An examination on the trends of the articles published in the field of speaking skills and their compliance with academic text writing principles

The purpose of this study is to examine the trends of the articles published in the field of speaking education between 2005 and 2021 and their compliance with the principles of academic text writing. For this purpose, the study was prepared in accordance with the qualitative research method. The data of the study were collected with the document review/scanning model. The material of the study was 348 articles published in the field of speaking education. The articles examined in the study were accessed by scanning Google, Google Scholar and Dergi Park databases. The tendencies of the articles examined within the framework of the research were evaluated according to "study group, method, related language skill, subject and publication year". The articles were examined in terms of their compliance with academic text writing principles in the sub-dimensions of "title, author information, abstract, keywords, introduction, method, findings, conclusion, discussion, suggestions, bibliography and in-text citation". "Trends Determination Form (EBF)" was used to determine the trends of the studies, and "Article Control Form (TKF)" was used to determine the conformity of the articles with academic text writing principles. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyze the data obtained through data collection tools. According to the results of the research, qualitative methods were used the most in the articles and mixed methods were used the least; The number of studies dealing with speaking skills together with the learning areas of reading, writing and listening is low; It has been determined that there has been an increase and accumulation in the number of articles in recent years. It has been concluded that there are deficiencies in the abstract, introduction, method, discussion, bibliography and in-text citations in speaking education articles. In this context, it may be suggested that the study be re-examined in line with broader and more comprehensive questions regarding its tendencies. Regarding the compliance of the study with academic text writing principles, it can be suggested that researchers can focus on scientific research methods courses on the academic text writing process.