Developing a Self-regulated Learning Scale for Learning English as a Foreign Language

Abstract

In the present study, a scale to measure the quality of a learner’s self-regulated learning (SRL) for English as a foreign language was developed. After reviewing the literature of SRL for language learning, an English learning SRL scale was developed based on previous studies that had created scales using Zimmerman’s (2012) cyclical SRL process. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses derived five factors: self-efficacy, planning, effort, self-monitoring, and evaluation/reflection. Furthermore, investigating the connections between the participants’ average scores for determined question items by factor and their English proficiency levels supported the scale’s predictive validity in this study.