ABSTRACT

In this study, by examining the general aspect and linguistic structure of KPSS German Language Teaching Field books, exercises included in these sources and sample tests were investigated, and also it was discussed to what extent the subjects and question types in these materials prepare teacher candidates for KPSS Foreign Language(German) Teaching Field Test. This study puts forward that although in the KPSS Foreign Language (German) Teaching Field Test applied in 17July 2013, questions were asked in equal amounts in the fiels of linguistics, literature, foreign language teaching methods and language acquisition; in the materials of KPSS German Language Teaching Field, mainly literatute topics were included and questions in sample tests measured mostly literature and linguistics knowledge, question types in test preparation materials were partly the same as the questions asked in the exam, there were some spelling and grammatical mistakes and some answer keys had mistakes as well. All of these findings show that especially for German Language teacher candidates who are not graduates of Faculty of Education, it is necessary to include subjects about foreign language teaching methods in these sources in a wider extent and to arrange materials in a goal-oriented way being consistent with the exam with regard to explaining subjects and question types by correcting spelling and grammatical mistakes.