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Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks

Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2 30 Haziran 2021
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Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks

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Literacy as an emergent concept of study is a field of educational sciences studies and the skill of writing is an integral part of both the definition of literacy and studies of literacy. While many different approaches of research and various research designs serve the purposes of helping learners develop their writing skills and teachers better their writing courses, the present study applies a coursebook analysis methodology since coursebooks are key materials of teaching. For this research, four coursebooks (A1- B2) of teaching Turkish to foreigners coursebook series, Yeni Istanbul, have been analysed. The analysis aims to identify writing tasks included in coursebooks and analyze to what extent these tasks serve language functions suggested by Halliday (1973) and genre variety of activities as purposes and text components of a specific genre are the main attributes of successful writing. To this end, the study uses a 4-step research procedure including identification of writing tasks, exclusion of writing tasks which are below textual level, and specification of purposes and genres of each writing activity. Results of the research show that the coursebooks are mostly designed for learners to practise informative and personal functions of language; thus, it could be proposed to distribute writing tasks for each purpose in a more balanced way. Moreover, genre variety of writing activities in the coursebooks is low, and the coursebooks do not apply a genre-based approach to writing.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Türkçe Eğitimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Haziran 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

30 Nisan 2021

Kabul Tarihi

4 Haziran 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kıray, G. (2021). Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, 9(2), 124-138. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.51174
AMA
1.Kıray G. Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks. IJLET. 2021;9(2):124-138. doi:10.29228/ijlet.51174
Chicago
Kıray, Gülay. 2021. “Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 9 (2): 124-38. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.51174.
EndNote
Kıray G (01 Haziran 2021) Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 9 2 124–138.
IEEE
[1]G. Kıray, “Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks”, IJLET, c. 9, sy 2, ss. 124–138, Haz. 2021, doi: 10.29228/ijlet.51174.
ISNAD
Kıray, Gülay. “Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 9/2 (01 Haziran 2021): 124-138. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.51174.
JAMA
1.Kıray G. Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks. IJLET. 2021;9:124–138.
MLA
Kıray, Gülay. “Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, c. 9, sy 2, Haziran 2021, ss. 124-38, doi:10.29228/ijlet.51174.
Vancouver
1.Gülay Kıray. Writing Tasks: Purposes and Variety of Genres in Yeni İstanbul Coursebooks. IJLET. 01 Haziran 2021;9(2):124-38. doi:10.29228/ijlet.51174

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