Abstract

Teaching vocabulary in teaching Turkish as Foreign language is important. Different methods are employed in teaching vocabulary. In this study the pre- and post-test results of experimental group where caricatures were used to teach vocabulary and control group where vocabulary items were taught without use of caricatures  when teaching Turkish vocabulary items to foreign students are compared statistically. Two groups are compared at the end of the application and a statistically significant difference in favor of experimental group was found out. This difference indicates that use of caricature in teaching Turkish vocabulary to foreign students increase students’ success.

Key words: Caricatures, Turkish vocabulary, visual art, teaching.