A measure of Chinese language learning anxiety: Scale development and preliminary validation

As the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), the most widely used measure for foreign language anxiety, is a generic instrument that mainly addresses speaking anxiety and does not take into consideration of the characteristics of target languages, this study attempts to develop a Chinese Language Learning Anxiety Scale reflective of anxieties associated with the four skills. The initial pool of items approved by five experts were administered to 447 Chinese language learners from two large public universities in the U.S. Exploratory factor analyses yielded a three-factor solution of the scale, i.e., Speaking Anxiety, Listening Anxiety, and Reading & Writing Anxiety, lending support to the construct validity of the scale. Results of reliability analysis and correlation analyses indicated that the Chinese Language Learning Anxiety Scale and its three sub-scales have good internal consistency reliability, convergent and discriminant validity, and criterion-related validity.

Title	A measure of Chinese language learning anxiety: Scale development and preliminary validation
Creator	Luo, Han
Publisher	Chinese as a Second Language Research
Academic Department	Languages and Literary Studies
Division	Humanities
Organization	Lafayette College
Date Issued	October 2014
Date Available	2015-09-30T15:54:27Z
Type	Article
Language	English
Keyword	foreign language anxiety
	Chinese as a foreign language (CFL)
	Chinese language learning anxiety
	scale development
Bibliographic Citation	Luo, H. (2014 Oct) "A measure of Chinese language learning anxiety: Scale development and preliminary validation." Chinese as a Second Language Research 3 (2): 147-174.
Standard Identifier	DOI 10.1515/caslar-2014-0009
Standard Identifier	Handle 10385/2033
Permalink	http://hdl.handle.net/10385/2033
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Rights Holders	Walter de Gruyter GmbH