Authors:Özgül AKIN ŞENKAL Abstract: Turkish is the 16th most spoken language in the world, with approximately 83 million users. Today, based on social reasons, bilingualism and multilingualism are prevalent. Similarly, studies on bilingualism or multilingualism in literature have been increasing. This study aims to show the preliminary results of the Turkish word recognition performance of Turks (Turkish-German bilinguals) living in Germany. In this study, 60 early and late bilingual subjects whose ages ranged from 18 to 65 years old were tested. Speech recognition test material consisted of 120 three-syllabic Turkish words recorded on CD which were played to the bilingual individuals using an IBM 386sx personal computer, Westra Audiometer CAD- 03, and sound insulated room per Industrial Acoustics Company (IAC) standards. The individuals were asked to repeat the Turkish words they listened to. The words were recorded by the author in the way they had been repeated by the individuals. The results were assessed per percentages of word recognition. Turkish-German early bilinguals performed more poorly than late bilinguals in terms of word recognition. This finding indicates that bilingualism may affect early bilinguals’ word recognition performance in terms of auditory processing. It was observed in the literature that bilingual children lag behind their monolingual peers in terms of both vocabulary and grammatical development. The findings in this study are consistent with those studies. More studies are needed for bilingual individuals. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Fidan GEÇİCİ Abstract: In this research, it was aimed to determine how the teaching process is organized in the lesson plans prepared by Turkish teacher candidates for writing skills. Lesson plans prepared for writing skills by 60 Turkish teacher candidates studying in the 3rd grade of Turkish language education were used as data sources. The data were analyzed by document analysis method. Lesson plan draft and coding form prepared by the researcher were used as data collection tools in the research. As a result of the research, it was determined that the majority of the pre-service teachers planned the affective preparation process incorrectly and the mental preparation process correctly. It was determined that most of the pre-service teachers planned the teaching process in accordance with the determined writing method and learning outcomes. However, pre-service teachers were not very successful in arranging the teaching process according to the planned writing and evaluation model. Similarly, it was determined that pre-service teachers were not very successful in arranging the teaching process in accordance with the features that should be taught in the text type. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Selmi DEMİRKOL; Gıyasettin AYTAŞ Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable Likert-type self-efficacy scale about what Turkish teachers should pay attention to in the education of speaking skills. The findings regarding the construct validity of the scale, which was applied to 354 Turkish teachers, were obtained by exploratory factor analysis and a one-dimensional structure consisting of 38 items emerged. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency (reliability) value of the scale was determined as .94. According to the results of the quantitative analysis, it was determined that the measurement tool developed as “The Turkish Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Scale on Speaking Skills Education” is a valid and reliable tool that can be used to measure the self-efficacy of Turkish teachers. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Ferhat ENSAR; Abdurrahman GÜNDÜZ Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the 2019 Secondary School Turkish Course Curriculum (TCC) and the 5th-8th grades. To examine a Turkish textbook (TT) taught at grade levels in the context of advertising literacy. For this purpose, the course acquisition and outcome explanations of the secondary school level classes in TCC and the reading, listening/watching texts and activities in TT were examined in terms of advertising literacy. In this study, which was designed with a qualitative approach, data were collected through document analysis. The obtained data were analyzed through descriptive analysis. In 2019 TCC, it has been determined that there are acquisitions related to advertising literacy, but these acquisitions are not reflected in language skills in a balanced way. Although there is no listening/reading text that can be related to advertising literacy in TT, there are activities related to advertising literacy. However, it can be said that these activities do not reflect the main purpose of the advertisements. On the other hand, it is clear that in line with TCC screenings that highlight different literacy, texts and activities reflecting the nature of advertisements can be included in secondary school TT, so that students can be mentally and emotionally prepared for persuasion strategies used in advertisements. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Ozan İPEK; Halit KARATAY Abstract: This study investigated the effect of the Process-Genre Model (PGM) on the development of Turkish pre-service teachers' persuasive writing skills. A convergent parallel mixed methods design was used in the study. The participants were 78 pre-service Turkish teachers studying at two different state universities in the 2019-2020 academic year. The quantitative part of the research consisted of a quasi-experimental design, while the interview technique was used in the qualitative part. The experimental group participants received nine weeks of writing practice based on PGM, and the control group participants continued writing practices following the existing program. The quantitative data were collected using the Rating Scale for Persuasive Writing. The semi-structured pre- and post-interview forms were used to collect qualitative data. For the quantitative analyses, comparison tests were performed, while thematic and categorical analyses were used for the qualitative analyses. The quantitative findings illustrated that PGM had a statistically significant effect on developing persuasive writing skills, and the model was more effective than traditional writing practices implemented in the control group. The qualitative results of the research revealed the effects of PGM consisting of four themes: text type, elements of written expression, affective qualities, and writing process. Besides, the current findings showed that PGM practices contributed to developing genre awareness of persuasive writing. Qualitative and quantitative results together indicated that PGM was an effective writing model for developing persuasive writing skills. