An example of game themed material development related to vocabulary acquisition in teaching/learning Turkish as a foreign language: B1 level

In this study, game themed materials related to word acquisition were developed for Level B1 which can be used in teaching/learning Turkish as a foreign language. Based on the lack of support materials available in the field, the study was intended to be carried out. For this purpose, the literature studies, books and games used were examined. A variety of vocabulary games have been prepared in order to make the students understand the words they need to win in the course easier by having fun and to keep them catchy. While preparing words for word games that the limitations of Ankara University "Yeni Hitit Yabancılar İçin Türkçe B1", Gazi University "Yabancılar İçin Türkçe B1", İstanbul University "İstanbul Yabancılar İçin Türkçe B1" ve Yunus Emre Institute "Yedi İklim Türkçe B1" in the themes and words have been made. The games covered "Education, Leisure and Business" topics, which were co-featured in the B1 level books. Within the framework of these issues, games are designed by moving from the words in the related units of the books. The choice of words was not acted upon in a single book, and the choice of words that might be appropriate to the subject was attempted in all four sources. The games are taken from existing source game materials and activities. The content was designed to support the purpose of the course. Therefore, when determining the subjects of the games, the age of language learning was taken into consideration along with the needs of the target audience in daily life. The games were made by taking into account word teaching strategies, principles of word teaching, important factors in the materials preparation process and the attainment and skills contained in the European Common Application Text. In addition, games have been tried to be prepared in such a way that they can be applied to various groups that reach B1 level.