Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi (Jul 2019)
An Investigation on the Regulations and Responsibilities of Reading and Writing Failures Against Ottoman Turkish Language Students
Abstract
In this study, errors of reading, writing and grammar in the Ottoman Turkish area of the students of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were discussed. The aim of the study is to determine the reasons for the mistakes in reading, writing and grammar that the students made in the Ottoman Turkish, and to make suggestions for the solution of these errors in the light of obtained findings. The study has been a qualitative study and the data were obtained through semi-structured interview form and subjected to content analysis. With this purpose, a semi-structured interview form consisting of 4 questions have been repaired. The students who took the course and the field experts were interviewed via this interview form. The following results were obtained in the study: In Ottoman Turkish lectures the most difficult situations of students are: not knowing and writing the patterns of Arabic words, not reading and writing texts, insufficient grammar; ڭ (ŋ) cannot be distinguished from similar voices and writing vocals. The reasons for student mistakes are: inadequate Arabic and Persian grammar knowledge, inadequate writing (spelling), inability to distinguish Arabic, Persian and Ottoman words, and not enough text reading and writing activities. Measures that students should take in order to cope with the difficulties encountered by students are: to re-learn extracurricular activities and improve their reading and writing skills. Suggestion that the students think that they will be useful for teaching: The lessons are given by experts in the field, the teaching process is carried out in from simple to difficult manner, weekly writing assignments, frequent exercises, and lots of text reading. Suggestions were made in the light of the obtained findings.
