Keziban Tekşan, Üzeyir Süğümlü, Enes Çinpolat

Türk masallarının okunabilirliği

Araştırmanın amacı, Türk masallarının okunabilirlik düzeylerini ve ortaokul öğrencileri için anlaşılırlığını belirlemektir. Araştırma, tarama modeliyle yürütülmüştür. Çalışma materyalini Az Gittik Uz Gittik ve Masal Masal İçinde kitabından seçilen üçer masal ve çalışma grubunu 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim yılı bahar yarıyılında, bir ilin merkez ilçesinde bir ortaokulda öğrenim gören 90 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama araçlarını; Ateşman okunabilirlik formülü, Çetinkaya-Uzun okunabilirlik formülü ve çıkartmalı okunabilirlik uygulaması oluşturmaktadır. Veriler iki aşamada toplanmıştır. Birinci aşamada okunabilirlik formüllerinin uygulanması amacıyla masalların ilk yüz kelimelik kısımları hesaplama için alınarak okunabilirlik durumları ortaya çıkarılmıştır. İkinci aşamada çıkartmalı okunabilirlik uygulaması, çalışma grubuna haftada iki metin uygulaması yapılarak üç haftada tamamlanmıştır. Veriler, betimsel analiz tekniği ile çözümlenmiştir. Masalların Ateşman okunabilirlik formülüne göre okunabilirlik durumlarının kolay düzey, Çetinkaya-Uzun okunabilirlik formülüne göre eğitsel okuma düzeyinde; çıkartmalı okunabilirlik uygulamasına göre Az Gittik Uz Gittik masal kitabının öğrenciler tarafından okunabilirlik durumlarının engelli düzey (zor), Masal Masal İçinde masal kitabında yer alan masalların ise eğitsel okuma düzeyinde olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Readability of Turkish tales

The present study aims to determine the readability and clarity levels of certain Turkish tales for middle-schoolstudents. The study was conducted with a survey model. The study material consists of three tales each chosenfrom the books titled Az Gittik Uz Gittik and Masal Masal İçinde, and the study group consists of 90 students whowere studying in a middle school located in the central district of a province in the Spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The data collection tools used in the study include the Ateşman Readability Formula,Çetinkaya-Uzun Readability Formula, and a Cloze Readability Application. Data collection was performed in twostages. In the first stage, the readability conditions of the first one hundred words of the tales were determined inorder to apply the readability formulas. In the second stage, the Cloze Readability application was completedwithin three weeks by applying it to the study group using two texts per week. The analysis of the data wasperformed using the Descriptive Analysis technique. It was determined that the tales had a readability level of“easy” according to the Ateşman readability formula, and “educational” according to the Çetinkaya-Uzunreadability formula. It was found that the book titled Az Gittik Uz Gittik had a readability level of “difficult(frustration)” while the book titled Masal Masal İçinde had a readability level of “educational (assisted)” accordingto the Cloze Readability application.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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