Second Language Acquisition Syntax Aspect as the Basis for the Development of Teaching Materials in Elementary School Students

Abstract

At the elementary school level, particularly in second grade, second-language learners' syntactic abilities still face various challenges. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the syntactic aspects of language acquisition in second-grade learners as a basis for developing teaching materials. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach. This study was conducted in elementary schools in Yogyakarta City. Data collection techniques used in the needs analysis were interviews, questionnaires, listening, and note-taking. The data analysis technique used in this study was Miles Huberman's interactive technique. The results of this study are that the acquisition of syntactic aspects in a second language occurs gradually, from simple sentences to complex sentences. The syntactic aspects of a second language that students master are the acquisition of sentences based on the number of clauses: simple sentences and compound sentences; the acquisition of sentences based on content: declarative sentences, interrogative sentences, imperative sentences, and exclamatory sentences; the acquisition of sentences based on predicates: verbal sentences have not been varied. The implication of the results of this study is that it is necessary to develop Indonesian language teaching materials in grade II of elementary school that are oriented towards the stages of students' syntactic acquisition, starting from simple sentences to complex sentences.