Word determination for secondary school students who learn Turkish as a foreign language: Uşak city sample

In this study; it is aimed to determine the vocabulary knowledge used by middle school students who learn Turkish as a foreign language in the specified social life areas. The study is descriptive and scanning model was used. Document analysis method and semi-structured interview form were applied in the data acquisition phase, and thematic analysis was used in the analysis phase. The study group consists of 86 foreign students from four secondary schools with the highest population of foreign students studying in the city center of Uşak in 2018-2019. A total of 86 (44 female and 42 male students) from A secondary school (7 female and 10 male students), B secondary school (12 female and 13 male students), C secondary school (12 female and 9 male students), D secondary school (13 female and 10 male students) male) students. The numerical distribution of students in the study group on a country basis; A secondary school (11) Afghan, (3) Iranian, (2) Iraqi student; B secondary school (20) Afghan, (2) Iranian, (3) Iraqi, (3) Syrian students; C secondary school (21) Afghan student; From D secondary school; (5) Afghan, (9) Iranian, (9) Iraqi students participated in the study. A personal information form was applied to learn about the students participating in the study. Afterwards, a personal information form and a word determination form for 10 social life areas were applied to each student, and a total of 86 pages of personal information form and 860 vocabulary interview forms were examined. The application lasted 12 weeks. The personal data of the students and the words they wrote on the word detection interview form were read one by one and scanned and transferred to EXCEL files on the computer. The words given by the students for these social living areas were also grouped in 6 subtitles (place, object, person, communicative expressions, thematic and other) and the frequencies of the words were taken by referring to the expert opinion. As a result of the study; of the four schools with the highest number of foreign students in the city center of Uşak; It was determined that 86 (44 girls and 42 boys) foreign students wrote 8013 vocabulary words consisting of 1303 varieties for 10 different social living spaces. It is seen that the social life area in which the students write the most vocabulary is 1518 words and phrases with the title of School-School Administration. It is determined that the Mukhtar with the least vocabulary is 434 words and phrases. Keywords: Teaching Turkish to Foreigners, Vocabulary, Social Living Area, Turkish Education, Word Frequency