Prasi: Jurnal Bahasa, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

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Language acquisition is the period of an individual acquires a new language or vocabulary. The period of language acquisition happens a lifetime. The beginning of language acquisition occurs suddenly and often unconsciously. A child will initially undergo a process of first language acquisition (B1), and then followed by a second language acquisition (B2).  The purpose of this study was (1) to determine how the child’s first language acquisition of Japanese-Indonesian marriage couple, (2) to determine the child’s second language acquisition of of Japanese-Indonesian marriage couple, (3) to determine which of the languages either the first or the second language which is better in term of the level of mastery as well as the factors that lead to it. The research subject was the child of the Japanese-Indonesian marriage couple living in Sanur area. The data collected by the method of observation that was reinforced with the record and interview techniques, and then analyzed with descriptive qualitative method.  The results of this study is the recognition of  the process of first language acquisition, a second language, as well as the finding in which of the two languages is better in term of the level of mastery. The expected outcomes of this study are scientific publications in journal with ISSN as well as a sociolinguistic supplementary material. Keyword: language acquisition   ABSTRAKPemerolehan bahasa merupakan periode seorang individu memperoleh bahasa atau kosakata baru. Periode pemerolehan bahasa ini terjadi sepanjang masa. Permulaan pemerolehan bahasa terjadi secara tiba-tiba bahkan sering pula tanpa disadari. Seorang anak pada awalnya akan mengalami proses pemerolehan bahasa pertama (B1) terlebih dahulu, kemudian baru diikuti pemerolehan bahasa kedua (B2). Adapun tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) untuk mengetahui bagaimanakah pemerolehan bahasa pertama dari anak pasangan pernikahan beda bangsa Jepang-Indonesia, (2) untuk meng