Research article | Open Access
International Journal of Progressive Education 2023, Vol. 19(4) 84-115
pp. 84 - 115 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2023.579.6
Publish Date: August 01, 2023 | Single/Total View: 83/390 | Single/Total Download: 103/504
Abstract
The number and quality of studies on Academic Turkish for international students has been increasing in recent years. The goals in Academic Turkish, which is becoming more and more evident day by day as a very important need, primarily focus on reading and writing skills. The most important problem encountered in Academic Turkish is seen in writing skills. Especially international students need more support in this regard.
This study was conducted with undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students attending the Academic Turkish courses offered at the Asian Specialization Group of the Turkish World Parliamentarians Foundation. First of all, the language needs of the students were analyzed, their Turkish learning goals and Turkish proficiency levels were determined. In order to measure students' writing and reading skills, the activities focused on text reading and simultaneous writing, summary, and article studies. Based on the needs of the students, evaluations were made on the paragraphs and texts, and their frequent mistakes/errors were identified. In the meantime, the reasons why they made these mistakes/errors were emphasized by focusing on the students' written expression mistakes in the activities carried out within the scope of the Academic Turkish course. The case study method was applied in the research, and the data obtained through document analysis were described by content analysis method. In this context, 26 undergraduate and graduate students from different universities in the Asian Specialization Group were given written assignments and the mistakes made by the students were examined and categorized within the framework of these assignments. As a result of the study, it was evaluated that the students were quite inadequate in Academic Turkish. It was observed that the students had deficiencies in subjects such as the use of words and affixes, subject-predicate agreement, the use of tense affixes, the use of complementary verbs, the use of active/passive constructions, the correct and appropriate use of conjunctions, sentence structures, summarizing, quoting, academic perspective, spelling, and punctuation.
Keywords: International Students of Turkish Origin, Asian Specialization Group, Academic Turkish, Writing Skills, Writing Errors/Mistakes
APA 7th edition
Gocmenler, H., & Kurt, Y.D. (2023). Evaluation of Turkish Origin International Students' Writing Skills in Academic Turkish. International Journal of Progressive Education, 19(4), 84-115. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2023.579.6
Harvard
Gocmenler, H. and Kurt, Y. (2023). Evaluation of Turkish Origin International Students' Writing Skills in Academic Turkish. International Journal of Progressive Education, 19(4), pp. 84-115.
Chicago 16th edition
Gocmenler, Huseyin and Yasemin Dinc Kurt (2023). "Evaluation of Turkish Origin International Students' Writing Skills in Academic Turkish". International Journal of Progressive Education 19 (4):84-115. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2023.579.6