The focus of this study is teaching modality in Turkish. Firstly, definitions and classifications of modality in grammar and linguistics books were examined. It was found that in these books, modality and tense was presented together, there was no clear distinction between modality and tense, and the terms were confused with each other. Secondly, the definition and covering of modal expressions in the teacher's books of 7th grade Turkish course used in the İzmir region and in the books prepared for teaching Turkish to foreigners were examined. A traditional approach was observed to be adopted in the grammar books in defining and classifying modality in teaching Turkish. In addition, there were contradictory statements regarding the terminology and classifications.

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Teaching Turkish, grammar teaching, modal, modality.