Abstract
The purpose of this study is to consider the Turkish learning situations of the 16 Arab-origin students learning Turkish at TÖMER subordinate to a state university in the Aegean region from the perspectives of both students and the teachers who teach them Turkish and investigate their language learning experiences from many perspectives. In order to achieve this goal, a qualitative research method was used. Data were collected from the participating students and lecturers through semi-structured interviews. The method of content analysis was used in the data analysis. Based on the findings obtained in the data analysis, it was concluded that the students stated that; they learnt Turkish to study at a university and because they had to live in Turkey; they had the most difficulty in the writing skill; they found the Turkish lessons difficult due to the different language structure and alphabet. On the other hand, the participating lecturers stated that; the students had difficulties in writing; they used Turkish by having conversations with Turkish native speakers and at work; the mistakes they made the most were suffix and spelling mistakes, and in order to solve these problems, they got the students to play concept games, and had lessons in different places outside the classroom by getting the students to do a lot of practice.
Highlights
The conflicts that have broken out as a result of political structuring in the Middle East geography in recent years have caused the people of the region to migrate especially to the neighboring countries
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the Turkish learning situations of Arab-origin students learning Turkish at TÖMER affiliated to a state university from the perspectives of both the students and the teachers teaching Turkish to them and to evaluate the problems they encounter in this process from many different perspectives
According to the data obtained from the study, it was revealed that the aims of the Arab-origin students to learn Turkish were; their desire to study at a Turkish university since they live in Turkey; the obligation to live in Turkey having had to leave their country because of the war; and their desire to so master’s degree in Turkey
Summary
The conflicts that have broken out as a result of political structuring in the Middle East geography in recent years have caused the people of the region to migrate especially to the neighboring countries. According to the report by the Migration Administration subordinate to the Ministry of Interior Affairs, as of the end of 2016, there are more than 3 million Syrian migrants in a total of 81 provinces. Of these migrants, 70.364 Iraqi and 65.348 Syrian citizens have residence permits (see, the Migration Administration of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Turkish Republic, 2017). Migration has two dimensions in terms of the migrants and those living in the migrated places Both groups of people face political, economic and social problems with regards to the process of social adaptation One of the emerging problems with migration, may be the most important one is the fact that the migrants do not speak the language of the country they have migrated to; it is because the social and individual needs necessitate learning the local language
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