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The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of primary school teachers working in the rural areas of Van on primary literacy teaching. This study utilizes sequential explanatory design, a type of mixed research method design. By using cluster sampling method, 215 first grade teachers were selected as the study group for quantitative data. In the process of collecting qualitative data, 16 classroom teachers were chosen by maximum diversity sampling method. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview form were used as data collection tools in the research. Descriptive statistics was employed in the analysis of quantitative data in research while descriptive analysis technique was used in the analysis of qualitative data. As a conclusion of the research, it was determined that the teachers had a generally positive opinions about their competencies, but it was also determined that teacher had negative opinions about pre-service and in-service training, intensity of the curriculum, the sound-based sentence method, the conditions of the schools in the countryside, the readiness of the students and parental involvement.

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