S.: children use more foreign language at school 2008). There are usually some teacher attempts than at home, thus causing the second language to create fun learning activities. The teacher to be a "hidden language" or "missing" for the changes the situation / atmosphere of learning absence of continuity of using in for the sake of creativity, supports play as the communication and socialization in the family characteristics of children (Moon K. and Reifel (Rodriguez J., Diaz RM, Duran D., and S. 2008). Through this experience, along with a Espinosa L.: 1995). This means that the structured and socially motivated culture, optimization of trilingual implementation can children are developing the comprehension of not be accomplished if trilingual acceptance in the written language, on what it is for, how it children is not optimal, this can lead children to works, what it looks like, what it feels like, and not use trilingual and the incomprehension of how to use it (Halliday: 1975; Rogoff: 1990; the various languages they studied. NK: 2006). Children need some process to get Centre (2015) conducted a study language ability showing that children learn foreign languages more quickly than their mothers when the 4. SILENT PERIOD family occupies a new place. For children The application of trilingual in children found that the different foreign language they allows them to experience the silent period due heard can be very interesting and memorable, it to the existence of several structures and phrase does not take long time to learn and be in the that must be learned at once. Roberts, Theresa silent period hereinafter. Although children A. (2014) suggests that the silent period have a biological risk of tardiness of language follows the introduction of a foreign language development, environmental factors contribute in which they cannot produce the word in a more significantly to the delay (Reznik-Nevet foreign language orally. However, it does not R.C.L., and Korona-gaon S.: 2016). The mean that they are just dwelling and not environment is expected to support children in progressing in the development of language. In the application of trilingual in the development the use of a foreign language they may of language, so that they achieve optimal encounter some difficulties, such as the results in the trilingual development. presence of delays in speech or some difficult pronunciation, but this makes them keep on 5. TRILINGUAL LEARNING IN EARLY learning until they are able to use the language CHILDHOOD correctly (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, E., Developing language in children is a 2014). provision for the future, it is necessary to A silent period is a stage in which a further improve the development of the child cannot produce words and experience language of children through the application of confusion in understanding the meaning of trilingual. Some adjustments between words and the language structure she/he children’s learning needs, the learning style of encounter in the 2-3 languages. Furthermore, children and the differences in learning Roberts and Theresa A. (2014) added that the structure with age, cognitive ability, needs, and silent period includes the stages of learning a educational background should be made nonverbal language, the recipient of the (Er.M.,2012). In this case, the trilingual language or the word pre-production phase. application for children must be tailored to Therefore, the silent period can also be said to their characteristics. As an effort of stimulation be a process of learning a language or digesting in conveying and improving the trilingual a language in an application of trilingual. In ability is an adjustment to the characteristics of this case, Crosse (2007: 8) states that children’s children, that is by learning through playing. brain is like boxes to place the word, the silent Moon (2000: 20) argues that there are reasons period is the phase in which children are still in students do not like when learning a foreign the stage of remembering the words of those language, that is learning is not through play, different languages they learned, and figuring they are just learning in order to pass the exam to which boxes are those words should be and they reluctant to communicate (producing stored. words), and the limited research on how to The silent period is not an indicator that teach the language, so that teachers have children encounter learning barriers, even if difficulty in getting children interested in they do not produce a word at this stage. After language. this stage is passed, they will experience a The activity of playing helps students to period of understanding which followed by an be interested and becomes motivated to learn, increase in learning, i.e. in which they produce to better practice and interpret the language words (Dublin, 2005: 2). The process of (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, E. .: 2014; Levy A. K., Schaefer L., & Phelps P.C: 1986). If because children are able to receive trilingual children love the game given by their teacher, in a good manner, in accordance with the then they will use the language very massively. characteristics of the children. Stakanova E. Playing can improve all language skills, and Tolstikhina E. (2014), added that children namely listening, speaking, reading and writing will easily absorb trilingual or various skills. Loannidou E. (2017) added, that in play languages because they have the ability as a activities, children who have knowledge of copycat. various languages can influence the ethics of other children. The results showed that the role C. CONCLUSION plays can build children's language skills and Trilingual is when children learn three enacting play activities as a good part of combinations of language structures that will greatly childhood kindergarten (Levy A.K., Schaefer affect their cognitive abilities, as well as their social L., and Phelps P.C.: 1986). and cultural abilities. Children whose learn trilingual Aside from playing, there are other will construct language ability in the same time. The activities that can be done as an application of children very interested to learn something new in trilingual for children, such as conversation, their life and happy to show their skill to another questioning, poetry recital, singing and stories especially in language ability. Trilingual can icrease telling. Among them, according to Moon, children in cognitive ability up to their social and (2000: 65) is the routine activities that can help cultural abilities. Trilingual employing train the create a sense of comfort, so that children will children to keep the different language structure be able to learn because they are familiar with include meaning from the language moreover in habituation or those routine activities. each word. When children learn another language Conversations that not included in the teacher's they are learn about social and culture from the learning plan are when children eatings, while language too. But half of the children cant accept the children are paying attention to other trilingual easily especially in school. That situation children, while they using nonstandard can creat silent period on trilingual learning process vocabulary, while attempting topics that The teacher need fun activity to transfer trilingual challenge their cognitive ability, and in the for young learner like play, sociodrama, song, rhyme middle of a discussion (Gest et al. : 2006; in and games in order to trilingual. Trlingual have great Whorall. J. and Cabell SQ: 2016). Poems and effect for children development and other ability singing are very useful, just like stories, short today or in the future. games, cartoons and various visuals that could be the support, such as drawing and various REFERENCE images that can be used for language learning (Stakanova, E., Tolstikhina, E. .: 2014). Abidin, Y. (2010).Kemampuan berbahasa Indonesia di perguruan tinggi. Bandung: Maulana Grafika. Teachers who missed out on connecting Barac, R., Bialystok, E., Castro, D. C., & Sanchez, M. (2014). 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