Journal of Mother Tongue Education

Abstract

In order to make the usage of Turkish language a
necessity in many fields and also to establish such fields are primarily the
duties that should be carried out by the state and the political power holders
affiliated to the state. Cross-border issues such as commercial-economic,
cultural, military policies; aims are formed by the state in the long-term. The
state and private sector could cooperate in fulfilling such aims in certain
fields. Particularly commercial and then cultural pressure work as a catalyst
in this process. Once the hegemony is established in the zone, the language of
the more powerful side is demanded by the opposite side. In this case, a necessity arises for the existence of state or private foundations and
institutions meeting international minimum standards, and Turkey has met this
condition. Teaching and use of Turkish Language as a lingua franca have become
a necessity as the hegemony of the state expands to larger zones. As a result
of this, basically two different fields have appeared in teaching Turkish
Language: Teaching Turkish Language to
Foreigners and Teaching Turkish
Language to Turkic Speakers. The process of teaching Turkish language to
Turkic speakers will naturally differ from teaching it to the other target
group. Present similarities and differences between Turkic languages in terms
of phonetics, derivational morphology, inflectional morphology, basic
vocabulary, phrase formation and syntax; Intelligibility in high or low levels,
may influence the process of language learning and teaching positively or
negatively.