Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to assess the acquisition strategy of pragmatic competence in
Indonesian language of preschoolers. This study used a qualitative approach with a
longitudinal study design.The instruments of this study are researchers as a key instrument
in the form of guidelines supporting instruments of observation and electronic recording
devices and field notes. This research data in the form of oral speech are taken with the
technique of observation of eight subjects, consisting of children ages 2, 3, 4, and 5 years
each was two people. Data were analyzed based performance analysis techniques. Based on
data analysis findings that learning strategies in the acquisition of pragmatic competence
that were used preschoolers are cognitive strategies and social strategies. Cognitive
strategies used in preschoolers, among others, (1) imitation of speech, (2) the repetition of
speech, (3) the use of speech patterns, (4) improvement of speech, and (5)
translation.Social strategies used preschoolers are (1) the request for clarification and (2)
the question-reciprocal response. The use of type and various types of learning strategies is
influenced by several factors, namely age, level of mastery of language, bilingualism, the
child's personality, communication objectives, and learning situation. In the process of
acquisition of pragmatic competence use types and the variety of types of learning
strategies that function is mastering the forms of speech used by a child to express a variety
of purposes to the hearer.
