Özet:

The current location of the Balkan geography is located in the south of Europe, at a point of strategic importance from a geopolitical point of view that connects the European continent to Asia. In this geography, different peoples have lived together throughout history and continue to live today. Thus, these countries are culturally influenced and influenced by each other. It is one of the most effective tools that play a role in cultural interaction. While researchers emphasize the importance of the first 10 years of education in the acquisition and development of language, they also point out that the pre-school education period is a critical period. The purpose of this research is to reveal the similarities and differences in the context of language teaching in the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia) and the field of language learning in the pre-school education programs of Turkey. The research is structured by the method of document examination. First of all, the Balkan countries and Turkey pre-school education programs have been accessed from the website of the relevant ministries, the pre-school programs of the Balkan countries have been translated into Turkish. The documents were subsequently studied in terms of language development fields, achievements, applications and evaluation methods techniques. In terms of the curriculum in the fields of language development, it has been determined that in Albania there are 105, in Bosnia and Herzegovina 179, in North Macedonia 163 and in Turkey 63 achievements / indicators. In addition, the program includes language activities such as book reading, animation, book centers creation, question-response work. In the assessment of the achievements towards the fields of language development, observation studies have been included, portfolio applications have been used. The study found that the fields of language development of the Balkan countries and the pre-school programs in Turkey were similarly structured according to reading, listening, writing and speech skills, and the examples and materials of language activities were similar to the methods and techniques of evaluation. With the research, the distribution of profits in the field of language development was suggested to be structured in accordance with the developmental characteristics of children, as well as to be achieved in an interesting way by enriching language activities.

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