Relationship between Bilingual Environment and Indonesian Language Development in Children

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10.2991/isphe-18.2018.65How to use a DOI?

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bilingual environment, Indonesian language development, children

Abstract

Language development is one of the most important developments in children, influenced by internal and external factors. One of the most influential external factors is verbal environment. Specific language disorder can occur in one language in children with bilingual environment in the first three years of life. A cross sectional study to assess relationship between bilingual environment and Indonesian language development in children was conducted in early childhood education programs in Medan, Indonesia from November 2017 to March 2018. All sample were recruited with consecutive sampling method. Physical and hearing examination were performed. Language development were examined with Cognitive Adaptive Test/ Clinical Linguistic Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS). Fisher’s exact test was used to assess relationship between bilingual environment and Indonesian language development. There was 9.1% children with Indonesia language development disorder in bilingual group, whereas none in non bilingual group. There was significant relationship between bilingual environment and Indonesian language development in children.

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AU  - Dwi Herawati Ritonga
AU  - Sri Sofyani
AU  - Lily Irsa
PY  - 2018/05
DA  - 2018/05
TI  - Relationship between Bilingual Environment and Indonesian Language Development in Children
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Public Health and Education 2018 (ISPHE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 279
EP  - 283
SN  - 2468-5739
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DO  - 10.2991/isphe-18.2018.65
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