| Motivation for Reading English as a Foreign Language: A Psychometric Measurement Study with Iranian High School Students in Grades 11 and 12 |
| کد مقاله : 1104-CNF |
| نویسندگان |
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مجید سلطانی مقدم1، سعید نورزاده *2 1گروه زبان، دانشکده پیراپزشکی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی 2دانشگاه دامغان |
| چکیده مقاله |
| Abstract Reading comprehension is the main second language (L2) skill taught and practiced in secondary schools in Iran. However, it is not clear to what extent Iranian students are motivated to read L2 English because little research has been conducted in this area, particularly due to the unavailability of valid instruments to assess Iranian students’ reading motivation in the L2. To address this measurement gap, 229 secondary students in Grades 11 and 12 completed a Persian-translated version of the Reading Motivation Questionnaire in English as a Foreign Language (RMQ-EFL) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was then run on the collected data. The CFA fit indices demonstrated that the originally proposed 5-factor structure could also be verified with Iranian EFL students in high school; however, several items did not contribute enough to the overall variance of respondents' scores on the RMQ-EFL, and they were therefore removed from the final item pool. Measurement invariance analysis via multilevel CFA indicated that the questionnaire measured a parallel construct between Grade 11 and 12 students and thus, it can be used for comparing the L2 reading motivation of these groups by using the RMQ‐EFL. The implications of the study are discussed and recommendations for further research are presented. |
| کلیدواژه ها |
| Reading Motivation, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Measurement Invariance, High School Students, Iran |
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