Child Language Acquisition: A Study on Psycholinguistics

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the child language acquisition. It was done at Universitas Kristen Indonesia during 3 months from April to June, 2023. The mehtod of the the study used was a qualitative research with a library research design. In order to be able to answer the problem of the study, the researcher utilized the published research results, books, articles (online) related to this topic as a source of data. These sources were taken from google schoolar, Universitas Kristen Indonesia Library, and from research gate. The result of the study was that parents should be patient and painstaking in teaching children to learn languages because the child is already equipped with language skills. Children's language skills go through certain stages, so parents should always accompany their children in the stages of language acquisition.