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Student’s understanding and making sense of things reading and seeing outside the classroom is the primary objectives of education. Students who come across with information constantly are supposed to organize, categorize according to importance and use if required these informations, however in case teaching, learning strategies are not used, it is impossible to reach these goals. When the study of teaching methods are discussed, strategies, methods and technical concepts are thought. Strategy is the general approach that enables to the objectives of the course; method is a way followed in the processing of a unit or subject. Techniques is defined as the skills, process or way selected with a view to increase the effectiveness of teaching. Meaningful learning is essential in expository teaching strategies developed by Ausubel. New informations to be learned and concepts should be associated with previous knowledge and concepts, and these concepts presenting unity within itself should be listed from general to specific. Otherwise, there will be no meaningful learning. In this strategy, the front ones are used and thrown light on the relationships between concepts by drawing the attention of students to the new subject. Concept maps are schemas which show relations between concepts and used for organizing aforementioned informations. In this study, concept mapping is being introduced and includes strategies and in-class practices aimed at usage of this technique in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. Considering that concept maps enhance the teaching efficiency, this study is expected to be a helpful hint for those who work in the field of teaching Turkish as a second language in particular, and language teachers in general.

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