CHALLENGES IN TURKISH TEACHING IN WESTERN EUROPE AND RESOLUTION RECOMMENDATIONS

Abstract

Turkish, which is spoken by 5 million people in many West European countries, is the largest minority language. After English, Turkish is the most commonly spoken language by European citizens in Western Europe. Even though Turkish appeals to a large group of people, it does not have the status that it deserves in educational institutions. In line with language rights provisions of European Union, Turkish needs to be taught to millions of primary and secondary school students in Western Europe but there are limited resources and facilities. In most European countries, Turkish is taught either after school hours in primary schools, or as part of regular school program in secondary schools in the form of mother tongue or as a foreign language. In this article, in addition to the problems of Turkish teaching in Western Europe, the measures which need to be taken to improve Turkish education will be presented in line with the results of a survey study

Keywords

• Turkish in Western Europe
• mother tongue
• foreign language
• Turkish teaching
• Turkish course books
• attitudes
• identity
• belonging and Turkish

BATI AVRUPA’DA TÜRKÇE ÖĞRETİMİNİN SORUNLARI VE ÇÖZÜM ÖNERİLERİ

Öz

Türkçe Batı Avrupa’da bir çok ülkede 5 milyon insan tarafından konuşulan en büyük azınlık dilidir. Batı Avrupa vatandaşları arasında en çok kullanılan ortak dil İngilizceden sonra Türkçedir. Çok büyük bir kitleye hitap eden Türkçe Batı Avrupa’da hak ettiği ilgiye sahip değildir. Avrupa Birliği azınlık hakları doğrultusunda iki milyondan fazla çocuk ve gencin okullarda çok etkili Türkçe eğitimi alması gerekirken, çok sınırlı imkanlar mevcuttur. Birçok Avrupa ülkesinde Türkçe ya okul müfredatının bir parçası olarak ya da okul saatleri dışında verilen bir derstir. Batı Avrupa’daki en yaygın uygulama Türkçe’nin ilkokullarda ders saatleri dışında anadili olarak, orta dereceli okullarda ise seçmeli ders olarak (anadili veya yabancı dil kapsamında) öğretilmesidir. Bu makalede, Türkçe öğretiminin Batı Avrupa’daki sorunları, eğitim uygulamalarının yanı sıra, Türkçe öğretimin nitelikli olması için yapılması gerekenler deneysel çalışma bulguları doğrultusunda incelenmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Batı Avrupa’da Türkçe
• anadili
• yabancı dil
• Türkçe öğretimi
• Türkçe ders kitapları
• tutumlar
• kimlik
• aidiyet ve Türkçe

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