Abstract:

Turkish is taught as a foreign language in Turkey and abroad. It is quite important to identify learner needs in order to enable learners to participate effectively in educational environment. Identifying needs in the context of foreign language learning is the process of systematically collecting information about learners' preferences and needs, interpreting the information, and then making decisions to meet these needs. Needs analysis is the first step in organizing lessons. The main purpose of this research is to examine and gather the studies in the literature on the determination of learner needs in teaching Turkish as a foreign language; It is to determine in which sub-dimensions these needs are concentrated according to the countries. In the literature, 9 articles and 4 master's theses, which were prepared between 2012 and 2019, on the analysis of learner needs in teaching Turkish as a foreign language, are included in the scope of the research. GOOGLE SCHOLAR database is used while scanning. The method of document examination from qualitative research patterns is used to examine the 13 studies included in the study. The data collected in the studies are analyzed by using the content analysis method. The research is limited to the data obtained from 13 studies on this subject in the literature. When the obtained data are evaluated, it is seen that a needs analysis research are conducted on 10 countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Iran, Poland, Georgia, Turkey, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, Djibouti). It has been determined that the language needs of those who learn Turkish as a foreign language in the researched countries are concentrated in different sub-dimensions according to the countries. Considering the publication year of the studies, it is seen that they were carried out between 2012 and 2019.

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