Analysis of Turkish and Turkish Culture Textbooks in Terms of Listening Strategies

The present study sought to ascertain the listening strategies employed in Turkish and Turkish Culture textbooks for students in grades five, six, seven and eight. The document analysis method, a qualitative research approach, was employed, and the data were classified according to the listening strategies defined by Kurudayıoğlu and Kiraz (2020). The findings demonstrated that in the 5th-grade books, there were 12 activities with 5 strategies before listening, 10 with 3 during listening, and 18 with 7 following listening. In the sixth grade, ten activities were identified, incorporating three strategies before listening, six during listening, and six post-listening. The 7th-grade books comprised 12 activities with 4 strategies: 4 before, 1 during, and 12 with 7 after listening. In the eighth grade, there were seven activities with four strategies before listening, one during listening, and sixteen with seven strategies following listening.