THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH SENTENCES BY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS ( A CASE STUDY AT PRIMEONE SCHOOL MEDAN).

The objectives of this research were to describe the type of English sentences acquired by Kindergarten students with different ethnic groups of PrimeOne School, to find out how the Kindergarten students with different ethnic groups of PrimeOne School acquire English sentences and to find out why the kindergarten students with different ethnic groups of PrimeOne School acquire the English sentences in the way they do. This research was carried out by applying descriptive qualitative method. Since this study is qualitative research therefore the instrument of this research is the researcher herself. Case study approach was applied as a technique of data analysis. To obtain the data, the researcher used Miles and Huberman was three concurrent flows activity namely data reduction, data display and conclusion/ drawing/ verification. The findings indicate that there are siimilarities and differences which are found among Kindergarten students with different ethnic groups of PrimeOne School in acquiring the English sentences. It can be seen from the way they arrange the English sentence, their attitude toward the English sentences. The kindergarten students with different ethnic groups in PrimeOne School have acquired declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamation form. The way of Chinese and Bataknese students acquired English language by experience and interaction, imitative naturally, play and work whereas Javanese and Indian acquired English sentence by imitating and by having little interaction. The way of Chinese and Bataknese students acquired English sentences by showing glad, happy, cheerful and curious towards English then they get a lot of input from their surrounding. While the way of Javanese ethnic students utterance English sentences by showing shy, quiet and passive toward English and also by getting less inputs from their surroundings. The reason why different ethnic of PrimeOne School acquiring the English sentences in the way they do, the Chinese and Bataknese students are active, talkative, whereas Javanese and Indian students are passive, less talkative and shy. After concluding the research, the suggestions are stated as follows: to improve the English acquisition since the early age, the kindergarten`s teachers and parents are suggested to consider about its supporting factors, for those who are interested in children language acquisition at early age, suggested to use this study as the small reference, other researchers can develop further study about English acquisition conducted to other subjects in other area.