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September 6, 2026International Journal of Applied LinguisticsOpen Access

Beyond Access: A Systematic Review of Turkish Language Education for Migrant Learners in Türkiye

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AAAyşegül SEFER AKTAŞ

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Systematic review reveals structural inclusion fails to ensure peer interaction and academic proficiency in migrant language learners, highlighting the need for ecological educational approaches.

Key Points

  • To examine how empirical research conceptualizes the pedagogical, institutional, affective, and social conditions shaping Turkish second language education for migrant learners between 2014 and 2025.
  • Conducted a systematic review following PRISMA 2020 guidelines across TRDizin, ERIC, Scopus, and Web of Science databases.
  • Selected, analyzed, and systematically coded 72 peer-reviewed empirical studies published between 2014 and 2025 for study characteristics and thematic dimensions.
  • Identified a segregation paradox where institutional inclusion via school enrollment or integration classes fails to generate meaningful social interaction with host-community peers.
  • Revealed a persistent disparity between everyday conversational fluency and the academic language proficiency necessary for educational and occupational advancement.
  • Demonstrated that language learning operates as an ecological, relational process mediated by institutional conditions, teacher agency, and access to linguistic capital rather than an isolated individual effort.

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Ayşegül SEFER AKTAŞ (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9d1e6328139818eab212cfhttps://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.70345
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