Abstract:

The study aims at determining the validity and reliability of a motivation scale on learning English conducted at the level of preparatory classes of universities. Motivation has an important effect on learning. Therefore, a scale of motivation towards learning English has been developed due to the importance of motivation in learning a foreign language. The items are scored on a five point Likert scale. At first, the pilot scale was developed. Pilot scale was conducted to 129 preparatory students in Dokuz Eylül University and 90 preaparatory students in Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. Through Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, four factor scale was developed. The final scale consists four factors named Admiration, Eagerness, Career and Ability. The factors include 15 items. Cronbach alpha, corrected item-total correlations and the significance of differences between mean scores of upper 27% and lover 27% were calculated. Cronbach alpha values calculated for the 4 factors of the scale vary between 0.62 and 0.52. The corrected item-total correlations of MS vary between 0.65 and 0.21. For each factor and each item, the differences between mean scores of upper 27% and lover 27% groups are significant (p < .01).

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