The Problems Faced in Primary-level Reading and Writing Teaching to Students whose Mother Tongue is not Turkish

The study had a quantitative design and aimed to evaluate the problems faced in primary reading and writing teaching to students whose mother tongue is not Turkish from the perspectives of teachers. The general survey model, which is one of the quantitative study methods, was used in the study. A total of 205 classroom teachers participated in the study. Classroom teachers were selected from those who had taught first grade at least once. The scale of problems faced in teaching primary reading and writing to primary school students whose mother tongue is not Turkish was used in the study. The obtained data were analyzed by using the SPSS 24 package program. According to the findings, teachers who had low professional seniority in some stages of the primary literacy teaching process faced more problems than teachers with higher professional seniority, teachers who did not know the mother tongue of the student when compared to the teachers who knew the student’s mother tongue, and teachers who taught first grade once compared to teachers who taught it three times. Also, according to the scale, classroom teachers faced various problems at all stages of primary reading and writing teaching.