E101 English Composition - Elgin



Knox

English Composition

Name __________________________________________ Date: _____________

Student Questionnaire

Please respond honestly and completely to the following questions. Your responses to this questionnaire help me adapt the class to your needs and interests.

1. This is my ___________ semester at ECC.

( 1st ( 2nd-4th ( 5th+

2. I _________ attended college classes at other universities/colleges

( have ( have not

3. I am taking classes at ECC because _______________.

□ I want my 2-year degree in ______________________

□ I want to complete ECC and transfer to a 4-year college

□ My parent want me to go to school

□ I want to get more education

□ I don’t know what else to do with myself

□ Other (please explain) _________________________________

4. The last English class I took at ECC was:

______________________ in which I earned a(n) A B C D E

5. I am taking this English class because _____________________.

□ I want to learn to be a better writer

□ It’s a required course

□ Other (please explain) ___________________________________

6. I consider myself a(n) ___________ writer.

□ excellent

□ good

□ average

□ poor

7. I like to write _______________________.

( letters ( in a diary/journal

( stories ( poetry

( essays ( nothing

□ other: _______________________________________________

8. I have trouble with ____________________ when I am writing.

( organization ( punctuation

□ thinking of things to write about

□ getting ideas out of my head and onto the paper

□ other: ________________________________________________

9. I prefer to write _____________________.

□ on a computer

□ on paper

□ on a typewriter

□ in crayon

10. In the past, my experiences in English classes have been __________.

□ good

□ okay

□ pretty bad

□ terrible

11. At some point in my life, I can imagine needing/wanting to write the following.

□ a letter of application for a job or college

□ a complaint about services or products purchased

□ a business proposal for a bank loan

□ a manual or set of instructions for work

□ a response to a question from a client or employer

□ a paper with research for a college class (other than this class)

□ an explanation for why I did something or why something should be done

□ an evaluation of an employee or product

□ a letter to a newspaper expressing my opinion on a community issue

□ a family holiday letter

□ other _______________________________________________

12. I read ____________________.

( newspapers

( short stories

□ novels

□ poetry

□ magazines

□ other: ______________________________________________

□ nothing

13. When I write, I _____________ have someone read it over for me.

□ always

□ sometimes

□ never

□ other: __________________________________________

14. I really do the following when I write an essay for a class:

□ list ideas before I start writing

□ brainstorm or free-write

□ write a rough draft

□ start over (and over)

□ make an outline

□ make BIG changes to the rough draft

□ ask someone to read my rough draft

□ discuss the assignment with a friend or classmate

□ run a spell checker

□ check for run--ons, fragments, and grammatical errors

□ proof-read my final copy before turning it in

15. I know what the following words/phrases mean and can identify them in my writing.

□ run on sentence ( fragment

□ misplaced modifier ( indefinite pronoun

□ antecedent ( comma splice

□ subject-verb agreement ( passive/active voice

□ colon ( semi-colon

16. When I am not at school I

□ work at __________________ as a ________________________

□ relax in my spare time doing ______________________________

□ spend time w/ my family which includes _____________________

( Other: _________________________________________________

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