Translation of the English Learning Anxiety Scale and Test of its Reliability and Validity
- VernacularTitle:英语学习焦虑量表的编译及信效度检验
- Author:
Huiming DA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
educational psychology;
English learning;
psychometrics study;
college students;
reliability;
validity
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1992;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To make an English Learning Anxiety Scale (ELAS) based on the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and to do a psychometric test of the ELAS. Method: After translation of the FLCAS into Chinese and did item adaptation to form an ELAS. It was administered to 669 college students with major field other than English. Result: The ELAS was composed of 23 items in four subscales: nervousness , worry, apprehension of being questioned, and sense of anxiety.Factor loadings in the exploratory factor analysis were: A1, 0.46-0.70; A2, 0.53-0.73; A3, 0.55-0.70, A4,0.50-0.67. 48.95% of the total variance could explained. The Cronnbach?is 0.70-0.89, split-half reliability(S-B), 0.71-0.88. ?2/df, RMSEA, GFI, AGFI, NFI, NNFI, CFI, IFI of the goodness of fit indices of confirmatory factor analysis were 2.40, 0.05, 0.92, 0.90, 0.85, 0.89, 0.90, 0.90. The correlation coefficient between ELAS and CET4 score is-0.25~0.64. The correlation coefficient between ELAS and the subscales was 0.69~0.80. The correlation coefficient between the subscales was 0.45~0.63. Conclusion: ELAS has good reliability and validity, could be an effective research instrument in studying anxiety of Chinese college students with major field other than English.
