Plural Suffix In Teaching Turkish As A Foreign Language


Teaching Turkish as a foreign language differs from teaching Turkish as a mother tongue. While the students who learn the rules of Turkish as their mother tongue do not question the attachments, the students who learn a new language question all the attachments and try to realize the meaning that the word adds to the sentence. The plural suffix is one of the appendices questioned by students who learn Turkish as a foreign language. Students find it difficult to understand some grammatical structures for example “abimler/ abilerim”, “arkadaşımlar( it is false)/ arkadaşlarım” and ask why. In this study, two textbooks prepared to teach Turkish to foreign students to find solutions to these questions and previous studies on the teaching of plural suffixes to foreign students are examined. While the previous study on the multiplicity attachment focuses on the language level of the supplement, the point that is particularly noteworthy in this study is not the order of the plural suffix in the grammar order in the textbooks; the different meaning features that the annex adds to the word should be included in language teaching. In the study, it is emphasized in the textbooks how to teach the plural suffix, in which language level, in which subject and how to do it, especially in the teaching of suffixes, a grammar classification based on comprehension and multidimensionality (forgiveness) of the suffixes is required. . Some of the topics covered in grammar books should be given at a basic level, and should be elaborated at other levels as the language level of the student develops. It can be difficult and unnecessary to explain and teach the basic level of the exaggeration of the - lAr suffix to the student, but it is imperative to teach that the- lAr suffix adds different meanings to the word to which the student is added. In addition, although grammar is not a skill, it is a support that makes it easier to learn and teach a foreign language. Since the structure and grammatical priority of each language are different from each other, a standard ranking should be made by considering the structure of the Turkish language in grammar teaching.


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plural suffix, grammar, teaching Turkish as a foreign language

Author : Şeyda YEŞİLYURT
Number of pages: 2211-2224
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.40120
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Turkish Studies-Educational Sciences
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