@article{2018,title={TURKISH TEACHER’S OPINIONS ABOUT METHOD OF TEACHING TURKISH LANGUAGE AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE},abstractNode={The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of Turkish instructors, who teach Turkish as a foreign language, about Turkish teaching method. The research is based on phenomenological design, one of qualitative research patterns. Within the context of this design, qualitative research techniques like “semi-structured interviews and semi-structured observations” were employed. Six questions were asked at first and a few more questions were added depending on the explanations in the interviews. While the research universe consisted of all Turkish instructors as foreign language teachers, the sample in the study was composed of 4 instructors teaching Turkish to the foreigners in Harran University TÖMER. The research is limited to the opinions of 4 instructors as it is phenomenological. 2 of these instructors are female; 2 of them are male. Regarding the aim of the research, the sample is appropriate as group case study while the sample of the research is easy accessible. Interviewees were coded like GR-1, GR-2, GR-3, GR-4 and the observations were coded like GZ-1, GZ-2, GZ-3 and GZ-4. The data obtained from the voice recordings with interviewers and observations were analyzed and joint themes were drawn. These themes are explained point by point.As a result of the research, the instructors stated that the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language is different than teaching Turkish as a mother language. However, it was observed that Turkish language course as a foreign language is taught in the same way Turkish language courses are taught for natives of this language. In addition, it has been concluded that the most difficult parts of teaching Turkish language to the foreigners are grammar and writing skill. The instructors stated that this could be due to the fact that Turkish language belongs to a different language family.},author={Mehmet YILMAZ-- Ahat TEZCAN & İbrahim DOYUMĞAÇ},year={2018},journal={International Journal of Language Academy}}