Children's language skills in listening and speaking activities are not optimal, children's vocabulary is still limited, so that children in conveying ideas, answering questions, repeating stories and telling stories about their experiences have not been achieved as expected. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of storytelling methods on the development of language skills in early childhood. This type of research is an experimental study with a nonequivalent control group design. The research was carried out in KB 'Aisyiyah Mentari Tuban with 32 children as subjects. The number of subjects was divided into 2 groups, namely the control and experimental groups as a comparison of the development of language skills. Collecting research data using observation and documentation techniques. The validity test with the Pearson correlation and the reliability test with Cronbach Alpha were carried out first then analyzed the data with the t test. The results of this study were proven by using the storytelling method to optimize early childhood language skills. Calculation using the t-test for all indicators> t critical 1.7530, it can be concluded that H0 is rejected, H1 is accepted. This means that there is an effect of storytelling methods for all indicators on children's language skills. Suggestions for educators and PAUD institutions to implement storytelling methods as a method that can stimulate children's language skills. Keywords: Storytelling Method, Language Ability
In order to face the global era, the ability to speak foreign languages, in this case English, is very important. So that the introduction of English should be pursued from an early age. However, the lack of knowledge of teachers and parents regarding strategies to introduce English to children has an impact on the lack of English language skills of children, therefore it is necessary to seek effective ways so that children's English language skills develop optimally during their best development period. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the strategy. Read Aload in introducing English to children. The research approach is a quantitative experiment with a pretest-posttest control group design through data collection techniques, observation and documentation, and analysis of hypothesis testing using the t test. The t test result in the control group was -17.245 while in the experimental group -5.844. There is a significant difference between language learning using the Read Aload strategy and others, proving that this strategy is effective for use in the introduction of English to children.
The family environment becomes a cultural literacy clinic, so that the habit of reading continues to be encouraged starting from the time the child is a member of the family. Families need to be able to support each other and optimize as best they can to design their family members to have an interest in reading without having to be ordered but as a lifestyle requirement in the family environment itself. For this reason, the family environment that is built must become a planned literacy culture clinic. The literacy culture clinic that is raised for each family member is needed to have a positive impact on children from an early age if the components involved can support each other and create harmony that builds a reading society. Literacy is an literacy, which is a set of individual skills in terms of reading, writing, speaking, arithmetic and solving simple problems of everyday life. Literacy culture is intended to carry out thinking habits followed by a process of reading, writing or other skills which in the end what children do in a process of these activities will create works. The family environment is a very important component in producing a society. The habits of a child formed by a family environment will greatly affect the macro culture of society related to literacy of society. The built family environment should have the principles of mobilizing and motivating, purposeful, experience oriented, recognition and reward, social transmission, and exemplary by parents. (parents provide examples). Just like being a clinic that facilitates a service related to literacy, it is necessary to prepare a home environment that can support the habit of literacy. The most important part to realize a literacy culture clinic at home is to prepare "adequate management of learning resources and adapted to the needs of each child's age". The conclusion is a cultural literacy clinic in the family environment. If it continues to function, then the benefits of the services that have been provided will be able to familiarize family members into families who like to read, improve communication between families, discussion will be a solution or a way out to solve problems, increase innovative and creative thinking and rich in information experience.
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