ENGLISH WORDS ACQUISITION OF DIFFERENT ETHNICS CHILDREN (A CASE STUDY AT INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER MEDAN)

The objectives of this research were to describe the type of English words acquired by different ethnic children of IEC, to find out the most dominant ethnic in acquiring the Englsih words, to find out how the different ethnic children of IEC acquire English words, and to find out why the different ethnic children of IEC acquire the English words in the way they do.This research was carried out by applying descriptive qualitative method. Since this study is a 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 way three concurrent flows activity namely data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing/verification. The findings indicate that there are similarities and differences which are found among the different ethnic children of IEC in acquiring the English words. It can be seen from the way they arrange the English words, the way they pronounce the English words, and their attitude toward the English words. The type of English words is acquired dominantly is Noun. Chinese ethnic children is the most dominant in acquiring English words. The way of Chinese and Batak ethnic children acquired English words is by showing glad, happy, cheerful and curious towards English. Besides that they get a lot of input from their surrounding. While the way of Javanese ethnic children acquired English words is by showing shy, quiet and passive toward English and also by getting less inputs from their surroundings. The reason why different ethnic children of IEC acquiring the English words in the way they do, the Chinese and Batak children are active, talkative, whereas Javanese children are passive, less talkative and shy. It is due to the to the different role of their parent in caring for the children, the amount of inputs they get from their surroundings. In addition, the parents of Chinese and Batak ethnic children highly encouraged and motivated their children in their education whereas parents of Javanese ethnic children tend to be not really strict to their children in their education.