An Analysis of the Texts in the Special Education “Children” Magazine in Terms of Developing the Word Stock of Primary School Students
An Analysis of the Texts in the Special Education “Children” Magazine in Terms of Developing the Word Stock of Primary School Students

Summary/Abstract: In the process of language development in children, word stock items are of great importance. One of the materials used in word stock acquisition is children's magazines. The Special Education “Children” magazine, which is followed with great interest by children, is published by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. The magazine, which appeals to children of all age groups, includes various types of articles in its content. The aim of this study is to examine the word stock of the texts in the Special Education Children's magazine, which children enjoy following. Document analysis was used as the method in the study. All texts in the first 11 issues of the magazine were converted to Word format, analyzed, and scanned for word stock items. The data obtained were indexed using the Cibakaya indexing software. The findings were presented in tables according to frequency. As a result, it was determined that the Special Education "Children" magazine is a very rich source in terms of word stock items.

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