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This study aims to develop a model about secondary school students’ attitudes towards Turkish course which is effective in their academic achievement. It is hypothesized in the study that the attitude towards Turkish course increases in students with positive reading attitudes with the mediation of their increased writing attitudes. The participants of the study consisted of 394 5th, 6th and 7th grade students (199 females and 195 males) . The data was gathered through the Scale for attitude towards Turkish Course, Reading Attitude Scale, and Writing Attitude Scale. The findings revealed significant positive relationships between all the variables that were analyzed. The findings obtained from the mediation analysis have shown that writing attitude partially mediates the relationship between the attitude towards Turkish course and reading attitude. The findings of the research have been discussed in\u003Cbr>the context of the literature and recommendations for further studies have been made. Keywords: Reading attitude, writing attitude, Turkish course, secondary school students. |\n| --- |\n| *Corresponding author. E-mail: [nilsimsek@sdu.edu.tr. Tel:](nilsimsek@sdu.edu.tr. Tel:) 90-505-230-8661. |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nLanguage is the primary medium of communication for individuals to understand themselves, to communicate themselves to others and socialize. Today, in the age of information and communication, it is the most fundamental tool for accessing information; and a country that does not value language teaching can be considered as closing its doors to the future. Developments in manufacturing, agriculture or health are simply not enough for the growth of a nation. In order for progress to take place, it is important to raise people with a sophisticated language and mind (Güneş, 2014) . For this reason, societies should give priority to native language education.  \nLanguage courses are among the building blocks for raising academically successful people who can contribute to the development of their countries. There are various factors depending on the students (Akyol et al. , 2010; Purdue and Hattie, 1999; Sharma and Sharma, 2018); on the families (Boonk et al. , 2018); and on the  \nenvironment ( Merkine et al. , 2019; Saminathen et al. , 2020; Xu and Qi, 2019) . One of the factors among the variables depending both on the students and the environment that affect their academic achievement is language skills; and in this regard, language courses (Grisso, 2018; Kastner et al. , 2001) . Language skills along with student’s achievement in this field are important in terms of student’s academic success as they influence the other courses as well. Some studies in the literature (Acıyan, 2008; Baştug, 2014; Chege, 2012; Yıldız, 2013) show that language skills are related to and sometimes even predict overall academic success. Besides overall academic success, students’ success in verbal courses (Hijazi, 2018; Menaka and Jebaraj, 2017) , as well as in numerical courses (Grimm, 2008; Lerkkanenet al. , 2005; Reed et al. , 2016; Stoffelsma and Spooren, 2019) is related to their achievement in language skills. In this respect, language skills and language courses are important in terms of individuals’ academic success  \nwhich influences entire life. Apart from providing the students with communication and social skills, language courses are significant in achieving acade","cbCaij8akXnfOKPP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij8akXnfOKPP","pdf",333463,14,"English","# Introduction\n## Language as a communication tool and foundation\n## Language courses, academic success, and influencing factors\n## Turkish course context and instructional time in Turkey","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To develop a model explaining how secondary school students’ attitudes toward the Turkish course relate to their reading attitudes, focusing on the mediating role of writing attitudes.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data and participants structured in this research?\",\"answer\":\"The study involved 394 students from grades 5, 6, and 7 (199 females and 195 males). 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