Bilingualism in Turkey and Turkish Language Education

1. Findings related to fifth grade students’ vocabulary knowledge

Class	Ord.	Those speaking both Turkish and Arabic						Those speaking both Turkish and Kurdish						Turkish Speakers
		A	AM	B	BM	C	CM	A	AM	B	BM	C	CM	A	AM	B	BM	C	CM
5. GRADE	1	104	7	98	6	118	6	53	4	110	7	35	3	110	6	75	5	46	4
	2	49	5	60	5	70	4	53	5	38	3	25	3	62	3	58	5	42	4
	3	138	9	177	6	102	5	111	6	130	9	13	3	76	5	486	10	24	3
	4	106	5	142	5	139	8	92	6	93	7	41	4	113	5	239	10	39	4
	5	53	7	65	3	77	6	49	5	33	4	42	5	77	6	121	5	59	4
	6	32	3	40	3	55	6	45	3	39	3	43	6	70	5	96	5	45	4
	7	85	4	72	4	93	7	23	3	38	3	20	4	46	4	100	5	42	5
	8	77	5	80	4	61	8	62	4	84	5	55	5	50	4	108	4	45	5
	9	117	5	105	4	174	10	32	4	78	5	64	5	46	3	66	4	85	5
	10	132	6	142	7	112	7	35	4	90	5	42	5	50	3	127	6	59	5
	11	95	5	89	4	123	6	38	4	46	6	33	4	58	3	84	5	72	4
	12	34	4	50	4	37	5	20	3	18	3	27	4	42	4	50	5	39	4
	13	121	4	201	7	116	8	35	3	16	3	26	5	42	3	66	5	40	3
	14	81	4	72	3	128	5	52	4	50	3	43	4	81	5	53	4	37	3
	15	62	3	57	3	75	5	47	4	75	4	65	4	62	3	51	4	40	4
	16	151	5	130	5	123	6	58	4	90	4	72	4	87	4	101	6	39	5
	17	178	8	135	4	140	6	41	5	84	5	59	5	43	3	90	6	96	5
	18	41	3	52	3	60	4	57	3	60	5	41	5	25	3	42	4	50	4
	19	54	4	60	4	48	3	55	4	63	4	48	6	242	7	67	4	41	4
	20	44	4	63	3	36	4	25	3	42	4	28	4	99	5	119	5	86	4
	21	45	5	55	3	70	4	22	3	34	3	22	3	130	5	80	5	42	2
	22	145	7	163	8	125	7	64	4	81	4	45	3	95	6	128	4	100	4
	23	38	3	44	4	60	3	29	4	37	4	30	5	113	5	88	5	96	4
	24	86	7	90	4	62	4	41	4	44	3	32	4	40	3	65	4	75	5
	25	63	5	85	5	58	4	50	3	58	3	55	4	81	4	74	4	47	3
Total		2131	127	2327	111	2262	141	1189	99	1531	109	1006	107	1940	107	2634	129	1386	101
Average		85	5	93	4	90	6	48	4	61	4	40	4	78	4	105	32	55	4
General average		6720/75=90						3726/75=50						5960/75=80

Table 4: The sentence numbers of the 5^th grade students in the texts
2. Findings related to sixth grade students’ vocabulary knowledge

Class	Ord.	Those speaking both Turkish and Arabic						Those speaking both Turkish and Kurdish						Turkish Speakers
		A	AM	B	BM	C	CM	A	AM	B	BM	C	CM	A	AM	B	BM	C	CM
6. GRADE	1	100	5	64	5	77	5	31	4	51	6	29	3	116	5	89	4	65	5
	2	76	5	89	5	42	3	91	4	136	7	82	4	125	6	135	4	100	6
	3	86	6	88	7	25	4	74	5	77	8	53	4	48	2	42	3	52	5
	4	67	5	84	5	19	4	164	7	91	5	62	3	92	4	110	4	82	4
	5	116	4	85	4	42	4	165	11	66	5	54	4	31	2	48	5	40	3
	6	159	7	106	4	31	5	78	6	63	6	51	4	38	4	72	4	65	4
	7	129	6	152	6	62	5	46	5	21	4	30	4	61	4	63	3	50	4
	8	103	6	69	4	54	4	90	5	48	4	53	5	51	3	80	4	61	5
	9	134	8	99	7	96	4	43	4	52	5	42	3	56	3	45	3	49	3
	10	147	5	112	5	72	4	78	3	63	4	34	3	57	4	70	3	28	3
	11	138	5	224	6	118	5	65	5	40	4	39	3	58	3	42	4	47	5
	12	146	6	80	4	68	4	33	4	66	5	64	4	119	4	89	5	100	5
	13	94	5	133	4	138	4	109	10	97	5	80	4	84	4	95	7	64	4
	14	28	4	75	5	85	5	86	6	81	4	26	2	84	3	75	5	81	5
	15	125	4	117	8	120	5	75	6	64	4	27	4	65	4	69	6	53	6
	16	104	4	98	4	94	4	53	4	162	6	99	4	131	5	256	5	98	6
	17	81	5	65	5	90	4	91	4	133	7	60	3	126	7	200	8	111	4
	18	80	6	90	5	122	5	117	5	224	6	177	5	76	4	85	5	60	5
	19	86	4	78	4	109	5	52	6	26	3	28	3	82	3	85	3	74	2
	20	71	4	84	5	64	4	107	6	121	4	90	4	168	5	142	4	138	4
	21	119	6	100	4	73	4	91	5	58	4	43	3	63	4	63	3	49	5
	22	92	7	93	6	109	5	73	4	44	2	53	3	91	6	78	3	80	4
	23	67	5	82	5	77	4	97	10	60	4	33	3	169	5	90	4	72	6
	24	84	4	68	3	77	6	71	6	27	4	37	2	73	3	65	5	42	3
	25	58	3	46	3	82	5	36	4	35	4	40	2	45	3	41	2	60	4
Total		2490	129	2381	123	1946	111	2016	139	1906	120	1386	86	2109	100	2229	106	1721	110
Average		100	5	95	5	78	4	81	6	76	5	55	3	84	4	89	4	69	4
General average		6817/75=91						5308/75=71						6059/75=81

Table 5: Vocabulary knowledge of 6^th grade students in the texts