ERIC Number: EJ1155596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
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Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching English Grammar: A Scale Development Study
Polat, Murat
International Journal of Instruction, v10 n4 p379-398 Oct 2017
In most ELT classes, the importance of grammar, how it should be taught or how much it should be integrated into language teaching are still matters of discussion. Considering this fact, learning teachers' attitudes towards teaching grammar is significantly valuable for researchers. This study thus aimed to design a scale that identifies teachers' attitudes towards the role of grammar in the process of teaching English, to pilot it, and to find out the psychometric qualities like reliability and validity of the scale designed. The scale was developed in two phases; it was first aimed to explore the factor structure of the scale, then to confirm the structure gained from the exploration of the items. The study was carried out in 2015 and 247 volunteer language teachers from 3 state universities in Eskisehir and Kütahya were included. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the scale developed in this study was a considerably valid and reliable data collection tool including three factors. Finally, the analyses indicated that gender and graduate faculties did not create significant differences whereas age and the degrees obtained by the teachers created a considerable difference on language teachers' attitudes towards grammar teaching (p<0.05).
Descriptors: Grammar, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Psychometrics, Factor Structure, College Faculty, Teacher Surveys, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Factor Analysis, College Second Language Programs, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Construct Validity, Goodness of Fit, Correlation, Attitude Measures, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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