TEACHING TURKISH AS A MOTHER TONGUE IN BELGIUM: FROM PAST, TO PRESENT AND TO FUTURE
BELÇİKA'DA TÜRKÇENİN ANA DİLİ OLARAK EĞİTİMİNİN DÜNÜ, BUGÜNÜ VE YARINI

Author : Feyza ALTINKAMIŞ
Number of pages : 197-207

Abstract

This is a descriptive study which documents how the Turkish language and culture classes have evolved in Belgium since 1977. These classes were started to introduce and teach Turkish language and culture to Turkish migrant families'children in the Western Europe where the Turkish people were densely populated. However; in years, different procedures were followed. In some western European countries, these classes were stopped or drastic decreases were observed in he number of students. Empirical studies focusing on the reasons of this decrease on the number of students and stopping the classes have been available in the related field. Descriptive studies are also important in documenting the current situation and transferring the process of how the problems emerged in these classes. In line with this background, this research aims to focus on the process of the implementation of Turkish lannguage and culture classes and to describe the effect of this process on the current situation of these language classes.

Keywords

Belgium, Flanders, Vallonia, Turkish as a mother tongue and culture classes

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