THE ACQUISITION OF INDONESIAN VERBS AND NOUNS BY TWO-YEAR-OLD TOBA BATAK CHILDREN

This thesis deals with The Acquisition of Indonesian Verbs and Nouns by Two-Year-Old Toba Batak Children. This study focused on describing the acquisition of Indonesian Verbs and Nouns produced by Toba Batak children uttered by two-year-old Toba Batak children. This study was located at Jl. Kampung Kristen, Labuhan Batu Utara, Kota Pinang and the subjects of this study were two-year-old. In collecting the data, this study applied documentation with audio visual recorder as the instrument of data collecting. The technique of data analysis used in this study was descriptive technique and the data were described through the process of transcribing. A qualitative research was conducted to enable the researcher to answer the questions. There are two questions to be answered namely: (1) how are the contents of verbs and nouns acquired by two-year-old Toba Batak children, (2) how do they acquired verbs and nouns. Observation and interview were carried out to the Toba Batak children twice a week for three months. The findings indicated that the total number of producing verbs in Indonesian is 352 and 166 for producing nouns by the subjects. The subjects acquired Indonesian words through their interaction with their family members and friends when they play. The subjects sometimes used body language when they talked with their parents and friends. Based on the findings, there are some suggestions: (1) parents have to guide their children in learning to communicate as good as possible in order to the children can communicate well and effectively with other people in their environment, (2) in order to make a good communication and conversation, it is suggested to make approaches to the children behaviors and habitual, (3) if parents want their children can acquire words well, they have to introduce words well and also guide them to pronounce it every day when they talk with them.