This study aims to develop students’ speaking skills in the field of Turkish as a foreign language, with a particular focus on social-pragmatic language functions such as active listening, maintaining conversations, and expressing thoughts. It is of vital importance to systematically teach foreign language learners the turn-taking function—which is naturally acquired in the native language through everyday life—in appropriate contexts. However, reviews of the literature and teaching materials indicate that current Turkish as a Foreign Language programs and textbooks address the stages of this complex and dynamic interaction skill (initiation, maintenance, and closure) and related language functions under the general umbrella of speaking skills without sufficient focus. This pedagogical gap limits learners’ ability to engage in fluent communication in real-life situations outside of the controlled classroom environment. The primary objective of this study is to experimentally determine the effectiveness of a technology-supported application for turn-taking. To this end, a pre-test was first administered to learners in the experimental and control groups, who were studying Turkish as a foreign language at the B2 level. Next, the experimental group received training in turn-taking, and at the end of the training, a post-test was administered to both groups. During the experimental phase, the effect of interactive videos created using the Edpuzzle Web 2.0 tool on students’ ability to initiate, maintain, and conclude conversations was measured through pre- and post-test administrations of the Conversation Completion Test developed by the researcher. The findings indicate that the training provided via Edpuzzle was successful for the students. The results support the need to give more comprehensive attention to turn-taking strategies in Turkish as a Foreign Language materials, in line with the requirements of the communicative approach.

Teaching Turkish to foreigners, dialogue, turn taking, language functions, turn Taking strategies.