Nurchasanah
Conversations among toddlers have distinctive characteristics that are different from adults. The characteristic of this conversation needs to be examined with the objective of describing the conversation structural element so that the results can be used to enrich the theory of language and can be used as the basis for the development of children's language skills. This study uses quantitative design with the subject children among 2-5 years old. The results showed that the structural elements of conversation among toddlers have many categories which are: initiation, response, feedback, response as initiation, informative, and re-initiation. Toddlers conversation occurs in a short rotation, one or two rounds of conversation.
Study Program of Indonesian Language Teaching, State Univercity of Malang, Indonesia
