Abstract
The current research tries to develop and validate a scale to assess English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) learners’ self-efficacy on English reading strategies. Research on the application of self-efficacy in academic settings and on English reading strategies is reviewed. A detailed description of efforts to establish reliability and validity of the scale is presented. The scale is composed of 32 items and conducted to 179 four-year college freshmen in National I-Lan Institute of Technology. Results showed the internal consistency of the scale is .9415 and 5 factors including getting the main idea, text structures, vocabulary ability, reading speed, and the use of background knowledge were obtained by exploratory factor analysis method. The research also examined the relation between learners’ perceived self-efficacy on English reading strategies and their English academic performance. Pearson correlation coefficient (r = .404, p<0.01) indicated a significant relationship exited.
| Keywords: | self-efficacy; English reading strategies; scale |
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