DEVELOPING A SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR ENGLISH

In the present study, it was aimed to develop a scale measuring High School Students’ beliefs of self-efficacy in English. Initially, the researchers examined the literature related with EFL self-efficacy and its scales and 64 draft items were written. This scale draft of which items were written under the own sub-scale (reading, writing, listening and speaking) was reviewed twice by the fourteen experts and 47 item draft form was generated. The draft form was answered by 296 students who registered at Anatolian high school at eleventh class. The explanatory factor analysis was performed and the 13 items were eliminated according to the factor loadings. The 34 items in the English Self-Efficacy Scale loaded between 0.42 and 0.69. Finally, the confirmatory factor analysis was done for testing the model of the four sub-dimensions.The fit indexes of the scale (RMSEA=0.044 and SRMR=0.046) confirmed the modelof related four sub-dimensions. The reliability (Cronbach alpha) of scale was found0.97. Findings indicated that the scale is a valid and reliable measuring tool.