Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Perkembangan bahasa anak merupakan satu hal yang penting yang mendapat perhatian khusus dalam keluarga. Ada beberapa faktor perkembangan anak yang sangat signifikan dan penting di perhatikan dalam keluarga yaitu perkembangan. bahasa. Bahasa dapat dilakukan dengan berbagai metode atau cara oleh pendidik dalam perkembangan anak, antara lain huruf. Hasil observasi ditemukan bahwa masih terdapat anak – anak di kota Banda Aceh yang belum mampu menguasai huruf dengan baik terutama dalam bertutur kata dengan keluarga di rumah sehari-hari. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan perkembangan bahasa anak menggunakan media bunga huruf di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Ceurih Ulee Kareng. Jenis penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas model Kemmis dan Mc Taggart yang dilakukan dalam 2 siklus. Setiap siklus mencakup 4 kegiatan yaitu, perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan, serta refleksi meliputi atas 3 aspek yakni mengenal urutan huruf abjad, mengucapkan urutan huruf abjad, dan meniru/menuliskan urutan huruf abjad. Adapun yang menjadi subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 10 orang anak berumur 4-5 tahun terdiri dari 6 anak laki-laki dan 4 anak perempuan. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik observasi dan unjuk kerja dengan indikator keberhasilan 75% atau anak sudah mendapat kategori Berkembang Sesuai Harapan (BSH) pada setiap aspek yang diobservasi. Tempat penelitian di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Ceurih Ulee Kareng pada tahun ajaran 2024-2025. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan perkembangan bahasa anak secara bertahap disetiap tindakannya. Sehingga dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa penelitian ini dinyatakan berhasil karena kemampuan bahasa anak meningkat mencapai 88,3% pada kategori Berkembang Sangat Baik dimana hal ini sudah mencapai target yaitu melebihi 75% anak dapat mengenal urutan huruf abjad, mengucapkan urutan huruf abjad dan meniru/menuliskan huruf abjad.

Kata Kunci: Bahasa anak, Anak usia 4-5 tahun, Media bunga huruf.

Children's language development is a key issue in every family. To improve children's language development, various methods and approaches can be used to support their language understanding. The most fundamental is letters. Letters are the origin of language. In Banda Aceh, many children have not yet mastered Indonesian because they are still accustomed to using regional languages as their daily language. This study used the Flower Letters media as a means to support children's language development. This media can arrange letters and pronounce them during play. The language development referred to in this study is language development in the literacy section, where children can recognize, pronounce, write, and imitate the letters of the alphabet. The method used in this study was a classroom action research method with 10 children as subjects. This research was conducted at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Ceurih Ulee Kareng Kindergarten in a class of 10 children aged 4-5 years. Based on the results of observations conducted before starting the study, it was found that 8 children were not yet fluent in the categories of recognizing, pronouncing, and writing letters, and the remaining 2 did not know what letters were at all. This study aims to improve children's language development using flower letter media at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Ceurih Ulee Kareng Kindergarten, Banda Aceh. The type of research used is classroom action research (CAR) model Kemmis and Mc Taggart which is carried out in two cycles, where each cycle includes four activities including; planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The place of implementation of the research is at Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Ceurih Ulee Kareng Kindergarten, Banda Aceh in the 2024/2025 academic year. The subjects of this study were 10 children aged 4-5 years consisting of 6 boys and 4 girls. Data collection techniques were carried out through observation and performance techniques with a success indicator of 75% or the child has obtained the category (BSH) in each observed aspect. The results of the study showed that there was child language development in cycle 2 of action II reaching 88.3% (BSB). From the research results obtained, it can be concluded this research was declared successful because the children's language abilities increased to 88.3% in the Very Well Developed category, where this has reached the target, namely exceeding 75% of children being able to recognize the order of the letters of the alphabet, pronounce the order of the letters of the alphabet and imitate/write the letters of the alphabet. Keywords: Children's language, Children aged 4-5 years, Flower letter media.