The effect of children's literature products on success in grammar teaching

The texts, which are the basic material of the Turkish course, are an indispensable element of functional grammar teaching. Grammar teaching, which is applied based on texts, lays the groundwork for perceiving grammar rules rather than memorizing them. In bringing these texts together with students, children's literature provides a guiding contribution to Turkish teachers. This research, which is designed to benefit from children's literature products in Turkish lessons, aims to develop a new perspective by considering children's literature and grammar teaching together. The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of grammar teaching planned with children's literature products on the success of secondary school 6th grade students and students' views on the method applied. A quasi-experimental design from quantitative research methods was used, In the study. In the data collection process of the research, the grammar achievement test, together with the 6th grade grammar topics and acquisitions, was applied to the experimental and control groups as a pre-test and post-test. A semi-structured interview form was applied to the students regarding the method applied in the research. The study group of the research consists of 72 students (36 students in the experimental group, 36 students in the control group) studying in two public schools in the Alanya province of Antalya in the 2021-2022 academic year. Grammar topics for the experimental group students; The children's literature products determined by the students and the reading instructions designed by the researcher according to the ADDIE model were presented. The control group students continued the process with the activities in the Turkish textbook. The quantitative data obtained in the research were analyzed with the IBM SPPS Statistics 26 package program. The data of the semi-structured interview form were analysed by content analysis approach. As a result of the research, it was concluded that children's literature products increased the success in 6th grade grammar teaching, since there was a significant difference in the post-test score results of the experimental and control group students in favor of the experimental group. According to the results obtained from the semi-structured interview form, students; found the use of children's literature products in grammar teaching positively in terms of fun, effective and permanent learning. The students emphasized that the method applied in the study contributed to their reading skills and stated that the most difficult part of the application of the method was time management. In addition, students have a positive attitude towards the use of children's literature products in Turkish lessons as well as in other lessons. Based on the results of the research, various suggestions were presented to program preparers, teachers and researchers.