Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights
In response to the need for quantitative instruments that can provide insights into language teacher multilingualism on a large scale, this article discusses the development of the MULTITEACH questionnaire via a five-stage process that consisted of a critical review of research on teacher multilingu...
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| description | In response to the need for quantitative instruments that can provide insights into language teacher multilingualism on a large scale, this article discusses the development of the MULTITEACH questionnaire via a five-stage process that consisted of a critical review of research on teacher multilingualism, seminar and practitioner consultations, a pilot study, reliability tests, and principle component analysis (PCA), followed by a larger study involving 460 multilingual language teachers and factor analysis to confirm the PCA. The questionnaire thus validated provides a comprehensive quantitative measure of assessing language teacher multilingualism across multiple foreign languages and in diverse contexts. A discussion of the factors influencing teacher multilingualism has also been included based on the findings from the larger study of 460 multilingual teachers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9aaef2f993b24529978b7f748cc28edd2022-12-21T22:35:36ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402020-08-0168e04471Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insightsRaees Calafato0Corresponding author.; Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, HF-bygget, Sydnesplassen 7, 5020 Bergen, NorwayIn response to the need for quantitative instruments that can provide insights into language teacher multilingualism on a large scale, this article discusses the development of the MULTITEACH questionnaire via a five-stage process that consisted of a critical review of research on teacher multilingualism, seminar and practitioner consultations, a pilot study, reliability tests, and principle component analysis (PCA), followed by a larger study involving 460 multilingual language teachers and factor analysis to confirm the PCA. The questionnaire thus validated provides a comprehensive quantitative measure of assessing language teacher multilingualism across multiple foreign languages and in diverse contexts. A discussion of the factors influencing teacher multilingualism has also been included based on the findings from the larger study of 460 multilingual teachers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020313153EducationMultilingualismTeacher educationTeacher practicesEvaluationTeacher beliefs |
| spellingShingle | Raees Calafato Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights Heliyon Education Multilingualism Teacher education Teacher practices Evaluation Teacher beliefs |
| title | Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights |
| title_full | Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights |
| title_short | Evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages: validation and insights |
| title_sort | evaluating teacher multilingualism across contexts and multiple languages validation and insights |
| topic | Education Multilingualism Teacher education Teacher practices Evaluation Teacher beliefs |
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