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.
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foreign language classroom anxiety Rasch measurement unidimensionality reliabilityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-11-28
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
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10
Issue
4
Page numbers
613–636
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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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
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Walker, Miranda J.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Panayides, Panayiotis
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Date of first publication2014-11-28
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Abstract / DescriptionThe 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationWalker, 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
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/919
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1111
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v10i4.782
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Keyword(s)foreign language classroom anxietyen_US
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Keyword(s)Rasch measurementen_US
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Keyword(s)unidimensionalityen_US
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Keyword(s)reliabilityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleRasch Measurement in Language Research: Creating the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Inventoryen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers613–636
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Volume10
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