"Attitude"
in foreign language teaching is a concept that defines the overall beliefs and
behaviour of students towards the language they learn. Students' eagerness for
learning the language increases in cases where the attitude is positive,
whereas this process is hindered in cases where the attitude is negative. Our
study aimed at constructing a scale for evaluation of foreign students'
attitudes towards Turkish language education, since the literature strived for
a scale that evaluated attitudes towards Turkish Education as a foreign
language. This scale, comprising of 73 items was applied to 206 students in Uzbekistan that were
learning Turkish, and corresponding validity and reliability studies were
conducted. As a result of relevant analyses, it was determined that the scale
consisted of 61 items belonging to 5 distinct factors, i.e; listening,
speaking, writing, reading and comprehension and attitude&motivation.
Calculation of Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficients having a valueover 0.70 suggested that the scales were
reliable. Moreover, having the fit indices obtained by confirmatory factor
analyses within the acceptable ranges proved that the constructional validities
of scales were attained. Results of EFA-CFA and item analyses revealed that the
scale was sufficiently applicable for students learning Turkish as a foreign
language.
Foreign language learning motivation attitude reliability validity
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 25 Ocak 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Sayı: 15 |