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Filiz METE Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the results and suggestions, which are the last chapter in master's theses, in the context of consistency in the text, to determine for whom the proposed proposals are and to follow the reference statements that provide the links of the proposals with the results of the study. For this purpose, 12 master's theses in the field of Turkish teaching in the field of Turkish teaching, which were completed in 2022 in the YÖKSİS database, were determined and used as the study object. In this context, first of all, it was investigated for which target group the proposals in the prepared theses were created and then how the proposal statements were sent to the result segment. Because, considering that theses prepared in line with academic writing principles and general thesis writing format are also long and comprehensive texts, they should be handled within the scope of textuality criteria. As a result of the examination carried out in line with the purpose of the study, it was determined that there were 72 suggestions items in the prepared theses, and the suggestions were mostly directed towards the "teacher". When the last section, where the results and suggestions are presented, is examined, it is determined that there is no logical integrity and consistency between the conclusion and suggestion sections in terms of textuality criteria, the continuity of semantic reference between the segments in the texts is weak, and a causal relationship is not observed between the segments. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Ertuğrul ÖNDER; Fulya TOPÇUOĞLU ÜNAL Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the effects of Rapid, Serial, Visual Presentation (RSVP) based applications on the reading and comprehension levels of secondary school students. The main problem of the research: "Does the Rapid, Serial, Visual Presentation (RSVP) based applications have an effect on the reading and comprehension levels of secondary school students'" has been determined. In the study, a quasi-experimental design with unequalized control group pre-test post-test, which is one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study sample consists of 7th grade students of a public secondary school in the center of Kütahya. İn the post-test conducted at the end of the application with the experimental group, a statistically significant increase is observed in the number of words read per minute and in the reading comprehension levels of the students. While the experimental group students read an average of 116.84 words per minute in the pre-test, they read 315.52 words in the application performed with swiftread. In the comprehension test, while the experimental group students scored 9.27 in the pre-test, this value was 11.21 in the post-test. The results show that the students both read faster after the application and their level of understanding the text increased with the reading speed. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Bilkay Bİ; Seray OLÇAY Abstract: We examined the effectiveness of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development model in improving the story-writing skills of gifted students attending the third and fourth grade using a multiple probe design with conditions across participants. The study participants were three students attending Science and Art Centers. The adequacy of the elements in the stories written by the participants was evaluated using the Scale for Evaluating Story Elements, the quality of the stories using the 6+1 Analytic Scoring Guide, the number of words in the stories using the Word document word count processor, and the writing time using a stopwatch. An increase was evident in the number of elements, quality, number of words, and writing time of the stories written by the participants. The participants maintained target skills two and five weeks after the intervention and generalized them across memoir-writing skill. The participants and their families had positive opinions about the intervention. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Veysel ELKATMIŞ; Lokman TURAN Abstract: This study aims to investigate how 5th grade students, who came across children's books in which the phenomenon of disability was covered, perceived the phenomenon of disability in terms of their reading habits, having a disabled relative, and social gender. In the study, phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. The study group consisted of 16 5th graders. To prevent the problem of incomprehension, as some participants had poor reading habits, the texts were read aloud, and the children's reactions during the reading were observed. Documents obtained from interviews and observations were used as data collection tools. To diversify the data, library records, readers' autobiographies, and reader biographies written by the Turkish teacher were used. The obtained data were analyzed using content analysis. In the present study, the perceptions of the students were categorized according to whether or not they had formed disability awareness. The awareness category included the concepts of being solution-oriented and accepting, and the lack of awareness category consisted of the concepts of unawareness, avoidance, considering disability as a disease, being prejudiced toward disability, and a condition requiring treatment. Children's perceptions of the phenomenon of disability varied in terms of their level of reading habits. No difference was observed in terms of having a disabled relative and social gender. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Mehmet FİDAN Abstract: Writing a text and understanding it have a multidimensional structure. Therefore, the quality of the text has a direct effect on its comprehension. This study aims to determine the intelligibility of the texts written for communicative, aesthetic, and academic purposes. In addition, the effect of class level and gender variables on the intelligibility was tried to be observed. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The study group of the research consisted of students in a faculty of education. The obtained data were interpreted with various statistical methods and content analysis. According to the results of the research, it has been determined that both gender and class level variables affect the intelligibility of academic texts. The texts written by the students of the faculty of education were found to be generally intelligible. It has been found out that the academic texts written by the female students who participated in the research are more intelligible than those written by the male students. It has been determined that the academic texts written by the fourth-year students participating in the research are more intelligible than those written by the first-year students. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Seçkin GÖK; Kasım YILDIRIM Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the family awareness program for the development of reading culture on the family (OKGYAFP) competence of creating a reading culture in children and to explore how the OKGYAFP experiences of the families change their competence in creating a reading culture. For this reason, an exploratory sequential mixed methods research design was used in the study. In the quantitative phase of the research, a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest control group was preferred. At the qualitative phase, focus group interviews were conducted. Volunteer parents (N=30) of two 2nd grade classes of an elementary school in the Köşk district of Aydın province constituted the participants of the quantitative dimension of the research. The participants of the qualitative phase consisted of 10 volunteer parents from the experimental group of the research. The Family Competence Scale in Creating Reading Culture and the interview form were used as data collection tools in the research. In addition to descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the quantitative data of this study. Qualitative data were analyzed by thematic analysis method. According to the findings of the study, it was observed that the family efficacy post-test scores of the parents of the experimental group differed significantly in the formation of a reading culture. In addition, it was found that OKGYAFP had a high effect on family competence in the acquisition of reading culture on the parents who formed the experimental group. As a result of the research, families stated that the program created awareness in the context of reading culture. It was also observed that the level of family competence in creating a reading culture at the end of the program and the views of the participating families about the program fully overlapped. