Examination of texts in secondary school Turkish textbooks in terms of readability

The aim of this study is to examine the texts in secondary school Turkish textbooks in terms of readability. The model of this study is the basic qualitative research design. In the study, data were collected by document analysis and the materials examined are secondary school Turkish textbooks used in the 2021-2022 academic year. 151 texts handled in the study were evaluated according to Ateşman Readability Formula and Çetinkaya Readability Formula. In the study, it was observed that the texts in the secondary school Turkish textbooks were generally "easy" and "medium difficulty" according to the Ateşman Readability Formula, and were generally at the level of educational reading and 8th and 9th grades according to the Çetinkaya Readability Formula. It has been determined that some texts in the secondary school Turkish textbook are above the students' grade levels in terms of readability. In addition, when the average readability values of the texts in the secondary school Turkish textbooks are taken into account, it has been determined that according to the Ateşman Readability Formula it changes as "easy" and "intermediate", and according to the Çetinkaya Readability Formula, all of them are at educational reading and 8th and 9th grade levels. It has been observed that the readability status of the texts in Turkish textbooks did not increase regularly from the 5th grade to the 8th grade. In addition, it has been determined that there is no equality in terms of readability between books at the same grade level. Keywords Turkish Language Teaching, Readability, Turkish Textbook, Text