ELEMENTS OF COMMON CULTURE IN TEACHING OF TURKISH TO FOREIGNERS Cover Image

YABANCILARA TÜRKÇE ÖĞRETİMİNDE ORTAK KÜLTÜR ÖGELERİ
ELEMENTS OF COMMON CULTURE IN TEACHING OF TURKISH TO FOREIGNERS

Author(s): Yasemin Uzun
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Higher Education , Turkic languages
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Zenici
Keywords: Turkish language; Turkish culture; Bosnian culture; Yedi İklim; teaching of culture;

Summary/Abstract: In foreign language learning, cultural gains are provided besides language acquisition. There are also cultural elements in the reading and listening texts used in language teaching. Therefore, teaching of language is also teaching of culture. The similarity of cultural elements between the target language and the mother language also facilitates language teaching. In this study, it is tried to determine the common cultural elements of Turkish and Bosnian in the context of teaching Turkish in Bosnia i Herzegovina. A2 and B1 course books of Yedi İklim Turkish Teaching Set were chosen as a sample. It was interviewed with 20 students who were selected randomly from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in Philosophy Faculty of Zenica University to determine the similarity between Turkish culture and Bosnian culture. As a result of the interviews, many cultural similarities were determined.

  • Issue Year: 2/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 672-678
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish