Reza Zabihi|Mojtaba Pordel
Design, Application, and Factor Structure of a Cultural Capital Questionnaire: Predicting Foreign Language Attributions and Achievement
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad|Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
culture variable explains great part individual differences proved effective defining factors individuals ascribe success failurethis study introduced completely new perspective relationship culture foreign language attributions making reference bourdieus concept cultural capitalto aim questionnaire measuring cultural capital designed applied validatedthe factorability intercorrelation matrix measured two tests namely kaisermeyerolkin test sampling adequacy kmo bartletts test sphericity results indicated factor model appropriate 065 p 05moreover results exploratory factor analysis efa based performance 476 undergraduate university students yielded twofactor solution textual literacy musical literacymoreover survey explored relationship new factors learners foreign language attributions measured language achievement attribution scale laas causal dimension scale cdsiiresults pearson productmoment correlation revealed total score cultural capital significantly related learners ability effort personal attributionsin order investigate role cultural capital predicting learners foreign language achievement multiple linear regression analysis conductedresults revealed musical literacy best predictor listening speaking skills whereas reading writing grammar mostly predicted learners textual literacyat end statistical results discussed implications english language teaching provided