The Effects of Structural Features of Learning Turkish Language as a Foreign Language from Learners’ Perspective: Bosnia and Herzegovina Case

Abstract

The structure of a language that is learned and the structure of the native languages of learners is a prominent factor in affecting learning foreign language. In this context, the objective of this study is determining the effects of the syntax, phonetic and phonological features on learning foreign languages. As a qualitative study, in the process of learning Turkish, a survey to discover the impact of the structural attributes of Turkish language on 178 Bosnian students was administered. The reliability Co-efficient, Cranach’s Alpha, has been found 0.73 on all questions. Descriptive statistics and One Sample T-Tests have been run in the data analysis section. In the findings, some positive factors such as the progress of literacy in learning Turkish as a foreign language, making the words plural, the absence of irregular verbs and the regular conjugation, the easiness of Turkish pronunciation, the absence of gender in word formation have been found.