Intra Lingual and Extra Lingual Variables in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language

Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 66 - 78, 30.04.2015

Yusuf Şahin

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.14.20.2.1

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify the level of intra and extra lingual
variables impact to the motivation of students in teaching Turkish as a
foreign language and to contribute the reconstruction of the variables
that are thought to affect student motivation negatively in language
teaching program. As intra lingual variables; syntax, the presence of
words, special utterance forms of people speaking that language
throughout the history and having life experiences are highlighted and
as extra lingual variables, the domain of language in international
relations, the characteristics of teacher and learner and the aim of
language learning are emphasized. The research is a descriptive study.
As a method it was used error analysis. A hundred seventy six students
who came to Turkey from various countries in the world to learn
Turkish participated in the present research, and 17 faculty members
took charge in data collection. Interviews with students were
conducted by 3 faculty members, and students were asked to write
their opinions about two different subjects. Data obtained from
interviews were classified by faculty members and they were also
classified according to syntax, accuracy, and use of derivational and
inflexional suffixes. Data were interpreted and reported by the
researcher. 

Keywords

Turkish as a foreign language, pragmatic language use, language and culture

Thanks

This study is presented in UTEOK 2014 (Turkish Language Education and Teaching) on June 19-21 in Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey.

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