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Grammar is a discipline of study that investigates language in terms of sound, form, and sentence structure and establishes rules for these. Grammar instruction comprises exercises that help students comprehend a language's sounds, forms, and sentence patterns to utilize it efficiently and correctly. As a result, grammar instruction may be viewed as an area that assists pupils in developing good comprehension and expression abilities. According to European Language Portfolio, grammar is a collection of principles that assist fundamental abilities such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammar education's goal in this respect is not to make individuals memorize rules but to help them grasp and apply them to their comprehension and expression abilities. Texts have a crucial role in teaching grammar through implication in this scenario. The text has been regarded as a communication unit due to contemporary linguistics. Language structures are text-creation tools. As a result, language instruction should take this into account. The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which reading texts used in teaching Turkish to foreigners convey grammar functions. In this study, the reading texts of the New Istanbul Turkish Textbook for International Students (B1-B2) and the New Hitit Turkish Textbook for Foreigners (B1-B2) have been comparatively examined to determine the extent to which they reflect the taught grammar functions. This study identifies deficiencies in reflecting grammar functions in both books. The research was conducted using the document analysis method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of study is to determine teacher candidates' ideas about basic language skills. In this study, it was used phenomenology from qualitative research methods. A hundred eleven teacher candidates who study departments of Turkish Education, Classroom Teaching and Preschool Teaching in the Faculty of Kazım Karabekir at the University of Atatürk have participated. The data were collected by "The Form of Teacher Candidates' Opinions in Basic Language Skills" which has been developed by researchers. Form consists of open - ended questions. For Validity of the form, expert opinion was taken. Technique of content analysis was used to analyze of the data. Results of the analyze were visualized by percent and frequency tables. Teacher candidates have poitnted to problems of basic language skills that we have known them previously. This state shows that they have an awereness to problems related to basic language skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Grammar can be briefly defined as a discipline that studies a language in terms of phonetics, form and sentence structures; and determines the rules concerning these. As for grammar teaching, it is a process of enabling students to sense the phonetics, form and sentence structures of a language by making use of particular methods; and carrying out activities which help them use language effectively, accurately and smoothly. Therefore, grammar teaching can be seen as an assistant and supportive field, which helps students to acquire the skills of comprehension and expression in an effective way. As a matter of fact, it is stated in the Curriculum and Guidebook of Primary School Turkish Course (6th - 8th grade) that, grammar is "a body of rules supporting the basic skills of a language such as listening/watching, speaking, reading and writing". In this respect, grammar teaching does not aim to make students memorize a set of rules; but it aims to make them understand those rules so that they are able to utilize them through skills of understanding and expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]