EARLY READING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION IN TURKEY

Abstract

Reading and writing are among the language skills which individuals gain formally after family education in the process of acquiring a mother tongue. The methods and techniques which are used in the process of reading and writing instruction underlie the efficient future use of mother tongue and adaptation to knowledge and information era. In the study conducted within this context, the short history of early reading and writing instruction in mother tongue which is given in the first year of primary education in Turkey is explained and the Early Reading and Writing Instruction Curriculum which is currently in effect is introduced.