Measuring English Language Self-Efficacy: Psychometric Properties and Use

Do-Hong Kim, Chuang Wang, Ting Sun and Lan Liu
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Do-Hong Kim: College of Education, Wayne State University, USA
Chuang Wang: Faculty of Education, University of Macau, China
Ting Sun: Cato College of Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Lan Liu: Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology, China

English Literature and Language Review, 2021, vol. 7, issue 1, 15-23

Abstract: This article provides an overview of existing instruments measuring self-efficacy for English language learning in both first and second language acquisition fields and their reliability and validity evidence. It also describes the development and use of the Questionnaire of English Language Self-Efficacy (QESE) scale, designed specifically for English language learners (ELLs), and presents an overview of the research findings from empirical studies related to its psychometric properties. A growing body of literature has begun to document encouraging evidence of ELL students’ self-efficacy belief measures and the utility of the QESE in particular. The information pertaining to the QESE is quite encouraging from measurement perspectives and fills the gap in the literature by providing a reliable and valid instrument to measure ELLs’ self-efficacy in various cultures. This paper concludes with evidence for internal consistency, test-retest reliability, structural, generalizability, and external aspects of the construct validity of the QESE. This paper contributes to the growing interest in these skills by reviewing the measures of self-efficacy in the field of second-language acquisition and the findings of empirical research on the development and use of a self-efficacy scale for ELLs.

Keywords: English language learners; Second language acquisition; Self efficacy; Measurement; Psychometric properties. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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