What is it about?
Just like every other area nowadays, progress in teaching Turkish as a foreign language takes place through scientific journals. The persistence, continuity and accessibility of scientific studies are due to scientific journals, and scientific journals play a major role in the development of science. This research was carried out in order to examine the studies in scientific journals published in the field of Turkish language as a foreign language and to create a report about the content of the work done in this field, and frequency of the journals published. For this purpose, the contents of 93 journals and 219 publications published in the field of Turkish studies as a foreign language and registered in YÖK system between 1993-2017 have been determined and classified. In this article, the publications of Turkish language as a foreign language were examined in terms of their contents and the properties of the journals with the highest publication frequency in this area. The results are presented in graph, frequency and percentage tables. As a result of the research; 1. A teaching method for the target group which is the problem of the general foreign language teaching in the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language has not been developed and the teaching resources are insufficient due to this, 2. Studies on the teaching method of Turkish as a foreign language are based on classical four skills and having not separate modules for reading-comprehension, writing, speaking and listening comprehension at every level. 3. There is not a common curriculum related to teaching Turkish as a foreign language among higher education institutions and the development by higher education institutions an exam for Turkish as a foreign language with international acceptance was determined as the main deficiencies in the field of teaching Turkish. It became necessary to give importance to scientific studies related to these. According to the result of the research, it can be said that the number and content diversity of the studies conducted in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language should be increased.
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Why is it important?
The articles were first categorized according to the publication years and the journals they were published in. Then, they were divided into main groups for crosscheck. After that, the journals with a publication frequency of three and more were used to create subtopics for further investigation. All the data retrieved from the articles were coded and analyzed using the SPSS program. The classifications and the data entry was repeatedly checked by different researchers for the minimum error. The results are presented in graphs, and frequency and percentage tables.
Perspectives
Based on the results, three deficiencies in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language were identified. First, the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language lacks focused tools for teaching in target populations and lacks teaching resources. Second, the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language is focused on the holistic teaching planning based on four classical skills rather than differentiated modules in reading, writing, speaking, and listening for every level. Third, there is a lack of curriculum for teaching Turkish as a foreign and an internationally valid proficiency examination for Turkish across universities. In this context, further studies are required to investigate that ways to convey the Turkish culture.
Dr Kemal Demir
Akdeniz Universitesi
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This page is a summary of: Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretimi Alanındaki Bilimsel Makalelere Bakış, Journal of Turkish Studies, January 2017, Journal of Turkish Studies,
DOI: 10.7827/turkishstudies.11713.
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