INVESTIGATING HANDWRITING SKILLS OF TURKISH STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE GERMANY ELEMANTARY SCHOOL (GRUNDSCHULE): CASE OF STUTTGART

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate handwriting skills of Turkishstudents studying in the Germany elementary school (Grundschule). Participantswere 42 third and fourth grade Turkish students in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.The data were collected through Writing Observation Protocol, and copying anddictating instruments. Findings illustrated that most of the students preferredappropriate body state, pencil holding and pencil grasping styles for their writingapplications. Additionally, most of the students preferred cursive, so much manuscript and a few mixed writing styles. It was also evidenced that most commonwriting errors were related to spelling and punctuation. Based on the findings, thisstudy suggested several implications to hand writing skills of Turkish students whoare studying in Germany.

Keywords

• Germany
• Turkish Children
• Writing Skills
• Handwriting Styles
• Handwriting Error