Sound Properties and Training of Turkish

Abstract

Nowadays, the order of sounds to be taught for effective language teaching is done, priority is given to frequently used sounds in the language. In this study, the characteristics of the sounds in Turkish are tried to be determined for effective teaching reading and writing. For this purpose, a total of 120,151 words and 788,316 letters from the Turkish Language Association Turkish Dictionary was investigated. At the end of the research, it was found out that the vowels commonly used in Turkish were “a” and “e” whereas the consonant was “k”. It was sorted out that “a, e, k, i, l, m, r, n, t, ı" were used as the top 10 commonly sounds and more than half of the texts were written utilizing these letters. It was found that the vowels made up a rate of 41.22%, and consonants a rate of 58.78%, which most of the vowels are back vowel while consonants are continuous and voiced consonant. This makes it easier to create melodies with sounds, to prolong and upgrade sounds, to compose rhythm, to emphasize intonation, to play with sounds; therefore, it promotes the learning process more enjoyable.