Questionnaire on Foreign Language Learning



|Questionnaire on Foreign Language Learning |

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|‘Thinking about learning how you learn a language’ |

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|The aim of this survey is to look at cultural and social differences which may influence the |

|way you learn a language. |

|Personal details | |

|Gender | |

|Age | |

|Nationality | |

|Number of Years learning English | |

|Language qualifications | |

|Educational Qualifications | |

|Reasons for Learning English | |

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|What were the best methods and activities to learn English you | |

|have had? | |

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|What were the worst methods and activities to learn English you| |

|have had? | |

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|How would you describe language teaching in your country? |

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|What are the characteristics of the education or the people of your country which influence how you learn a language? |

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|Describe how you think being male or female may influence your attitude to learning a language? |

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|Most English course books describe life and situations from an English western point of view. Describe how you think this may |

|affect learners from different countries? |

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|Look at the following list of language learning items and write down how you think you learn them best |

|Vocabulary | |

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|Grammar | |

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|Listening | |

|Reading | |

|Writing | |

|Speaking | |

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|What kind of activities do you enjoy most in the classroom and why? |

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|What kind of activities do you enjoy least in the classroom and why? |

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|What kind of activities to do with the language do you do outside the classroom? |

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|‘A self-access language centre is a centre where you are able to access language material on your own or with a partner. In a |

|good self-access centre there are all kinds of material such as books, magazines, films and audio material with assignments at|

|different levels. There is also access to the Internet which you can use when studying. Most of the exercises have answer |

|sheets and you are usually asked to assess your own progress. |

|There is usually a language teacher available to help you. As a learner you are able to choose your own way of learning and |

|set out your own ‘learning path’. |

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|Referring to the things you have already written down describe why you think you would or would not enjoy this kind of |

|learning. |

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|At present there are number of ‘distance learning’ courses on the Internet being developed to learn languages. |

|Do you think it’s possible to learn a language by using the Internet? Give your reasons. |

|Would you enjoy doing a course at a distance? |

|What are the advantages or disadvantages? |

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|Referring back to the title and aim of this survey, are there any other points which you would like to add which have not been|

|included |

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Thank you very much for doing this survey. Please e-mail it to: bernarda.kosel@fs.uni-lj.si and pperkins@xs4all.nl

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