摘要：The aim of this research is to evaluate the reading skills’ process of developing by way of activities, methodtechnical, instruments in sixth grades in the way of Turkish Language Teaching Curriculum which has been valid since 2006-2007 academic years. The research is a descriptive survey study. The population of the research is the teachers who teach in state and private elementary schools in central districts (Seyhan and Yüreğir) of Adana. The sampling for the data was determined via random stratified sampling. Each school in the population was regarded as a group and 214 teachers who teach Turkish to the 6th grade were selected with purposeful sampling out of 129 schools which are determined through random stratified sampling. The data of the study were collected through “The Questionnaire to Evaluate the Field of Reading in Turkish Language Teaching Curriculum for 6th Grade of Elementary School” which was developed by the researcher at the end of 2006-2007 academic years. The data of the questionnaire which was applied to teachers was analyzed with the techniques of descriptive statistics, namely frequencies and percentages. Consequently, most of teachers plan activities else except which are in the teachers’ guidance book about the field of reading rarely. It is determined that majority of methods used by teachers are oral and silent reading, reading by asking, reading by forecasting and reading by debating. Also the frequently used materials of teachers were, the teachers’ guidance book, the course book and the students’ activity book. More than half of the teachers did not use sufficient materials for the field of reading and it was stated that the main reason for this situation was the lack of materials in schools.
