Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions and suggestions of Turkish teacher candidates about the Textlinguistics course they took during their undergraduate education. In the research, basic qualitative research design, one of the qualitative research models, was used. The study group of the research consists of 38 teacher candidates studying at Atatürk University Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Education in the 2020-2021 academic year. A semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher was used as a data collection tool. Research data were analyzed using content analysis technique. As a result of the research, it was determined that Turkish teacher candidates think that the Textlinguistics course should be included in the undergraduate program. According to the pre-service teachers, they stated that the Textlinguistics course would contribute to their text analysis processes in the context of developing language skills in their professional life, understanding and analyzing the text, and designing activities for the text. Pre-service teachers, who stated that the text linguistics course should include theoretical knowledge as well as plenty of practice and activity design processes, stated that the duration of the course should be increased and more applications should be made for different types of text in the course content.

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