Abstract:

The aim of the research is to determine the problems that Turkish teachers encounter in teaching writing, and their solutions for these problems. For this purpose, phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The participants of the research are 25 Turkish teachers working at the Ministry of National Education. A semi-structured interview form was used to determine the opinions of the participants. The findings were analysed through content analysis and presented in categories. According to the findings of the research, there are eight factors that negatively affect the process of teaching writing, and they are as follows “student family, school and environment textbook lesson duration and curriculum Ministry of National Education and education system teacher primary education of students undergraduate education of teachers". The suggestions made by the teachers to improve their writing skills are gathered in nine different categories as follows “student application, activity family, school and environment textbook lesson duration and curriculum Ministry of National Education and education system teacher primary education of students undergraduate education". The interviewed teachers expressed different opinions on the factors that negatively affect teaching writing, and they developed limited suggestions for solving the aforementioned problems. 

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