CULTURAL AWARENESS OF KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS IN LEARNING TURKISH LANGUAGE IN TARGET COUNTRY
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cultural awareness, Kazakhstani students, Turkish culture, foreign language learningÖzet
This study aims to investigate the cultural awareness of Kazakhstani students who are studying at state universities in Turkey. In other words, the current study attempted to find out what Kazakhstani students in Turkey think about the effects of the target culture in learning Turkish as a foreign language they attended in TÖMER in the first year when they came to Turkey. The quantitative data collected utilizing a questionnaire. The participants of this research were thirty students who were enrolling in different universities in Turkey. Moreover, all of the participants studied the Turkish language as a foreign language in language courses. The findings of the data analysis revealed that Kazakhstani students have raised cultural awareness and have positive perceptions about learning Turkish culture. In addition, the results indicated that attending a Turkish language class in the target country was beneficial to know better about the cultural differences of the country.
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