ACADEMIC LISTENING ABILITY SCALE: AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY

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The aim of this study was to develop “Academic Listening Ability Scale” (ALAS). During the process of developing “ALAS” the literature was searched. In this study 75 item scale was developed under 4 dimensions which are “active listening process”, effective interaction”, “listening arrangement” and “listening rules” to determine the level of the listening ability of teachers. The pilot study of the scale was performed with 1009 students at Education Faculty. In accordance with exploratory factor analysis conducted for the study, the scale of the Kaiser- Meyer-Olkin value was found .87. The total amount of variance explained was 44.95%. Correlations of the 4 dimensions of the scale with the total scores were statistically significant at .001 level. The internal consistency reliability (C. Alpha), the test-retest reliability was found to be sufficient and the independent sample t-test was used to determine whether there was a significant difference between the upper 27% and lower 27% groups, t test results showed a significant difference between the total scale scores and upper 27% and lower 27% groups.

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Listening , Academic Listening , Academic Listening Ability Scale

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi