Revision skills of students on the written expression level in Turkish Education

Abstract

Bulent Sakip Akçam

This study aims to analyze written expression revision skills of students in Turkish Education Department, Education Faculty. This study was done using qualitative research method. The study group of the research consisted of 3rd grade students. The research data were collected by means of document review, a qualitative research technique. The data in the research were analyzed descriptively; content analysis was applied to the data as well. In the obtained findings, it was observed that Turkish teacher candidates did not have adequate knowledge concerning revising part of processbased writing model, and that they did not apply th is step of process-based writing efficiently in the writing process. It was seen that the students made changes respectively in word level and surface level, mostly in the revision process. While these changes pertain to punctuation and correct use o