Designing and Validating a Scale for EFL Instructor’s Apprehension Sources Considering Students’ Achievement
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Stress and anxiety might be destructive factors in the learning or teaching journey. Enough research is required to overcome the difficulties and understand the depth of these problems. The aim of the current study was twofold: ۱) to design and validate a scale for evaluating English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instructors’ apprehension sources and, ۲) to understand the relationship between apprehension and instructors’ gender. The module consists of four factors, including, organizational, attitudinal, L۲-related factors, and classroom management. A ۳۴-item scale on a ۵-point Likert scale was developed. The scale was distributed between ۱۰۰ EFL instructors from English institutions in Shiraz, Iran and the score of ۷۰۰ students related to each teacher was used for analysis. The questionnaires were examined with two other experts to guarantee the content validity of the scales and descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated. The reliability of the scale was estimated by Cronbach's alpha. The correlation coefficient was also used to demonstrate the relationship between students' overall achievement scores and their instructor's apprehension scale. Independent t-test and Pearson correlation test were used to recognize the meaningful relationship between apprehension and instructor’s gender. The results showed that the scale was adequate with empirical data. Moreover, the value of correlation coefficient indicated an inverse relationship between apprehension and gender. This implies that apprehension can impede learning in both genders. However, women’s apprehension is more than men. The findings can help instructors to enhance their personality and welfare for more effective education.
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نیلوفر نکیسایی
Ph.D. Candidate in TEFL, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
فیروز صدیقی
Professor of Applied Linguistics, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
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