Investigating High School Students' Use of Extramural English: A Scale Development Study
Abstract
For students learning English as a foreign language
(EFL), using English outside the classroom is as important as participating in
the classroom activities. By developing the Extramural English Use Scale, this
study aims to explore the frequency of high school students' Extramural English
(EE) in relation to the listening, speaking, reading
and writing skills depending on different variables. 292 students in a
state high school in Turkey were given the 5-point Likert type scale including
34 items, and the data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0. After the reliability and
validity analysis, independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation
analysis were used to reveal whether the frequency of EE use differs depending
on the variables of gender, course selection and perceived English level. It
was found that the frequency of EE use differs depending on these variables. It
was also revealed that the frequency of EE use is low, and thus it is suggested
that students should be encouraged to engage in EE activities.
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