Perceptions of Foreigners about Process of Learning Turkish (Türkçe Öğrenen Yabancıların Öğrenme Süreçlerine Yönelik Algıları).....Doi: 10.14686/BUEFAD.201428189

Year 2014, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 368 - 389, 31.10.2014

Deniz Melanlıoğlu

Abstract

Foreign students’ process of learning Turkish has been a neglected research topic in studies conducted on teaching Turkish to foreigners. This study tackles the process foreign students go through while learning Turkish within the dimension of learning domains. The aim of this study is to obtain information about the Turkish learning process of foreign students who come to Turkey for higher education. This research is a qualitative study. Criterion sampling was used in determining the sample of the study. The criterion of this research was Tanzanian students who have learnt basic Turkish at Gazi TOMER during the 2013-2014 academic year. Data gathering was conducted through document analysis and focus group interviews. The data gathered through semi-structured interviews were analyzed by inductive coding and descriptive analysis method. According to the investigation of the students’ perceptions within the dimension of learning domains, the study revealed that the domain the students had most difficulties was listening, while the least difficulty was observed in reading.

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Türkçe Öğrenen Yabancıların Öğrenme Süreçlerine Yönelik Algıları

Abstract

Yabancılara Türkçenin öğretimi konusu üzerine yapılan çalışmalarda Türkçe öğrenen
yabancı öğrencilerin geçirdikleri süreç bir inceleme alanı olarak değerlendirilmemiştir. Bu çalışmada
yabancı öğrencilerin Türkçeyi öğrenirken yaşadıkları süreç, öğrenme alanları boyutunda ele alınmıştır. Bu
araştırmanın amacı, üniversite eğitimi almak için Türkiye’ye gelen yabancı uyruklu öğrencilerin, Türkçeyi
öğrenirken nasıl bir süreç yaşadıklarına dair bilgi sahibi olmaktır. Bu çalışma, nitel bir araştırmadır.
Araştırmanın örneklemi belirlenirken ölçüt örneklemeden yararlanılmıştır. Bu araştırmanın ölçütünü,
2013–2014 eğitim öğretim yılında Gazi TÖMER’de Türkçeyi temel seviyede öğrenen Tanzanyalı
öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri, doküman incelemesi ve odak grup görüşmesi ile
toplanmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme ile toplanan veriler tümevarımsal kodlama tekniği ve betimsel
analiz yöntemiyle çözümlenmiştir. Katılımcıların Türkçeye yönelik algıları öğrenme alanları boyutunda
ele alındığında zorlandıkları öğrenme alanın dinleme; zorlanmadıklarının ise okuma olduğu
belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Türkçe eğitimi, yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi, dil becerileri, algı.

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