A Measure of EFL Public Speaking Class Anxiety: Scale Development and Preliminary Validation and Reliability

Autor/inn/en	Yaikhong, Kriangkrai; Usaha, Siriluck
Titel	A Measure of EFL Public Speaking Class Anxiety: Scale Development and Preliminary Validation and Reliability
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 12, S.23-35 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Public Speaking; Anxiety; Measures (Individuals); English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Communication (Thought Transfer); Factor Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Test Anxiety; Fear; Oral Language; Foreign Countries; Construct Validity; Student Attitudes; Item Analysis; Thailand; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale; Personal Report of Communication Apprehension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vortrag; Angst; Messdaten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Faktorenanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Furcht; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Itemanalyse
Abstract	The present study contributes to developing a Public Speaking Class Anxiety Scale (PSCAS) to measure anxiety in the EFL public speaking class in the Thai context. Items were adopted from previous scales: Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz et al. (1986); Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) and Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA-34) by McCroskey (1970); and Speaker Anxiety Scale (SA) by Clevenger and Halvorson (1992) based on their critical appraisals. Some minor changes in wordings of adopted items were made to a preliminary PSCAS and were validated. The preliminary PSCAS yielded an internal consistency of 0.84 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient when administered to 76 participants and was factor-analyzed to establish the construct and the final version. The factor analysis revealed that the PSCAS included the components of communication apprehension, test anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and comfort in using English in a public speaking class. (As Provided).
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