TY - JOUR
KW - Anxiety
KW - english learning
KW - factor validity
KW - high school
AU - Enrique Riquelme-Mella
AU - Edgardo Miranda-Zapata
AU - Lisby Moncada-Retamal
AU - Paola Muñoz-Yévenes
AU - Carlos Valdés-Cruz
AB - A Confirmatory Factorial Analysis of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in high school Chilean students was performed. Factorial models proposals by Pérez-Paredes and Martinez-Sanchez (2001) [Model 1] and by Arnaiz and Guillén (2012) [Model 2] were analyzed. Nine hundred and seventy one high school students from Temuco, Chile, participated in the study. The ages fluctuated between 13 and 19 years old ( M = 15.3; SD = 1.2); 58.7% were boys and 41.3% girls. Model adjustment was tested, as well as the instrument s reliability and the temporal stability. Results indicated an adequate adjustment for Model 1 ( X² = 1209.292; df = 246; CFI = .937; TLI = .930; RMSEA = .064); an adequate internal consistency, shows metric invariance between men and women, and presents stability in the test-retest. The instrument allows knowing the global level of anxiety in foreign language students, being a valid and reliable tool for teachers to support English learning.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal Article
N2 - A Confirmatory Factorial Analysis of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in high school Chilean students was performed. Factorial models proposals by Pérez-Paredes and Martinez-Sanchez (2001) [Model 1] and by Arnaiz and Guillén (2012) [Model 2] were analyzed. Nine hundred and seventy one high school students from Temuco, Chile, participated in the study. The ages fluctuated between 13 and 19 years old ( M = 15.3; SD = 1.2); 58.7% were boys and 41.3% girls. Model adjustment was tested, as well as the instrument s reliability and the temporal stability. Results indicated an adequate adjustment for Model 1 ( X² = 1209.292; df = 246; CFI = .937; TLI = .930; RMSEA = .064); an adequate internal consistency, shows metric invariance between men and women, and presents stability in the test-retest. The instrument allows knowing the global level of anxiety in foreign language students, being a valid and reliable tool for teachers to support English learning.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2015
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 169
EP - 179
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Factor validity of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) in Chilean high school students
VL - 21
ER -