Children’s use of Bahasa Indonesia in Jakarta kindergartens

Bibliographic Data

ID6174580
AuthorsBernadette Kushartanti (0000-0003-1598-0841, University of Indonesia), Hans Van De Velde (0000-0003-2197-5555, Fryske Akademy), Martin Everaert (0000-0002-4418-4126, Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal)
Year2015
Volume16
Issue1
Pages167-167
Publication date2015-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWacana Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1411-2272 • E-ISSN: 2407-6899
PublisherWacana Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17510/wjhi.v16i1.371
OpenAlexW1997810832
LanguageEN
References cited8

At a very young age children living in Jakarta use both Colloquial Jakarta Indonesia and Bahasa Indonesia. The children’s first and most used language is Colloquial Jakarta Indonesia. In the formal school setting Bahasa Indonesia is frequently used and stimulated on a daily basis, and the learning process of Bahasa Indonesia is accelerated. The question addressed in this article is: how do these children choose from their repertoire of language varieties at this stage of language development? In our study 63 children (aged three to five), were interviewed in a formal and an informal situation in three playgroups and kindergartens. This study shows that even in the preschool setting, young children are already developing their sociolinguistic competence, knowing when to choose which language variety

Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Formal education · Geography · Pedagogy · Repertoire · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Gender Studies in Language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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