Scale Development of a Bilingual Education Perspective: Investigating Attitudes Toward Bilingualism

• In Event: Heritage and Native Language in Multilingual Contexts

Abstract

This purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure bilingual education perspective and also identify the obstacles, opportunities, challenges, and benefits of bilingual education. This study is significant because we developed specific scale, Scale Development of a Bilingual Education Perspective (SDBEP), to measure the attitudes and views towards bilingual education. The sample size of the study is composed of 560 participants. The results of the study indicated that SDBEP could be considered a valid and reliable tool to measure people’s perspective toward a bilingual education program. We developed a valid and reliable scale to help researchers who are trying to measure perspective of a bilingual education program in all over the world.

Authors

• Burhan Ozfidan, Florida Gulf Coast University
  Presenting Author

• Lynn M. Burlbaw, Texas A&M University
  Presenting Author

• Onder Koklu, Florida Gulf Coast University
  Presenting Author