Document Type : Original Research Paper

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1 Department of English Language, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaei Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Dabir Shahid Rajaei University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reconstruction, validity and reliability of the “Attitude/Motivation Test Battery” in language learning. To achieve this purpose, AMTS was translated into Farsi and evaluated by back translation. The sample of 254 (140 male and 114 female) graduate university students from different majors of Tehran universities were chosen by the random cluster sampling. They answered the AMTS questionnaire. The analysis methods included the item analysis (discrimination coefficient and Loop method), content and construction validity (path analysis) and reliability (calculation of Alpha Cronbach coefficiency for all questionnaires and factors). As a result, 7 factors were recognized including attitude towards language learning importance, language learning anxiety, parents’ encouragement of language learning, negative attitude to language teachers, demotivation of language learning, positive attitude towards native speakers and integrative motivation to language learning were evaluated. The reliability of the questionnaire measured by Alpha Cronbach was 0.848. Regarding the results of this study, AMTB has appropriate validity and reliability. This instrument can measure the motivation and attitude of iraninan language learners. 

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