A Psycholinguistic Analysis about Language Disorder of a Dyslexic Character in “Taare Zameen Par” Movie

MU’ALIM, BOBBY FADILLAH (2020) A Psycholinguistic Analysis about Language Disorder of a Dyslexic Character in “Taare Zameen Par” Movie. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Dyslexia is a combination of abilities and difficulties which affects the learning process in one or more of reading, spelling and writing. Accompanying weaknesses may be identified in areas of speed of processing, short-term memory, sequencing, auditory and/or visual perception, spoken language and motor skills. It is particularly related to mastering and using written language, which may include alphabetic, numeric, and musical notation. “Taare Zameen Par” is the title of movie that is directed by Aamir Khan. It tells about the struggle of a teacher and the student who had language disorder “dyslexia”, also the way how the teacher helped the student to face his dyslexia. The research problem of this research is what symptoms of dyslexia happened to Ishaan in the Taare Zameen Par movie; how the society reacted to Ishaan in the Taare Zameen Par Movie; and what strategies were applied by the teacher to help Ishaan in the Taare Zameen Par Movie. The research objective of this research is to describe the symptoms of dyslexia happened to Ishaan in Taare Zameen Par movie; to describe the reaction of society to Ishaan in Taare Zameen Par Movie; and to describe the strategies applied by the teacher to help Ishaan in the Taare Zameen Par movie. This analysis used descriptive qualitative method because this research included collecting data in order to find the answer conserving the condition of the movie. The data was taken from the script and the story of the movie which is divided into some scenes, but only several of them that can be the data. The writer used some theories about dyslexia from Alan M Hultquist, Lindsay Peer, and some other supporting theories to analyze the findings. By this study, the writer found there are several symptops of dyslexia that happened to Ishaan. There are 1) reading difficulty,2) writing difficulty,3) coordination. The reaction from society againts Ishaan dyslexia are 1) bullying, 2) Judging, 3) Comparing. Then, the teacher helped Ishaan to overcome his dyslexia by some strategies,1) Caring to Ishaan, 2) Teacher observing Ishaan’s book, 3) also teaching Ishaan alone without other students inside and outside the classroom.

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