An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language

In this correlational study, the aim was to investigate the vocabulary of 31 Arab students who learned Turkish as a foreign language through lessons with distance education. Total words, different words, and the ratio of these two variables, word frequencies were all measured. The correlations betwe...

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Main Authors: İbrahim Doğukan Demirel, Huzeyfe Bilge
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Language:English
Published: Sakarya University 2022-12-01
Series:Sakarya University Journal of Education
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2671996
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description In this correlational study, the aim was to investigate the vocabulary of 31 Arab students who learned Turkish as a foreign language through lessons with distance education. Total words, different words, and the ratio of these two variables, word frequencies were all measured. The correlations between the variables, and the differences between the categories and word counts were analyzed. Lastly, the word list was given. According to findings, the students wrote 57,5 words per participant, which consisted of 41.3 different words on average. The ratio between these two variables was 73.8%. Students wrote a total of 506 different words and 1781 total words. The most used 44 words consisted of the 52.9% of all words used by all participants. There was no correlation between age and other variables while total words had significant relationships with different words and the ratio. Similarly, different words had a correlation with the ratio. There were significant differences between male and female students according to different word numbers, while they were similar in total word counts and in ratio. Students had significantly better results in different and total word numbers as their proficiency classes (A1 and A2) got higher.
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spelling doaj-art-1e17e50f585b4d6fad792cb9b268dede2025-08-20T03:52:08ZengSakarya UniversitySakarya University Journal of Education2146-74552022-12-0112496398110.19126/suje.118038428An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Languageİbrahim Doğukan Demirelhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2928-7514Huzeyfe Bilge0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7664-488XKAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİIn this correlational study, the aim was to investigate the vocabulary of 31 Arab students who learned Turkish as a foreign language through lessons with distance education. Total words, different words, and the ratio of these two variables, word frequencies were all measured. The correlations between the variables, and the differences between the categories and word counts were analyzed. Lastly, the word list was given. According to findings, the students wrote 57,5 words per participant, which consisted of 41.3 different words on average. The ratio between these two variables was 73.8%. Students wrote a total of 506 different words and 1781 total words. The most used 44 words consisted of the 52.9% of all words used by all participants. There was no correlation between age and other variables while total words had significant relationships with different words and the ratio. Similarly, different words had a correlation with the ratio. There were significant differences between male and female students according to different word numbers, while they were similar in total word counts and in ratio. Students had significantly better results in different and total word numbers as their proficiency classes (A1 and A2) got higher.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2671996turkish as a foreign languagearab studentsvocabulary
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An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language
Sakarya University Journal of Education
turkish as a foreign language
arab students
vocabulary
title An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language
title_full An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language
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title_short An Investigation of Vocabulary in Written Texts of Iraqi Arab Students Learning Turkish as a Foreign Language
title_sort investigation of vocabulary in written texts of iraqi arab students learning turkish as a foreign language
topic turkish as a foreign language
arab students
vocabulary
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2671996
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