摘要：Each research on teacher knowledge, regardless of the selected language area, contributes to applied linguistics with complementary findings. Nevertheless, only the teaching of English language takes the largest share within the related literature today (i.e. Ellis, 2006; Borg, 1999, 2001; Andrews, 2003; Senior, 2006). Moreover, unfortunately, there is no study focusing on practitioners' insights on the teaching of Turkish as a foreign language. Therefore, in this study the aim is to initialize research into the teaching of Turkish via practitioners' knowledge. The research was designed in line with qualitative research tradition. Five (N=5) alumni Fulbright FLTA scholars who taught Turkish in the United States took part in the data collection procedure. The participants answered open-ended questions in one-to-one interviews. The findings share teacher knowledge on 'the ideal way' to teach Turkish grammar and the features of 'best' grammar teaching practices, which conclude with a composite of recommendations from teachers' first-hand experience.
