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Rasch Measurement in Language Research: Creating the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Walker, Miranda J.
Panayides, Panayiotis

Abstract / Description

The purpose of this study was to construct a new scale for measuring foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA). It begun with the creation of an extended item pool generated by qualitative methods. Subsequent Rasch and semantic analyses led to the final 18-item Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory (FLCAI). In comparison with the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the FLCAI demonstrated more convincing evidence of unidimensionality and the optimal 5-point Likert scale functioned better. The FLCAI, while 55% the length of the FLCAS, thus more practical for classroom practitioners to administer and analyse, maintains its psychometric properties and covers a wider range on the construct continuum thus improving the degree of validity of the instrument. Finally, test anxiety was shown to be a component of FLCA.

Keyword(s)

foreign language classroom anxiety Rasch measurement unidimensionality reliability

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Date of first publication

2014-11-28

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

10

Issue

4

Page numbers

613–636

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Citation

Walker, M. J., & Panayides, P. (2014). Rasch Measurement in Language Research: Creating the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 613–636. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.782
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Walker, Miranda J.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Panayides, Panayiotis
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:15Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:15Z
  • Date of first publication
    2014-11-28
  • Abstract / Description
    The purpose of this study was to construct a new scale for measuring foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA). It begun with the creation of an extended item pool generated by qualitative methods. Subsequent Rasch and semantic analyses led to the final 18-item Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory (FLCAI). In comparison with the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the FLCAI demonstrated more convincing evidence of unidimensionality and the optimal 5-point Likert scale functioned better. The FLCAI, while 55% the length of the FLCAS, thus more practical for classroom practitioners to administer and analyse, maintains its psychometric properties and covers a wider range on the construct continuum thus improving the degree of validity of the instrument. Finally, test anxiety was shown to be a component of FLCA.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Walker, M. J., & Panayides, P. (2014). Rasch Measurement in Language Research: Creating the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 10(4), 613–636. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.782
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/919
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1111
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.782
  • Keyword(s)
    foreign language classroom anxiety
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  • Keyword(s)
    Rasch measurement
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  • Keyword(s)
    unidimensionality
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  • Keyword(s)
    reliability
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Rasch Measurement in Language Research: Creating the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventory
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    4
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    613–636
  • Volume
    10
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