Evaluation of 7th class Turkish course book prepared in terms of vocabulary according to 2005 program

Main target of Turkish education is to bring skill in students rather than knowledge. These skills are comprehension (reading, listening), narration (speaking, writing) skills. Success of a person in using these two basic language skills depends on vocabulary. The most effective material to develop vocabulary of students is Turkish course books. However, in 2005 Turkish Teaching Program, there are no targets about how much words will be taught to the students of every age. Therefore, this matter is not taken into consideration while preparing Turkish course book.In this study, the texts in 7th class Turkish course book published by Ministry of National Education prepared according to 2005 Turkish Teaching Program were evaluated in terms of vocabulary.This study is composed of three parts: In the first part, conceptual framework of the thesis is determined to make the subject clear. To this end, the heads such as ?language, native language, words, concept, vocabulary, Turkish course book? are explained. In the second part, respective vocabulary lists of all texts in the book are arranged. In which meaning the words and word groups are used, private names, idioms, metaphors, terms, total concept number, repeated concept number, number of concepts used a alternative and proportions thereof are shown in respective tables for each text. And in the third part, evaluations are made in accordance with the data obtained; vocabulary of 7th class Turkish course book is established.Key words: Word, concept, vocabulary, Turkish course book