Measuring Properties of an English Language Self-Efficacy Scale for EFL Undergraduate Students in Thailand

Authors

  • Montha Polrak Faculty of Liberal Arts, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  • Akadet Kedcham Faculty of Education, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University
  • Charinee Chansri Faculty of Liberal Arts, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

Keywords:

English Self-Efficacy, Properties of an English Self-Efficacy Scale, English Exit Exam, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The objective of this research was to examine the measurement of the properties of a Questionnaire of English Self-Efficacy (QESE) among EFL undergraduate students in the Thai setting. The purposive sampling was used to obtain the participant sample which included 421 final-year King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) undergraduate students who took the English Exit Exam as a requirement before their graduation. The research instruments used is comprised of the QESE and the English Exit Exam. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the structure of the Thai version of the QESE scale with a second-order four-factor model. The results suggested that the scale had the construct validity, the convergent validity, and the good internal consistency of the four factors of English language self-efficacy. This revealed that the QESE could be used to measure specific English self-efficacy of EFL Thai undergraduate leaners with the four competencies of sub-skills of English language.

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06-06-2025

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Polrak, M., Kedcham, A., & Chansri, C. (2025). Measuring Properties of an English Language Self-Efficacy Scale for EFL Undergraduate Students in Thailand . NIDA Journal of Language and Communication, 28(43), 68–91. retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/NJLC/article/view/280596

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Vol. 28 No. 43 (2023): January - June 2023

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