Open AccessThe Problems of Early Childhood Education During COVID-19: An Appraisal Analysis of “Does Early Childhood Education Still Matter during Covid-19? On The Jakarta Post
Author(s) -
Nadiah Ma’mun,
Ahdi Riyono
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eltall
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2723-2719
pISSN - 2723-2700
DOI - 10.21154/eltall.v2i1.2728
Subject(s) - covid-19 , rhetoric , variety (cybernetics) , early childhood , early childhood education , psychology , order (exchange) , pedagogy , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , medicine , linguistics , business , philosophy , disease , finance , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This article explores the rhetoric of Yuliana in describing the difficulties of parents, teachers, and school administration during covid-19 health crisis. This study is guided by content analysis and the analytical framework of Appraisal from systemic functional linguistics, which concerned with the language of evaluation. The study reveals that in order to show the problematic matters of poor early students, their parents, the teachers, and the owner of a daycare center, Yuliana utilizes the appraisal system in a variety ways, with the aim to show some alternative solutions to the owners of the schools and the governments as to invest more because of the importance of early education for young generations for the future.