Abstract:

Although the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language has received more attention in recent years, the necessary steps have not been taken in training teachers for this field. The absence of a degree level is a significant deficiency. In recent years, teachers needed for this special field have been trained through certificate programs and in-service training. These certificate programs and in-service trainings are mostly attended by instructor candidates who have received undergraduate education from Turkish teaching, Turkish language and literature departments. The teaching of Turkish as a foreign language is very different from the teaching of Turkish as a native language. Although it can be called the education or teaching of Turkish as the main title, the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language contains many different characteristics in terms of content, learning, teaching methods and techniques. This study, which aims to examine the certificate programs organized in order to train tutorials in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language, through the opinions of the participants in terms of their functioning and content, aimed to define the existing situation and to determine the principles for the programs to be created later. The data of this research are limited to the education given between January 18 and February 5, 2021 by Hitit University Turkish Teaching Application and Research Center, which organizes a certificate program for individuals who will work as educators in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language. A certificate program that reflects the general characteristics of certificate programs is discussed. In this context, a group of participants were treated as samples and examined for the purpose of collecting in-depth data. It is assumed that the data from this study will contribute to the design and development of future certificate programs.

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