THE INFLUENCE OF YOUTUBE SOCIAL MEDIA ON LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN CHILDREN AGED 3-4 YEARS (A STUDY ON CHILDREN WITH SPEECH DELAY)

Abstract

he purpose of this study is to describe the influence of YouTube on language acquisition in 3-4 years old toddler which having speech delay (late in speaking). This is based on the technology with features that are equipped with YouTube will further facilitate the social life of humans especially for children who are still in the language acquisition stage. YouTube has become an interesting medium and has a role in the process of acquiring children's language, especially for children who have speech delay. This study uses a qualitative descriptive study that presents a discussion presented in the form of narrative descriptions. Respondents of this study are H who are in phonological and syntactic phases. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that social media Youtube has a significant effect on language acquisition specifically for children who are having a speech delay. The amount of vocabulary in Youtube can influence the acquisition of the respondent's language. However, beyond this, due to external factors, respondents have difficulty for receiving positive stimulus from YouTube.