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Nilüfer SERİN Abstract: Children's literature are frequently preferred in text selection in Turkish lessons. In his direction, it is essential that Turkish pre-service teachers to know children's literature products and develop their knowledge, skills and creativity to prepare activities for them. In this research, it is aimed to examine the opinions of Turkish pre-service teachers about the process of planning activities for children's literature products and the activities they plan with a holistic approach. The research was conducted with a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 40 pre-service teachers studying in the 4th year of the Turkish Language Teaching undergraduate program at a state university. To prepare the activity, Roald Dahl's children's book called Mathilda was chosen and each pre-service teacher was asked to prepare ten activities related to this book. In the study, a semi-structured interview form was used to refer to the opinions of pre-service teachers about the activity planning processes. As a result of the research, it was seen that the pre-service teachers made a limited number of choices about learning outcomes and methods and techniques, and their preferences focused on reading skills. As a result of the interview, the pre-service teachers stated that they thought that the activities they prepared would be beneficial both for their professional lives and for the students. They stated that they received education on planning activities, but they saw themselves as partially inadequate in planning creative activities. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Bayram BAŞ; Merve Hülya KİBAR FURTUN, Firdevs KAPUSIZOĞLU, Emine ULU ASLAN Abstract: Teachers' professional development is a process that should continue throughout their careers, where they both have the opportunity to review their teaching strategies and learn how to meet the needs of their students. Successful career development depends on how teachers position themselves in this process. This study aimed to obtain the opinions of Turkish teachers on the teaching career steps and the exam held on November 19, 2022. Based on the obtained opinions, evaluations were made regarding the consistency, quality, content, functionality, and reliability of the exam as well as career steps in expertness and being a head teacher. The participants of this basic qualitative research study were 71 Turkish teachers who took the exam. Data were collected through interviews, and themes and sub-themes were determined by doing content analysis. Based on the findings, the teachers' opinions were evaluated under five main themes: 1. Qualifications of an expert teacher and head teacher, 2. the exam’s satisfying the expectations for career steps, 3. the distinction between an expert teacher and head teacher, 4. the exam topics’ coverage of career steps, and 5. the exam's adequacy to assess the topics specified in the guide. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Seher ÇİÇEK; Burcu ÖZTÜRK Abstract: The aim of this research is to describe how Turkish teachers deal with the topic of the voice of the verb. For this purpose, the study group of the research consisted of 10 Turkish teachers working in different secondary schools. The research was carried out according to the case study, which is a qualitative research design. The natural observation method was used in the collection of research data, and ten different observation reports were kept with semi-structured observation forms prepared by the researchers to describe the approaches to voice of the verb. Content analysis of the data obtained from the observations was made. As a result of the research; Turkish teachers use many terms related to subject and object, there is no unity of terms; It was determined that there was no unity among the teachers about which voice types to be taught at the 8th-grade level. In addition, it has been determined that Turkish teachers adopt a formal approach to teaching the voice of the verb and generally use teacher-centered methods. The topic of the voice of the verb has become a controversial, complex, and difficult subject when evaluated only with a formal approach in the research; When considered with a functional approach, it has been suggested that term unity will be achieved when the semantic and pragmatic dimensions of the voice are used. At the same time, it has been suggested that all voice types can be successfully taught at the 8th-grade level with the teaching activities prepared with the perspective arising from the unity of formal and functional approaches. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
Authors:Suna ÖZCAN Abstract: Listening and reading skills are receptive language skills that are used extensively in education. Successes in these skills, which are aimed to be taught in a systematic way with the transition to education and training, have an important place in both language skills and academic skills of students. For this reason, it becomes important to consider individual differences in educational activities for the development of these skills. Special talented/gifted students are among the groups whose individual differences should be taken into account. It is important to determine the listening comprehension and reading comprehension skills of these individuals, who have different characteristics from their peers, and to differentiate the teaching process accordingly. For this reason, in this study, it was aimed to examine the listening and reading comprehension skills of gifted students, which are receptive language skills, in line with various demographic information. For this purpose, a sample group of 246 people, 181 fifth grade and 65 sixth grade gifted students, were selected as a sample group in two different science and art centers in Istanbul in the 2021-2022 academic year. In line with the purpose of the research, data were collected with the relational survey model. SPSS package program was used in the analysis of the data. According to the results obtained, the listening and reading comprehension skills of the 5th grade students are higher than the 6th grade students. Girls' listening and reading comprehension skills are higher than boys'. It has been determined that there is a significant relationship between reading comprehension and listening comprehension skills of gifted students. PubDate: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +030
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