Geographical Influences on the Language Skill of Elementary School Students in Lae-Lae Island Makassar City
Abstract: This article
describes how geographic factor influences students’ language skill which in
this case is the mastery of vocabularies. This study is a quantitative research
with sociolinguistic approach. The respondents of this study were elementary
school students that live in Lae-Lae Island, Makassar City, and as for the
comparison the researcher took other respondents from other elementary schools
in urban areas. The researcher selected 30 students from each school. The
techniques used in this study were a vocabulary mastery test, observations, and
interviews. The data analysis technique is descriptive analysis and independent
sample t test. The result indicates that there are significant geographical
factors on the students’ vocabulary mastery. Elementary students in urban area
have higher skill in mastering vocabularies than those in Lae-Lae Island. In
addition, the geographical factors also influence the type of their
vocabularies mastered by the students. The students from Lae-Lae Island are
better in mastering marine vocabularies than those of urban areas.
Keywords: geographical
factors, language skill, vocabulary mastery, elementary school students,
lae-lae islands
Author: Yusri, Andi Reza
Hidayat
Journal Code: jpantropologigg160026
