طراحی و اعتبار سنجی مقیاس سواد سنجش زبانی برای معلمان زبان انگلیسی ایرانی: رویکردی ترکیبی

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

چکیده

              معلمان در مقابل چالش ها و انتظارات  محیط آموزشی باید دانش به روزی از سنجش داشته باشند. تعریف ومفهوم سازی از سواد ارزیابی زبان، علی الخصوص شناسایی و تعریف مولفه های اصلی سواد ارزیابی زبان برای معلمان زبان انگلیسی موضوع اصلی مورد بحث است (لوی و اینبار لوری، ۲۰۱۹).   این پژوهش در دو مرحله کیفی وکمی به منظور طراحی واعتبارسنجی مقیاس سنجش سواد زبانی معلمان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی بر مبنای سنجش آشنایی معلمان زبان انگلیسی با اهداف بنیادی سنجش زبان واستفاده از دانش تخصصی سنجش در محیط کلاس انجام شد. در مرحله کیفی، از نظریه داده بنیان به منظور جمع آوری و تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها استفاده شد. در نهایت، ۳ مولفه برای الگوی سواد سنجش زبانی برای معلمان زبان انگلیسی ایرانی شناسایی شد: آگاهی از روش های آموزش زبان، اصول ارزیابی و تعبیر و تفسیر، و سیاست و اصول بومی سنجش. در مرحله دوم، به منظور اعتبار سنجی مقیاس، ۲۰۳ معلم ایرانی زبان انگلیسی با طیف سنی ۲۲ تا ۵۵ سال در این مطالعه شرکت کردند. بر اساس این الگو ، ۴۱ آیتم بر اساس مقیاس لیکرت با اعتبار و پایایی قابل قبول ساخته شد.  با توجه به تایید روش های متفاوت آماری واعتبار سنجی، مقیاس جدید را می توان به عنوان ابزاری ارزشمند به منظور سنجش سواد ارزیابی معلمان ایرانی زبان انگلیسی به شمار آورد

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