TY - JOUR JF - ijree JO - IJREE VL - 7 IS - 2 PY - 2022 Y1 - 2022/6/01 TI - Realization and Development of the English Language Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence: A Principal Component Analysis TT - Realization and Development of the English Language Teachers’ Pedagogical Competence: A Principal Component Analysis N2 - The present study aimed at realizing and developing a scale and a model of English language teachers’ pedagogical competence (ELTPC). By reviewing the related literature and adapting Thomas’s (1987) langugae teacher competence, TESOL (2010) standards of professional EFL teachers, and teaching skills and model of pedagogical competence developed by Olsson, Martensson, and Roxa (2010) resulted in a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of seven constructs, namely preparation, management, teaching, subject mastery, assessment, attitude, and belief with 87 variables. The questionnaire underwent the scrutiny of experts’ opinion and reliability estimates, which resulted in an instrument of 60 variables for the constructs. Next, the constructs were validated with 320 high school English teachers through a principal components analysis carried out via exploratory factor analysis. The result showed the constructs enjoyed high factor loadings, and with seven variables removed from the questionnaire, a 53-variable scale was developed. Finally, a model was developed based on the seven-construct questionnaire of ELTPC. The researcher hopes that English teachers and the educational system monitor, assess, and improve the quality of teaching based on the developed scale and model of ELTPC SP - 22 EP - 49 AU - Aghajanzadeh Kiasi, Ghasem AD - Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch KW - Pedagogical competence KW - English language teachers KW - teacher education KW - exploratory factor analysis KW - principal components analysis UR - http://ijreeonline.com/article-1-640-en.html DO - 10.52547/ijree.7.2.22 ER -