The purpose of the present study is to classify and evaluate the graduate dissertations on teaching Turkish as a foreign language prepared between 1981and 2012 according to their types, topics, the years they were done, the language skills and the methodology used in them. The database of YOK National Dissertation Center was substantially used so as to gather the data. However, beside this database, dissertation centers of the universities and previous studies on this topic were also referred. During the study, dissertation review was concentrated specifically on the concept of “teaching Turkish to foreigners”. According to the review results 147 graduate dissertations (125 MA thesis and 22 Ph.D. dissertations) were found. The coding of these dissertations was done via computer by the researcher. In order to assure the coding reliability, the coding was checked by two experts in the field. During the coding process each dissertation was coded only once. Nevertheless, while evaluating the topics, dissertations related to more than one category were evaluated and coded separately for each subcategory. In the light of the results, some suggestions were given for the experts and researchers studying in the field.
Özet
Bu çalışmanın amacı, yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi alanında 1981-2012 yılları arasında hazırlanan lisansüstü tezleri; türüne, yapıldığı yıllara, konularına, çalışılan dil becerilerine ve kullanılan yönteme göre sınıflandırarak değerlendirmektir. Araştırma için yapılan kaynak taramasında büyük oranda YÖK'ün Ulusal Tez Merkezi veri tabanı kullanılmıştır. Ancak bu veri tabanın yanında üniversitelerin tez merkezlerinden ve önceki yıllarda bu konuda hazırlanmış yazılı kaynaklardan da yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma sürecinde tez taramaları özellikle “yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi” kavramı etrafında yoğunlaştırılmıştır. Yapılan tarama sonucu 147 lisansüstü tez (125 yüksek lisans, 22 doktora) belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen tezlerle ilgili kodlamalar araştırmacı tarafından bilgisayar ortamında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Kodlama güvenirliğini sağlamak için yapılan kodlamalar iki alan uzmanı tarafından yeniden incelenmiştir. Yabancılara Türkçe eğitimi konulu tezlerin kodlanması sürecinde her bir tez sadece bir defa kodlanmıştır. Ancak konu değerlendirmesinde birden fazla başlığı ilgilendiren tezler ilgili oldukları her bir alt başlık için ayrı ayrı değerlendirilmiş ve kodlanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlardan hareketle bu alanda çalışan uzmanlara, araştırmacılara ve kurumlara yönelik önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Türkçe öğretimi, Yabancılara Türkçe öğretimi, lisansüstü tezler.
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to classify and evaluate the graduate dissertations on teaching Turkish as a foreign language prepared between 1981and 2012 according to their types, topics, the years they were done, the language skills and the methodology used in them. The database of YOK National Dissertation Center was substantially used so as to gather the data. However, beside this database, dissertation centers of the universities and previous studies on this topic were also referred. During the study, dissertation review was concentrated specifically on the concept of “teaching Turkish to foreigners”. According to the review results 147 graduate dissertations (125 MA thesis and 22 Ph.D. dissertations) were found. The coding of these dissertations was done via computer by the researcher. In order to assure the coding reliability, the coding was checked by two experts in the field. During the coding process each dissertation was coded only once. Nevertheless, while evaluating the topics, dissertations related to more than one category were evaluated and coded separately for each subcategory. In the light of the results, some suggestions were given for the experts and researchers studying in the field.
Keywords: Turkish teaching, teaching Turkish to foreigners, dissertations.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Publication Date | April 8, 2014 |
Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 11 Issue: 25 |
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