COMPARISON OF TURKEY, FINLAND AND IRELAND NATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING PROGRAMS

The aim of this study is to compare native language teaching programs in Turkey, Finland and Ireland; and to show similarities and differences among the programs of these countries. Since it is aimed at displaying the current situation as it is, descriptive model was used in this study. Qualitative research method was used in the study. The data in this study was obtained from 2009 Primary Education Turkish Course Teaching Program and Guideline (1-5 Grades), 2008 Ireland Native Language Teaching Program and 2004 Finland Native Language Teaching Program. In addition to this, literature review related to native language teaching programs of these countries were used in this study. As the conclusion of this study, similarities and differences between the native language teaching programs of Turkey, Finland and Ireland have been presented and recommendations toward native language teaching program in Turkey have been made.