Applied linguistics perspective in developing reading material

Abstract

Language teaching is a skill-based teaching aiming at the development of languageskills and teaching tools are one of the important components of the teaching processin terms of the elements that will enable to increase the knowledge and experiencerelated to the skill intended to be developed as the input source. Therefore, teachingtools should be designed in a way that allows access to the targeted developmentlevel, taking into account the nature of the intended skill area and the nature oflanguage processing. As known, reading is a process of mental decoding, where manyprocesses related to each other are performed simultaneously in order to gain accessto the deep meaning of the text from the moment the interaction begins and thisprocess is based on the background knowledge of the individual's experiences and themechanics of the language components. Accordingly, for the development of readingskills, knowledge of phonological, semantic, morphological, and syntactic systemsmust be fully acquired, and these systems must function in an integrated manner. Inthis respect, the teaching tools prepared for the purpose of developing reading skillsshould be designed in accordance with the principles of general training material’sdevelopment and taking into account the structure of the reading action itselft. In thissense, the aim of the study is to provide a theoretical perspective on the possiblequalifications of the teaching tools that will be used for the development of readingskill, based on the studies of the field of applied linguistics related to the readingcomprehension process.