Second Language Reading Attitude (L2RA) Model Validation Through Confirmatory Factor Analysis

This survey study utilizes self-administered questionnaire, with simple random proportionate sampling technique, aims to explore and confirm the instruments measuring Second Language Reading Attitude (L2RA).The pilot study randomly sampled 120 form sixth students at the West Coast of Sabah using The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure to gain the practicality of measuring items and determined the components of the construct.Expending it to field research, a new establish instrument had involved 465 form sixth students as participants.The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) procedure has been embarked during the field stage to validate the instrument.The results for EFA obtained five components developed from the items.Whilst the CFA results show the instrument measuring Second Language Reading Attitude (L2RA) construct has disseminated the procedure of uni-dimensionality, validity, and reliability.The overall results of CFA achieved all requirements for construct validity and reliability which indicate that it is reliable to be used in future research that may be conducted in a similar context described in this paper.