A study of intercultural approach focused on listening and speaking skills in teaching Turkish as a foreign language

In recent years, with globalization and the advancement of technology, interaction between people has increased. This increased interaction has brought with the need to communicate with people from different cultures and languages. Therefore, intercultural communication among people has gained importance. In order for students to develop intercultural communication in Turkish lessons for foreigners, textbooks should be prepared in accordance with this approach. In textbooks that teach Turkish to foreigners, culture is generally intended to be conveyed through reading and writing skills, and listening and speaking skills are left behind in terms of intercultural approach. For this reason, in this study, the listening and speaking activities of the A2 level Yedi İklim book prepared for teaching Turkish to foreigners was analyzed in terms of their suitability for the intercultural approach. At the end of the evaluation, it was concluded that the listening and speaking activities in the book could be further improved in terms of intercultural approach.