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In recent years, the developments in the field of information and communication technologies have facilitated communication. It has also gained its own importance in learning foreign languages. In this context, the number of books prepared for Turkish learning as a foreign language increases every day. The aim of this study is to find answers to the question of how the books prepared for Turkish learning as a foreign language should be. This study first describes the concept, characteristics and process of self-learning. Later, the characteristics were explained by referring to the differences in self-learning materials with the lesson books used in the teacher's guidance. Finally, taking advantage of its field, the properties that the Turkish learning books should have as their own foreign language; language, design, target language level/skills, organization scheme, learning process, achievements, and these properties have been modeled using the books prepared for Turkish learning themselves.

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