Abstract
This study developed a scale to measure Media and Information Literacy of Japanese learners using ICT. To this end, a group interview and a questionnaire survey were conducted among university student learners of Japanese at Chinese universities. In the group interview, we collected descriptions of the scale from 14 Japanese language learners, and developed 32 candidate scale items based on them. Next, a questionnaire survey using these 32 candidate scale items was conducted, and valid responses were obtained from 384 Japanese language learners. The results of exploratory factor analysis of these responses indicated that the scale consists of 25 items with four factors: ″Independent Use,″ ″Recognition of Effects,″ ″Positive Interaction,″ and ″Critical Thinking″. The results confirmed a certain degree of reliability in terms of internal consistency. In addition, the validity of the scale was examined using the factor structure of the scale and hypotheses from previous studies, and it was confirmed that factorial validity was generally present and construct validity was partially present.
