@article{2017,title={SPEAKING SKILLS ATTITUDE SCALE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY},abstractNode={Speech action is considered as an indispensable element of human life. It is also the most common and most important means of communicating between people. Communication between people is often through speech. Speaking skills should be given qualitatively to students in the elementary school age in particular, so that they are not distressed later, as it is often difficult, but often necessary, skill developed through a certain training and practice from primary school.The concept of attitude is a tendency that organizes the emotions, thoughts and behaviors of individuals and students about objects, ideas, events, institutions and other people. It is observed that the negative attitudes and behaviors of the middle school students from time to time against speech. An attitude scale is also needed in order to reveal the reason of the behavior of the middle school students towards the speech skill.The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable attitude scale consisting of Likert-type items to measure the attitudes of middle school pupils to speaking skills. The data of the study were obtained from 210 students who attended two secondary schools randomly determined during the academic year of 2015-2016. According to the results of the exploratory factor analysis, a scale of 27 items with 2 sub-dimensions likert type was obtained. In the internal consistency study conducted to determine the reliability of the scale, the Cronbach Alpha Internal Consistency coefficient was found to be 0.812. Internal consistency coefficients of your scale; For the dimension of Interest and Love for Speech which is the first dimension, .865 for the dimension of Anxiety and Anxiety Against Speech which is the second dimension of .865. In this case it is possible to say that the items forming the scale are consistent with each other and reflect the attitude that they want to measure. As a result of the results obtained, it can be concluded that your scale is valid and reliable.},author={Fulya TOPÇUOĞLU ÜNAL-& Deniz ÖZER},year={2017},journal={International Journal of Language Academy}}