The effect of flexibility in Turkish syntax on reading comprehension: Example of 5th and 8th grades

In this research, the effect of flexibility in Turkish syntax on the reading comprehension process was examined. Within the scope of the research, which investigates how the place where the "predicate", which is one of the basic elements of the sentence, is structured in the sentence affects the reading process, an application was made to fifth and eighth grade students studying at a secondary school in Istanbul. In this context, the relational screening model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. Five texts were randomly selected from the books used as Turkish textbooks for both grade levels. The selected texts were arranged in such a way that the predicate would be located at the beginning, middle and end, and the texts with four different formats along with the original form of the text were read to four different groups for each grade level. Then, the textual questions prepared in the base of Barrett's Taxonomy with expert opinions were directed to the these four groups. According to the research findings, it was found that there was no significant difference between the results of the application in which the predicate was Deconstructed in different places in fifth grade students and eighth grade students. Keywords: Syntax, reading, Reading comprehension, Barrett's Taxonomy