Abstract:

There is a sound and reciprocal relationship between oral and written language skills. Firstly, reading and writing improve upon speaking and listening skills and then extended reading and writing improve oral skills. Each individual may start learning the language with a different basic skill. Four basic language skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing) are interactive in real communication and they are used actively. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between receptive (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing) of international students who learn Turkish in Turkey. The dependency level between language skills has been tested through SPSS system at A1, A2 and B1 levels. In addition, the dependency between the same skill through A1, A2 and B1 levels has also been tested through SPSS statistics program. The results show that the students performed higher at A2 level than they did at A1 and B1 levels. When the language level increases, learners' performance may not be as clear as it is at the starting level. The students start A2 level after two months of language education and daily language experience in Turkey. It’s natural that the students are more adapted to language learning at A2 level than they were at A1 level. This adaptation affects their language performance.  Another conclusion deduced from the current study is that there is a positive and significant relationship between the same language skills through different levels. A2 level grades for each skill is higher than B1 and A1 level skills. A1 level writing, reading and listening skill grades are higher than B1 level skill grades. There was not any significant difference between A1 and A2 level speaking and also B1 and A1 level speaking, but B1 level speaking is significantly lower than A2 level speaking.

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