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1) What country were you born in?
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2) What country have you lived most of your life in?
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3) What languages can you speak?
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4) How long have you studied English?
a) Less than a year
b) 1-2 years
c) 3-4 years
d) 4-5 years
e) More than five years
5) What is your profession?
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6) What is your age group?
a) 18-25
b) 26-35
c) 36-45
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d) Over 46
7) Sex:
a) Female
b) Male
8) What is your native language?
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9) What course are you attending?
a) Elementary/Beginner
b) Lower Intermediate/Intermediate
c) Upper Intermediate/ Advanced
d) Proficiency
10)
What is your personal reason to study English?
a) I want to learn English for myself.
b) I have to learn English to improve my position in the labour market.
c) I have to learn English because it is part of my curriculum.
d) Others. (Please specify)
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11)
How would you rate your motivation to learn English?
a) I am motivated because I am interested in learning English for
personal reasons such as travelling, getting to know other cultures,
etc.
b) I am motivated because I know it will improve my position in the
labour market.
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c) I am not very motivated because it was not my personal choice.
d) I am not motivated at all because I do not think it is necessary.
e) Others. (Please specify)
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12)
What type of class do you attend?
a) One to one classes.
b) Classes in a reduced group of less than five students.
c) Classes in a group of 6-10 students.
d) Classes in a group of 11-20 students.
e) Classes in a group of over 20 students.
f) Others (Please specify)
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13)
What type of course do you attend?
a) Face to face
b) Blended learning
c) E-learning
d) Other (Please specify)
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14)
How many hours do you have a week?
a) 1 hour
b) 2 hours
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c) 3 hours
d) More than 3 hours a week
15)
How many hours do you actually attend a month?
a) All my classes
b) Most of my classes
c) Around 50%
d) Less than 50%
16)
Why do you skip your English classes?
a) I never skip them unless it is an emergency.
b) Personal reasons (family issues, work issues, etc.)
c) Financial reasons.
d) I do not feel motivated enough.
e) Others (Please specify)
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17)
Which language skill or language area is the most practiced in your
English class?
a) Speaking
b) Listening
c) Reading
d) Writing
e) Grammar
f) Vocabulary
g) Pronunciation
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h) All of them are given equal importance.
18)
Which language skill or language area is the most difficult for you
to learn? (You can choose up to two).
a) Speaking
b) Listening
c) Reading
d) Writing
e) Grammar
f) Vocabulary
g) Pronunciation
19)
Which language skill or language area do you think you are not
practicing enough in your English class?
a) Speaking
b) Listening
c) Reading
d) Writing
e) Grammar
f) Vocabulary
g) Pronunciation
20)
What do you think is the reason for your choice in number 19?
a) The teacher does not give enough attention to this skill or language
area.
b) The number of students in group does not allow me to practice this
language skill or improve this language area.
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c) Lack of active participation on my side.
d) Frequency of your English classes.
e) Others. (Please specify)
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21)
Rate from 1 to 10 (1 is the most useful in your opinion) the
activities used while practicing Speaking:
a) Role play
b) Debate
c) Topic discussion in pairs
d) Topic discussion in bigger groups
e) Creative speaking (inventing stories, finishing sentences)
f) Describing pictures
g) Playing games (Monopoly, Mime games, Password, etc.)
h) Interviews
i) Presentations
j) Others (Please specify)
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22)
Rate from 1 to 6 (1 is the most useful in your opinion) the activities
used while practicing Grammar:
a) Written grammar exercises
b) Practicing grammar through speaking exercises (see question 21)
c) Thorough grammar explanation given by the teacher
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d) Sentence translations from your native language into English
e) Games (Tic-tac-toe, Battle ships, Go Fish, etc.)
f) Others (Please specify)
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23)
Rate from 1 to 10 (1 is the most useful in your opinion) the
activities used while practicing Vocabulary:
a) Flashcards
b) Studying vocabulary lists
c) Mind maps
d) Matching words with pictures or definitions
e) Practicing vocabulary through speaking activities (see question 21)
f) Sentence translations from your native language into English
g) Crosswords, wordsearches, etc.
h) Games: memory games, mime games, etc.
i) Vocabulary exercises (multiple choice, gap filling, word bank, etc.)
j) Others (Please specify)
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24)
Rate from 1 to 5 (1 is the most useful in your opinion) the activities
used while practicing Listening
a) Listening to your teacher speaking English
b) Using listening materials prepared for students of English (text book
CDs, online resources, etc.)
c) Using real life materials (series, films, TV shows, songs, etc.)
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d) Listening to your classmates speaking English
e) Others (Please specify)
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25)
Which resources or activities would you add to your English
classes?
a) Online materials
b) Real life materials (maps, menus, leaflets, etc.)
c) Real life audio materials (films, series, songs, etc.)
d) Speaking activities
e) Written activities
f) Pronunciation exercises
g) Tests and homework
h) Exams
i) Others (Please specify)
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26)
Do you ever practice English outside classroom:
a) I never practice outside.
b) I only do my homework if I have any.
c) I sometimes practice.
d) I practice a lot (reading in English, watching films, listening to radio,
etc.)
e) Others (Please specify)
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27)
In your opinion what are the characteristics of a good English
teacher? Rate from 1 to 8 (1 is the most important one).
a) Being a native speaker of English
b) Not being a native speaker of English but being proficient
c) Speaking only English in class
d) Being able to explain things in your mother tongue
e) Carrying out the entire class in your mother tongue
f) Providing a variety of activities
g) Being a qualified teacher
h) Others (Please specify)
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28)
According to your needs, which approach to language teaching do
you find more useful?
a) Academic (learning all four skills, preparing official English exams,
etc.)
b) Communicative (conversation, listening comprehension, letter/email
writing, etc.)
29)
Is it necessary to control all four language skills equally in order to
successfully use a foreign language?
a) Yes
b) No
30)
What skills are easier for you?
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a) Receptive skills (Reading and Listening)
b) Productive skills (Speaking and Writing)
31)
In your opinion, are tests or exams essential for your learning
process?
a) Yes, because in this way I can assess my progress.
b) Yes, because they motivate me to study.
c) No, because they are too academic.
d) No, because they do not reflect on my real progress.
e) Others (Please specify)
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32)
What do you think about being corrected while speaking?
a) All my mistakes should be corrected.
b) Only major or repetitive mistakes should be corrected.
c) They should not be corrected because they break my fluency.
d) They should be corrected but only when I finish speaking.
e) They should not be corrected because it embarrasses me.
f) Others (Please specify)
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33)
Decide if the following sentences are true or false in your
opinion?
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a) The best teachers are those who are native speakers. T / F
b) It is important to speak English with a perfect pronunciation. T / F
c) It is necessary to know about the cultures of English speaking
countries to speak English. T / F
d) You should not speak English until you are absolutely sure it is
correct. T / F
e) It is only possible to learn English in an English speaking country. T /
F
f) The most important part of learning a foreign language is to know its
grammar.
T/F
g) If a beginner student is allowed to make mistakes while speaking
English, they are unlikely to speak correctly in the future. T / F
h) It is easier to speak a language rather than understand the grammar
theory of it. T / F
i) The best way to understand and use a foreign language is to translate
into/from your native language. T / F
j) Only some people have a special ability to learn foreign languages. T
/F
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