Ana Dili Eğitimi Dergisi

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In this study, which took the importance of texts in
language teaching as its starting point, the goal was to demonstrate that resource
texts in Turkish were usable in language teaching in conveying culture and
values to children. The texts were selected from among the short stories in the
14^th century mathnawis. Afterwards, the resource texts were examined,
and texts from the mathnawis Mantıku't-Tayr
and Garîb-nâme which were the first
two major works written in Anatolia were selected. Fourteen texts were selected
from the two mathnawis; the ancient scripts were decoded into current script;
intralanguage translations of the texts were done;glossaries were prepared, and
the texts were converted into prose. As the final step, the texts were
illustrated with pictures that reflected the art of painting in the 14^th
century. After the texts were prepared in the way described, they were given to
experts working in the field of Turkish language teaching, authors of
children's literature, undergraduate students in Turkish teacher education
departments, and children between the ages of 11-15 to test their readability.
The study was concluded afterthe determination of the texts’relevance in the
areas of psychology, sociology, cultural values ​​and language teaching. It was
observed that Mathnawi type texts were usable in language teaching as they reflected
Turkish and Turkish culture and as they were among the texts that formed the
best examples of the use of Turkish.