Psychometric Evaluation of the Adaptation of the Short Form Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale

Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) has been extensively used as a tool for the measurement of anxiety induced by foreign language learning. Numerous studies employed scale in different contexts including native languages, age groups, and national or international samples varying sizes. FLCAS also topic interest that investigated its psychometric characteristics, with results reported over years regarding dimensionality, construct validity, differential item functioning. The inconsistent literature recently directed efforts towards either developing new forming short form to be utilized research. This study aims at contributing latter line research through evaluation (S-FLCAS), Dewaele MacIntyre (2014), implementation Turkish translation sample university students Turkey. S-FLCAS, which is formed eight items from original 33-item scale, was evaluated based on validity reliability analyses. this lend support efficacious use S-FLCAS future psychometrically valid reliable measure caused learning