Ana Dili Eğitimi Dergisi

Öz

Interest in Turkish as a
foreign language is growing every day that goes by and the number of foreign
students in Turkey is increasing consequently. It is observed that resources
related to teaching Turkish as a foreign language are also increasing
progressively. That brings along problems related to language teaching. The
issue of how to teach grammar structures becomes important in this context. It
is observed that in teaching Turkish as a foreign language, problems may
sometimes be experienced in the teaching of some grammatical structures. In
this study, one of the problems that cause difficulties in teaching Turkish to
learners will be investigated. The teaching of gerunds is one of those
problematic issues in particular. In this study, how the    ”-mak /-mek” and “-ma/-me” gerund suffixes
should be taught in connection with the topics covered the context of the
themes without direct grammar teaching will be focused on. Also, the usage of
the possessive and noun case suffixes that are used together with the gerund
suffixes will be determined. The uses of “-mak/-mek ”and “-ma/-me” with the preposition
“için” and the usefulness of these structures in making the transition to
sentences that express necessity which are essential for foreigners to know will
be demonstrated. Teaching of the structures “-mak lazım, -mak gerek, -mak
zorunda ol-, -mak mecburiyetinde ol-” will become considerably easier through
the method presented.