BALCI, Mustafa Kırıkkale Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü, Turkey , MELANLIOĞLU, Deniz Kırıkkale Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü, Turkey

TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FROM THE NON-NATIVE INSTRUCTORS POINT OF VIEW

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Teaching Turkish as a foreign language has now become an international phenomenon. Besides Turkey, other countries have also started to teach Turkish systematically. The instructor factor is considered to be of vital importance in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. After starting to teach Turkish as a foreign language in diverse educational stages abroad, native instructors have failed to satisfy their requirements, and Turkology graduates in the country have begun to be employed as Turkish teachers in the relevant institutions. Since instructors perceptions also shape learners perceptions in language teaching, determining non-native instructors perceptions of Turkish lessons is important. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine non-native Turkish primary and high school instructors perceptions of Turkish. This is a case study, a form of qualitative research. Data were gathered from 37 Bosnian instructors. It was found the instructors consider themselves inadequate in the target language, and see the only way to overcome this is being educated in Turkey.

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Teaching Turkish to foreigners , non , native instructors , perception , Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Journal Of Turkish Literature Culture Education

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