Distance education, rapidly developing with the developments in global communication advances, has become widespread due to Covid-19 pandemic. Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language synchronously via distance education has been conducted across a wide geography both in and outside Turkey. With the sudden appearance of the pandemic, educators have had to switch into distance education without having sufficient preparations. A successful distance education period is solely possible with the sufficient technological, curricular, and pedagogical preparedness. In this study, educators’ attitude and perspectives towards their usage of materials and the technological infrastructure in distance education of Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language are being under examination. A questionnaire with open and closed ended questions is applied and the results are evaluated in the study. The problems regarding the usages of the materials and infrastructure are being identified and the solutions are offered to improve the period of distance education. Keywords: teaching Turkish to foreigners, distance education, material use, technological infrastructure
EDUCATORS’ ATTITUDE AND PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS THEIR USAGE OF MATERIALS AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION OF TEACHING TURKISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
