Abstract:

This study evaluates the course books for teaching Turkish as a foreign languagebased on teacher opinions. The study is restricted to the three course books of YeniHitit Turkish course book series used by Ankara University Turkish and ForeignLanguages Application and Research Centre (TOMER). In order to collect teachers’ opinions related to Yeni Hitit course books, a questionnaire was developed bythe researchers, and administered to 32 Turkish instructors working in the twobranches of TOMER in Ankara. This questionnaire was composed of 40 questionsdivided into the categories of visual quality, content, units, texts and activities. Thequestionnaire included a part in the end where the instructors could explain theiropinions related to the course books. The collected data was analyzed as percentage (%) and frequency (f) using SPSS 15 package program. The findings revealedthat Yeni Hitit course books were sufficient in terms of visual quality, and the visuals were coherent with the texts; that the texts were coherent with the unit themes,and were capable of developing learners’ vocabulary knowledge, but the texts weresufficient in terms of promoting Turkish culture and literature; and that the coursebooks were focused on both the grammatical competence and the development ofbasic language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing)

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