新文科背景下的外语教育心理研究：新路径与新挑战

中国基础外语教育研究中心、“外语教育心理活动月”、东北师范大学高层次短期国（境）外专家讲坛

An introduction to scale development for research on language learner psychology

报 告 人：Dr. Luke Plonsky

报告地点：https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/tKbyWXFGPIQD会议ID：432 104 306

报告时间：2021年12月7日 周二 下午1:30-3:00

举办单位：外国语学院，中国基础外语教育研究中心，国际合作与交流处

讲座语言：英语

讲座摘要：

Research on language learner psychology relies heavily on surveys. Such instruments can be very useful for measuring latent (non-observable) variables such as motivation, anxiety, and grit. They are also popular among researchers because they can be designed in a relatively short amount of time. However, developing psychometrically sound scales for measuring individual difference variables is actually quite challenging and requires great care if we want the measure to yield high-validity data for a given study. This talk will go over some of the major considerations—both conceptual and practical—in designing and developing scales for measuring learner individual differences. Recent examples from L2 research will be used to illustrate the points be made throughout.

专家简介：

Luke Plonsky (PhD, Michigan State University) is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University, where he teaches courses in SLA and research methods. His work in these and other areas has resulted in over 90 articles, book chapters, and books. Luke is Senior Associate Editor ofStudies in Second Language Acquisition, Managing Editor ofForeign Language Annals, Co-Editor of De Gruyter Mouton's Series on Language Acquisition, and Co-Director of the IRIS Database (iris-database.org). In addition to prior appointments at Georgetown and University College London, Luke has lectured in China, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Puerto Rico.