Abstract:

The aim of this study is to evaluate the B1-B2 level written expressions of the students of the Turcology Department of the Algeria 2 University, who learn Turkish as a foreign language, with the approach of error analysis. The research group consists of 20 students who take Turkish as a foreign language at B1-B2 level in the aforementioned department. In order to carry out the study, the students were asked to write a memory or a topic, news or situation that they know and want to tell as a free writing activity in Turkish. Qualitative research approach was used in the study. Document analysis was used both as a research method and as a data collection tool. In the analysis of the data, document review, error analysis and content analysis techniques were used. It was determined that the students made a total of 337 written expression errors, 92 in Turkish spelling and punctuation, 90 in grammar, 40 in syntax and 25 in word selection. Written expression errors due to negative transfer between languages include mistakes made in Turkish sentence construction with the influence of Arabic and French. It is among the findings that students have intralinguistic developmental errors about Turkish phonetics. It is necessary to increase the number of activities on spelling punctuation, grammar, syntax and word use teaching for students of the Department of Turcology, who learn Turkish as a foreign language at B1-B2 levels, and these activities should be diversified. Comparative studies between languages should be emphasized.

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