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ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN KHALIFAH KINDERGARTEN: PRESCHOOL AGE ANALYSIS USING KRASHEN HYPOTHESIS
This study aims to describe the process of acquiring English as a foreign language
for preschool-age students at Khalifah Kindergarten. There were 6 respondents in
the study; 4 students, 1 teacher, and 1 parent. This study used the descriptive
qualitative method and the data obtained in the analysis using 5 hypotheses by
Krashen. The results showed that from an early age, teachers began to introduce
English to students. The habits that teachers do every day make students
accustomed to obtaining English automatically. In this case, not all students have
the same understanding because there are things that prevent students from
acquiring a foreign language described in the Affective Filter Hypothesis. The
results of this study prove 3 of Krashen's 5 hypotheses, namely the Acquisition-
Learning Hypothesis, the Input Hypothesis, and the Affective Filter Hypothesis.
This research also found that there are some obstacles or factors that influence
student’s acquisition; there are personality, attitude and motivation.
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