Abstract
VIEWS ABOUT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE FOREIGN TURKISH TEACHING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Turkey, as a result of events occurring in its geography has undergone in recent years the influx of refugees. Especially, more than 3 million refugees who migrate from Syria have a vital importance to teach the language of this country. Besides, the desire to learn Turkish from people from Africa to Asia from Europe to America for various purposes from various countries is an indisputable fact. In order to solve the probable problems, many institutions and organizations such as Yunus Emre Institute and TOMER in Turkey have taken a serious effort to teach Turkish to foreigners.
The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of the trainees who attended the Foreign Language Turkish Language Teaching Certificate Program opened by Fırat University Turkish Teaching Practice and Research Center (TOMER) about the certificate program. For this purpose, a semi-structured interview form consisting of 9 questions was used in the qualitative research. The study group consisted of 10 participants consisting of 6 women and 4 men participating in the related program. In the analysis of the data, content analysis method was used. As a result of the research, participants were positive about course content, academic staff, assessment techniques and program content; the methods and techniques used and the time of the lesson.
Keywords
Teaching Turkish with foreign language, certificate program, content analysis.