Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2026): January

Macro Role Plays on Early Childhood Expressive Language Skills

Nurul Khaimah (Unknown)
Arismunandar (Unknown)
Rusmayadi (Unknown)
Herlina (Unknown)
Wahira (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Feb 2026

Abstract

This study aims to find out the description of the implementation of macro role-playing, find out children's expressive language skills before and after doing macro role-playing activities, and examine the effect of macro role-playing on early childhood expressive language skills. This research method uses a quantitative approach with a simple experimental method. The design used is a pre-experimental design with a one group pretest-posttest design. The data collection technique through observation and documentation of descriptive analysis as a form of data analysis from this study. The results showed that the implementation of macro role-playing was effective and smooth over 8 sessions, with high participation (95%) and simple props support that encouraged imaginative interaction resembling real life, making it suitable for language development., children's expressive language skills improved significantly before (average 0.45 or 41.9%) and after (0.88 or 81.8%) treatment, especially on the indicators of storytelling and spontaneous expression (up to 121%).,  and a significant positive influence was found on macro role play on expressive language skills (Wilcoxon test: T=35 < 151 tables; Z=-5.62, p<0.001), proving that this method is effective as a game intervention for early childhood oral language development.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

paud

Publisher

Subject

Education Mathematics Other

Description

Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD) ISSN 3026-4081 is a scientific journal published by Indonesian Journal Publisher. PAUD publishes four issues annually in the months of October, January, April, and July. This journal only accepts original scientific research works (not a review) that have not ...