LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN EXAMS OF STUDENTS LEARNING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Demirel Fakiroğlu G.

IJOEEC, cilt.7, sa.17, ss.933-964, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 17
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Dergi Adı: IJOEEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.933-964
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the written exams of international students who learn Turkish as a foreign language has been analyzed in two respects: frequency of word use and use of collocation. The students’ use of collocation and word frequency use has been analyzed at each level separately. The levels are A1, A2, B1, B2 and C1. Cross-level word frequency and total number of words have been analyzed in sketch engine program which is used for corpora analysis. The use of collocation has been analyzed by two different raters and The collocation words used by each student in their written expression were determined. It has been observed that the students used more academic and abstract words when their level increases. However, in the frequency analysis the frequently used words did not show a significant change in terms of meaning. In other words, frequently used words were similar across the levels. Another finding is that when the levels increased the number of used words increased and length of the texts increased as in each level exam the instructions are given for the expected use of number of words. Keywords: Corpora, frequency, collocation, word, Turkish as a foreign language