ERIC Number: EJ684996
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Publication Date: 2004-Jun
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Domain Specificity of Trilingual Teachers' Verbal Self-Concepts
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Wong, Edwin King Por
Journal of Educational Psychology, v96 n2 p360-368 Jun 2004
Teachers from Hong Kong (N=437) responded to English, math, Cantonese, and Mandarin self-concept items. Confirmatory factor analysis found good support for the distinction of 4 domain-specific self-concepts. English self-concept had a low correlation with Mandarin self-concept (r = .09) and a negative correlation with Cantonese self-concept (r = -.19). Cantonese and Mandarin, which presumably pertain to a single Chinese language domain, were also negatively correlated (r = -.11). These very low correlations did not allow the 3 language constructs to form a single verbal factor. The results challenge the assumption of a single verbal self-concept construct for speakers of multiple languages. For trilinguals, the verbal self-concept constructs can be very distinct and unrelated to each other.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Mandarin Chinese, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Factor Structure, Self Concept, Measures (Individuals), Sino Tibetan Languages, Language Attitudes
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