مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Self-Sufficiency Perceptions of Students About The Structures Of Meaning In Texts In Turkish Main Course Books

Abstract :

The objective of this study is to get the ideas of students in terms of lexical semantics, semantics in clauses in texts in Turkish Course books in 6, 7, 8 grades and to determine the compatibility of these texts with Turkish Programme. At the second phase of the study, it is aimed to determine the opinions of students about meaning structures in texts in course books. Therefore, a questionnaire consisting of 31 items was prepared in accordance with 5-likert type and this questionnaire were applied to students attending 6,7,8 grades in 15 secondary schools located in 5 different regions in province of Malatya. When choosing schools, social-economical situations were taken into consideration and three schools in each region were selected according to low, medium, and upper-leveled social-economical situations. The questionnaire were applied to 1.370 students in these schools and 66 questionnaires were labeled as invalid due to some sorts of reasons and so, 1.304 questionnaires were subjected to evaluation through SPSS program. By comparing the findings with similar studies, they were interpreted in various variables. The research is vital in terms of setting up a specific framework for meaning structures in course books which are one of the most important materials used in teaching mother tongue in which there are words, phrases and statements.