Intra Lingual and Extra Lingual Variables in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language

The aim of the research is to identify the level of intra and extra lingual variables impact to the motivation of students in teaching Turkish as a foreign language and to contribute the reconstruction of the variables that are thought to affect student motivation negatively in language teaching program. As intra lingual variables; syntax, the presence of words, special utterance forms of people speaking that language throughout the history and having life experiences are highlighted and as extra lingual variables, the domain of language in international relations, the characteristics of teacher and learner and the aim of language learning are emphasized. The research is a descriptive study. As a method it was used error analysis. A hundred seventy six students who came to Turkey from various countries in the world to learn Turkish participated in the present research, and 17 faculty members took charge in data collection. Interviews with students were conducted by 3 faculty members, and students were asked to write their opinions about two different subjects. Data obtained from interviews were classified by faculty members and they were also classified according to syntax, accuracy, and use of derivational and inflexional suffixes. Data were interpreted and reported by the researcher. 

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