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B. Research Setting
The research was conducted in two cities: Semarang and Yogyakarta. It was mostly done in Semarang because the main participant of this study lived in
Semarang. However, since she sometimes spent time in Yogyakarta, the writer conducted some observations in Yogyakarta too. The research was conducted
during September 2012 to May 2013.
C. Research Participants
This study mainly focuses on the utterances made by a bilingual child. In order to be able to note her utterances, the writer conducted some observations.
The writer supported the findings from the observations by conducting an interview with her parents. Thus, this study requires the main participant and the
supporting participants.
1. The Main Participant
The main participant of this study was a three-year-and-four-month old child who is called Rose. She lived in Semarang with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
X. She was the only child of this family. Although Rose lived with her parents, she often gathered with her extended family. Most of her extended family
members used Bahasa Indonesia when they talked to Rose. Only one of Roses uncles and his family talked to Rose in English, namely, her uncle, her aunt, and
her two cousins. Her two cousins were English-Korean bilinguals. When they talked to Rose, they used English to each other. For additional information, the
parents and the extended family spoke Bahasa Indonesia, but sometimes they also
23 spoke Javanese to each other. They did not address Rose in Javanese, although she
was there when they were talking to each other using Bahasa Indonesia and sometimes Javanese.
Rose was identified as a bilingual because her mother used English to communicate with her since she was newborn, while her father mostly used
Bahasa Indonesia at the beginning, but then tried to use English. However, his limited English acquisition hindered him to speak English actively. Therefore, he
often created mixed utterances subconsciously when talking to Rose. Rose also joined a pre-play group class at school. Her school Daniel
Creative School attempted to use English as the main language to communicate, but the teachers did not speak English appropriately in practice. They often mixed
both English and Bahasa Indonesia in a single utterance when they addressed their students, including Rose.
Rose was chosen as the main participant of this study because she had a unique background family that caused her to mix languages. Based on the
information about her background, the writer concludes that the parents were on purpose to raise her bilingually interview on April 26, 2013.
2. The Supporting Participants
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