PHILOSOPHY FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNICATIONAL TURKISH TEACHING

Abstract

Language functions, which are the central concept of communicative Turkish teaching today, constitute one of the main fields of study of language philosophy. Language functions have attracted the interest and curiosity of mankind since Ancient Greece. Ancient Greek philosophers, Enlightenment philosophers, Humboldt, logical positivists, Wittgenstein, Austin, Searle and postmodern thinkers come to the fore among those who explain their thoughts on language functions. The views of these thinkers in the history of philosophy are remarkable in terms of forming a theoretical basis for communicative Turkish teaching. In this context, in order to understand and evaluate the objectives, possibilities and limitations of communicative Turkish teaching, it is necessary to identify and discuss the views of major thinkers on the functions of language. Tracing the use of language in the history of philosophy is important in terms of revealing the philosophical foundations of communicative Turkish teaching. In this compilation study, it is aimed to present the philosophical foundations of communicative Turkish teaching for discussion. In the study, the views of Ancient Greek philosophers, Enlightenment philosophers, Humboldt, logical positivists, Wittgenstein, Austin, Searle and postmodern thinkers who discussed the functions of language were examined in a comparative way and interpreted in the context of functional/communicative Turkish teaching. Thus, it is aimed to draw attention to the natural connection between teaching Turkish and philosophy of language. In the study, it was commented that the theories developed by Wittgenstein, Austin and Searle are important in terms of communicative Turkish teaching.