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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh metode storytelling dalammengajarkan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing kepada anak pra-sekolah.Penelitian dilakukan di sebuah taman kanak-kanak Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini(PAUD). Subjek penelitian ini memiliki keterpajanan yang sangat terbatasterhadap bahasa Inggris sebelum pemberian perlakuan dimulai. Penelitian inimerupakan penelitian kuasi-eksperimental satu kelompok dengan pre-test, posttestI dan post-test II. Kuesioner juga digunakan untuk mengetahui persepsi guruterhadap metode pembelajaran storytelling ini. Teori yang digunakan dalampenelitian ini adalah karakteristik perkembangan bahasa pada anak, pembelajaranbahasa Inggris pada pemelajar usia dini, hipotesis masukan Krashen, hipotesisinteraksi Long, hipotesis keluaran Swain, dan scaffolding dari Bruner. Hasilpenelitian menunjukkan bukti-bukti bahwa pengajaran bahasa Inggris denganmetode storytelling dapat meningkatkan penguasaan kosakata bahasa Inggris anakbaik kemampuan reseptif maupun produktif.

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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to present the effects of the storytelling method forteaching English as a foreign language to preschool children. The study wascarried out in a PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini/Early childhood educationprogram). The children have a limited exposure to English at home and school.The study is a quasi-experimental research with one group pre-test, post-test I andpost-test II design. A questionnaire was used to find out the teacher?s perceptionabout the storytelling method. Theories which are used in this study are childlanguage development?s characteristics (Santrock, 2007), teaching English as aforeign language to young learners (Pinter, 2009), Krashen?s input hypothesis(1983), Long?s interaction hypothesis (1996), Swain?s output hypothesis (2000),and scaffolding (Bruner, 1957). The findings of this research seem to providesome evidence to show that teaching English language through storytelling canlead to the development of children?s receptive and productive vocabulary, The aim of this study is to present the effects of the storytelling method forteaching English as a foreign language to preschool children. The study wascarried out in a PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini/Early childhood educationprogram). The children have a limited exposure to English at home and school.The study is a quasi-experimental research with one group pre-test, post-test I andpost-test II design. A questionnaire was used to find out the teacher’s perceptionabout the storytelling method. Theories which are used in this study are childlanguage development’s characteristics (Santrock, 2007), teaching English as aforeign language to young learners (Pinter, 2009), Krashen’s input hypothesis(1983), Long’s interaction hypothesis (1996), Swain’s output hypothesis (2000),and scaffolding (Bruner, 1957). The findings of this research seem to providesome evidence to show that teaching English language through storytelling canlead to the development of children’s receptive and productive vocabulary]