THE MATTERS WITH TURKISH TEACHING IN BELGIUM AND A CRITICAL APPROACH FOR TURKISH AND TURKISH CULTURE BOOKS Cover Image

BELÇİKA’DA TÜRKÇE ÖĞRETİMİNİN SORUNLARI VE TÜRKÇE VE TÜRK KÜLTÜRÜ DERS KİTAPLARINA ELEŞTİREL BİR YAKLAŞIM
THE MATTERS WITH TURKISH TEACHING IN BELGIUM AND A CRITICAL APPROACH FOR TURKISH AND TURKISH CULTURE BOOKS

Author(s): Yılmaz IRMAK
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Evaluation research, Sociology of Culture, Turkic languages
Published by: Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Belgium Turkish Society; Turkish Teaching; Turkish and Turkish Culture Course Book; Matters and Solutions;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the matters for Turkish teaching among Turkish society who live in Belgium were presented, and Turkish language and its culture courses books used in Turkish teaching were evaluated critically. In recent years, the matters with Turkish teaching and the parents’ negative attitudes against the Turkish courses have decreased the interest for Turkish courses. The matters such as the idea for learning mother tongue make learning the official language harder, teaching Turkish out of school schedule or at the Turkish foundations at the weekends, not having an education uniformity, lack of physical and technological equipment for Turkish teaching, lack of assessment and evaluation for Turkish courses, the reports’ being symbolic are some of the matters encountered for Turkish teaching. Some of the matters that we detected from Turkish and Turkish culture courses books which are prepared by the Ministry of National Education are as followed: the course books’ being above students’ level, only one course book being prepared for the combined classes, students from different levels being required to read the same course books, the activities’ not attracting students’ attention, language, culture and religion issues being given in the same course books and etc.

  • Issue Year: 6/2016
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 301-312
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish