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Innovational Research in ELT 2026, Vol. 7(1) 15-28
pp. 15 - 28 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/irelt.2026.1450.2
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Abstract
Despite the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, research lacks psychometrically sound instruments to measure EFL teachers’ AI use. Moreover, existing scales predominantly focus on general attitudes, knowledge, or competencies related to AI in a general educational context. This study aimed to provide preliminary evidence for the factor structure and reliability of the EFL Teachers’ AI Usage Scale (TAS). The scale was administered to 426 EFL teachers, and the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was conducted to examine its internal structure and consistency. The results indicated a clear, interpretable single-factor structure representing teachers’ pedagogical and professional use of AI in EFL teaching and provided initial psychometric evidence supporting the TAS as a reliable instrument. It was recommended that future studies examine the internal structure of the TAS across diverse cultural and educational settings, test its structure using confirmatory approaches, and investigate its relationships with related constructs.
Keywords: English as a foreign language; teaching, artificial intelligence, scale, preliminary tests, explanatory factor analysis, reliability, internal structure
APA 7th edition
Aydin, S., & Sayici, S. (2026). Preliminary Evidence for the Internal Structure and Reliability of the EFL Teachers’ AI Usage Scale. Innovational Research in ELT, 7(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.29329/irelt.2026.1450.2
Harvard
Aydin, S. and Sayici, S. (2026). Preliminary Evidence for the Internal Structure and Reliability of the EFL Teachers’ AI Usage Scale. Innovational Research in ELT, 7(1), pp. 15-28.
Chicago 16th edition
Aydin, Selami and Sena Sayici (2026). "Preliminary Evidence for the Internal Structure and Reliability of the EFL Teachers’ AI Usage Scale". Innovational Research in ELT 7 (1):15-28. https://doi.org/10.29329/irelt.2026.1450.2
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