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- Title
SEKİZİNCİ SINIF TÜRKÇE DERS KİTABINDAKİ OKUMA METİNLERİNİN OKUNABİLİRLİK DÜZEYİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ.
- Authors
COŞKUN, Kadir
- Abstract
The texts in Turkish textbooks are one of the primary resources teachers use to improve students' reading skills. The texts in the textbooks must be appropriate to the target level so that students can gain the skill correctly. One of the criteria that helps determine the suitability of a text to student level is the text's readability. This study aims to measure the readability levels of reading texts in Turkish textbooks. The study sample consists of the reading texts in the Turkish textbooks prepared by the Ministry of National Education, which is taught at the eighth-grade level in the 2020-2021 academic year. The narrative and informative texts included in the Turkish textbooks were included in the study, poetry and theater texts were not included because they are not suitable for the readability formulas. In determining the readability levels of the texts, Ateşman and Çetinkaya-Uzun readability formulas were used. For this purpose, pieces of at least 100 words from the texts to be analyzed were selected. Then, the number of sentences and the number of syllables in the texts, which are the necessary variables for the readability formulas, were counted. By using these variables in readability formulas, readability scores and levels of the texts were obtained. The readability levels of the texts are categorized according to the type of the texts. As a result of the study, it was seen that the texts examined were generally suitable for the target class level. Also, it was determined that the readability levels of the texts in the textbook differ according to the text type, and the readability levels of the informative texts were higher (more difficult to read) compared to the narrative texts.
- Subjects
READABILITY formulas; READABILITY (Literary style); NARRATION; SCHOOL year; TEXTBOOKS; TEACHERS
- Publication
International Journal of Language Academy, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 1, p66
- ISSN
2342-0251
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29228/ijla.48401