Abstract:

One of the effective tools used in language learning and teaching is textbooks. Text is a rich material in which structures of the language are presented together. One of the topics to be emphasized in Turkish teaching is knowledge of meaning.These semantic structures contained in the texts are sometimes given explicitly and sometimes implicitly. It is necessary to know expressions such as metaphors, proverbs and idioms in a text. For this reason, it is necessary to give foreigners implicit meanings in turkish teaching. This study aims at determining and evaluating elements of implicit meaning included in textbooks designed for teaching Turkish to foreigners. The study group is composed of reading passages in a set of İstanbul Teaching Turkish as a foreign language textbooks whose levels are B1, B2 ve C1/+. The obtained data were examined in the light of “Evaluation Form of Implicit Meaning Elements” which was developed on the basis of Onan and Tiryaki’s (2012) studies entitled “Elements Assigning Implicit Meaning in Turkish”. In the form, there were 9 sections. Expert opinion was obtained to ensure content validity of the scale. As a result of the expert opinion, the inter-rater reliability was found to be 0.92. Accordingly, the scale was accepted to be valid and reliable. To analyze the data, descriptive statistical techniques (frequency and percentage) were utilized. The results of the study revealed that the use of quotation in textbooks demonstrated a well-balanced distribution depending on the levels. In the use of sentences indicating the distinction of deep structure-surface structure, this element, however, it was concluded that it showed a distribution approximately at the same rate for the levels of B1-B2 and C1/+ . Elements of idiom-proverb and implicature showed an increase according to the levels as expected. Elements of association, connotation, figurative and pre-supposition did not display a balanced distribution among the levels. There was a regular increase in the element of metaphor at all levels except for C1/+.

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