Mastery of 4-5 Years Old Children Vocabulary in Role-playing Activities at the Role Play Center

Abstract

Children learns language through a pleasant learning experience in kindergarten. This study aims to describe the vocabulary mastery of children aged 4-5 years in role-playing activities in the Role Play Center. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. The study was conducted at Tiara Chandra Kindergarten located in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta for 2 weeks. The instrument used to collect data is observation and documentation sheets. Observation of vocabulary mastery is observed through oral language skills that appear when the child starts a conversation and responds in each role-playing activity in the Center of Playing Role, the ability to initiate conversation and the ability to respond in conversation reveals that role-playing activities create many opportunities to develop vocabulary mastery through oral language skills in children aged 4-5 years at the Role Play Center rather than in the regular class or other centers.

Promoting English learning from home to Indonesian families: an alternative approach to learning foreign languages at an early age

“…Most parents understand and can play roleplaying games that are suitable for use at home. Indeed, learning a foreign language is a unique method to anticipate the learning environment and play how children learn at home (Wahyuningsih & Suparno, 2019). Because this method will stimulate children's attention and make learning and training foreign languages exciting, Adopting roleplaying into English learning classes from home will provide fun and variety and a change of pace.…”