FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM ANXIETY SCALE IN KOREAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Authors
- Park, Gi-Pyo
- Issue Date
- Aug-2014
- Publisher
- Ammons Scientific Ltd.
- Keywords
- Anxiety; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale
- Citation
- Psychological Reports, v.115, no.1, pp 261 - 275
- Pages
- 15
- Journal Title
- Psychological Reports
- Volume
- 115
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 261
- End Page
- 275
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/11993
- DOI
- 10.2466/28.11.PR0.115c10z2
- ISSN
- 0033-2941
1558-691x
- Abstract
- This study examined the latent constructs of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) using two different groups of Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) university students. Maximum likelihood exploratory factor analysis with direct oblimin rotation was performed among the first group of 217 participants and produced two meaningful latent components in the FLCAS. The two components of the FLCAS were closely examined among the second group of 244 participants to find the extent to which the two components of the FLCAS fit the data. The model fit indexes showed that the two-factor model in general adequately fit the data. Findings of this study were discussed with the focus on the two components of the FLCAS, followed by future study areas to be undertaken to shed further light on the role of foreign language anxiety in L2 acquisition.
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