CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1. Research Design
This study is mainly focused on the phonological acquisition of two year old child, especially on the phonological process which occurred in the word production
of two year old Indonesian child. The writer chooses qualitative method in the study, since it does not deal with numbers but an explanation and analysis of the case in
form or words.
The writer also uses articulatory phonetic identity method; the determining tool is the organ of speech or vocal organs which form the sounds of language.
Furthermore, for the observation done, the writer uses a participative observation since the writer is also involved in the environment between the subjects
and their surroundings.
3.2. Sources of Data
The sources of this study are 2 two years old children, named Zhafira and Dzaki. The writer chooses these two children as the subjects because they have some
significant differences and the writer believes that there will be many comparisons between them in acquiring and pronouncing Indonesian’s words as they have some
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different aspects between each other, as gender, ethnic, characteristic, environment, etc.
3.3. Data Collection Procedures
The data of this study are acquired in naturalistic observation which is taken directly from the subjects’ speech. The writer uses Apple Iphone 4 mobile phone
recorder as the equipment in collecting the data. For the observation done, the writer uses participative observation in investigating the subjects. Participative observation
means that in recording the data, the writer is involved within the subjects’ environment. The recording is done by the writer herself.
The observation is done two times every week for two months. Every observation lasts about two until three hours for noting and recording the data. The
child will repeat the words which are given by the writer.
The collection of the data comes from two sources: the first one is from the writer’s note, and the second one is from the recorder. The writer notices all of the
words which are produced by the subject then write it in the form of phonetic transcription on the writer’s note. From the recording files, the writer then transcribes
phonetically the data which the writer gets.
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3.4. Step of the Research
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