Proficiency exams in teaching Turkish as a foreign language in TÖMER (Turkish and foreign languages research and application centers)

Efecan KARAGÖL

doi:https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.759347

Makale detayları

Proficiency exams in teaching Turkish as a foreign language in TÖMER (Turkish and foreign languages research and application centers)

Yazarlar:

Efecan KARAGÖL

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 2020 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.930-947

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000769634

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

1305-578X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.759347

Özet:

 

Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center (TÖMER) is one of the important institutions for learning Turkish as a foreign language. In these institutions, proficiency tests are applied at the end of each level. However, test applications in TÖMERs vary between each center as there is no shared program in teaching Turkish as a foreign language in Turkey. The purpose of this study is to examine the tests offered in TÖMER in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The study engages a qualitative design. As the data sources include documents related to exams offered in TÖMERs, a document analysis was completed. The data consist of proficiency tests offered in 13 different TÖMERs that agreed to provide sample proficiency tests. In analyzing the data, a deductive approach used to look for themes and then codes. The main finding of the study is that the proficiency tests for each level are not compatible with each other. This incompatibility results from the types of questions on skills, the number of reading texts and the number of words in texts, the limit on word count in writing skills and the diversity of questions, the presence or absence of grammar questions and their placement in the exam, and not meeting the phases of skill development according to CEFR. In order to reduce these incompatibilities, there is a need for a program for teaching Turkish as a foreign language that would be followed by all TÖMERs.

Makale detayları

Proficiency exams in teaching Turkish as a foreign language in TÖMER (Turkish and foreign languages research and application centers)

Yazarlar: Efecan KARAGÖL

Yayıncı: Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 2020 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.930-947

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000769634

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

pISSN: 1305-578X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.759347

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Efecan KARAGÖL

Yayıncı:

Hacettepe University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 2020 Vol.16 Issue 2, pp.930-947

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000769634

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

pISSN:

1305-578X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17263/jlls.759347