3.3. Instruments used
a. The Attitude/Motivation Test Battery, designed by R. C. Gardner, is comprised of scales assessing the individual's affective reactions toward various groups, individuals and concepts associated with second language acquisition. As reported in the test manual, it demonstrates a reasonable level of the internal consistency, reliability and validity. The battery focuses on three factors: the intensity of motivation, the willingness to learn that language and the attitude towards learning languages. It has 19 scales, out of which we used Motivational Intensity and Desire to Learn English as part of the motivation scale, Interest in Foreign Languages, Attitudes toward Learning English and Attitudes toward English-speaking people as part of the attitude scale and English Class Anxiety and English Use Anxiety comprised in the anxiety scale. We received the Romanian version of this test from the author himself.