Abstract:

Research on teaching Turkish to foreigners clearly demontrates the effects of audio-visual applications on language teaching. Visual materials have an important place in terms of increasing the permanence of the information while providing language teaching effectively. One of the visual tools used in language teaching is caricature.The researches show that the biggest problem in teaching grammar to foreigners is in teaching cases. This necessitates the production of different methods and techniques to solve the problem. The aim of this study is to determine the usefulness of caricature supported grammar teaching in determining the grammar level of Turkish learners.The population of the study consists of 30 foreign students who have started A2 level at Gazi TÖMER. In the study, content analysis method was used among quantitative research methods. The data obtained were coded as “correct” and “wrong” using SPSS 20.0 program. The frequency and percentage of descriptive analysis methods were used in data analysis. As a result, it was concluded that caricature supported teaching was effective in eliminating the learning difficulties and increasing the success that might arise in the teaching of grammar. According to this result, the teaching method which is carried out with caricature increases the students’ commentary power and enables him/her to easily establish cause-effect relationship.

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