Term
Spring 2018
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAESL
Facilitator(s)
Julianne Scullen
Content Expert
Rachel Loayza
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to discover what tools were available to educators to measure students’ affective filter; it further sought to adapt current tools for use in the Spanish-English dual-immersion elementary context. Research revealed that R. C. Gardner developed a measure called the Anxiety and Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) in 1985. Another measure, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) had been developed by Horwitz, Horwitz, and Cope in 1986. For this project, these two measures were synthesized and adapted for the elementary dual- immersion context. Careful attention was given to each survey item to ensure that it was culturally relevant as well as linguistically and developmentally appropriate for students in third through fifth grades. A Spanish survey and an English survey were compiled and have been included in a resource guide. The resource guide was developed to help educators assess the strength of students’ affective filter and then plan appropriate learning experiences, which maximize students’ language learning potential.
Project Type
Diagnostic Assessment and Resource Guide
Keywords
ESL/ ELLs, Foreign Language, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Frutiger, Megan, "Adapting Tools To Measure Students' Affective Filter For The Elementary Dual-Immersion Context" (2018). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 161.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/161
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DigitalCommons@Hamline
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School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations