AUTHOR=Liu Honggang , Chu Wenxiu , Wang Ye 

TITLE=Unpacking EFL Teacher Self-Efficacy in Livestream Teaching in the Chinese Context

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717129

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717129

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Teacher self-efficacy has long been researched in the context of face-to-face teaching, but it has received less attention in regard to online teaching. To address this gap, the current study utilized a questionnaire adapted from Lin and Zheng (2015) as the major instrument and supplementary interviews to examine teacher self-efficacy in livestream teaching in the Chinese context. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) results from 486 senior high school English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in China yielded a two-factor structure of teacher self-efficacy comprising instructional self-efficacy and technological self-efficacy. Across the sample, EFL teachers had moderately high self-efficacy in general, and they showed higher levels of technological self-efficacy than instructional self-efficacy. The interview data also indicated a fluctuation in technological self-efficacy at the onset of livestream teaching compared to one month into livestream teaching. Ultimately, the results offer some useful suggestions for enhancing teacher self-efficacy.