New approaches to the teaching of mother tongue

Abstract

Activity areas of the mother tongue are based on the skills of explaining and understanding. Effective and aesthetic use the mother tongue is possible through the effective realization of comprehension skills, reading and listening skills, explanation skills, and speaking and writing education. While teaching the activity areas, that is, the above-mentioned four skills, grammar rules should be given through smooth integration with these four skills. In a teaching-learning approach where activity areas of the mother tongue were operationalized, it was observed that the vocabulary reservoir of the students was enhanced and their thinking and criticizing abilities were developed. Language teaching aims to improve various and integrated skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. Hence, mother tongue teaching courses should be courses aiming to instill skills and habits in students rather than courses aiming to transfer information. It is of great importance to capitalize on multimedia, visual materials, technology, and various other tools and devices while improving language skills. In this way, language teaching was made more functional to help students use their comprehension and explanation skills rather than only internalize the information. © 2010 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.