Field-Testing Packet
Globalization101.org in Spanish
Dear Educator,
Thank you for your interest in field-testing the Spanish version of the
Culture Issue Brief of Globalization101.org to help us learn how our website
is used in the classroom.
Please review this packet and the instructions below. Feel free to contact
Rebecca Weiner, Project Associate of Globalization101.org,
at rweiner@ceip.org or at 202-939-2346, with any questions.
Instructions:
1. Review the Spanish version of the Culture Issue Brief
Globalization101.org.
2. Fill out the Teacher Survey.
3. If you decide to field test this Issue Brief in your classroom, you can
use the accompanying lesson plan: Unit on Culture and Globalization.
4. If relevant, have class fill out the Student Surveys.
5. Return Teacher and Student Surveys to: Carnegie Endowment 1779
Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 Attn: Rebecca
Weiner
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GLOBALIZATION101.ORG
TEACHER SURVEY
Name:________________________________________
Date:___________________
School:________________________________________ Course:_________________
Number of Students:____
Grades To Be Taught:____
Dates To Be Taught:_______
1. Are you a native – speaker of Spanish?
a. If yes, from what country? __________________
b. If no, how many years have you been fluent or proficient? _____________
2. Do you teach:
a. Spanish-language course
b. ESL
c. Other: _____________________
3. On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) was the translation accurate? (Please
explain)
4. On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) was the information interesting? (Please
explain)
5. If you teach, would you use this material in your course?
6. Do you think this Issue Brief and others would be well-received by both US
teachers and students, as well as by teachers and students in Spanish-speaking
countries?
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7. What grade-levels and levels of proficiency would you recommend to use this
site?
8. Are you interested in having a Spanish language version of the
Globalization101.org website?
Please answer the following questions, if you used tested the site in your classroom.
9. If you used the issue brief in your course, how did you prepare for teaching it?
How many hours did the preparation take?
10. Please briefly describe how you taught this unit/lesson.
11. Did the unit/lesson proceed as you had intended?
12. Did the students enjoy the lesson? How did you determine this?
13. Did you encounter any difficulties with teaching the Issue Brief either
substantively related to the material or technically related to the website? If so,
how did you deal with them?
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14. What changes would you recommend to improve the Issue Brief?
15. Any other comments or suggestions?
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GLOBALIZATION101.ORG
STUDENT SURVEY
Your teacher will be using the Spanish-language version of the Globalization101.org
website to teach your class about culture and globalization. We would like your help to
improve the website. Please fill out this questionnaire to let us know what you think.
Your answers will not be graded and will be used only by the designers of the website to
improve its usefulness.
Name:___________________________
Date:_________________________
Teachers Name:____________________
Class:_________________________
School:___________________________
Grade:________________________
1. Are you a native – speaker of Spanish?
a. If yes, from what country? ______________________
b. If no, how many years have you been studying? _________________
2. If you are a native speaker, on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) was the
translation accurate? (Please explain)
3. What did you like most about the Issue Brief?
4. What did you like least about the Issue Brief?
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5. Please circle a number below, on a range from 1 to 5, to complete the following
sentence:
The Culture Issue Brief was:
(e.g., 1 for Easier, 3 for Equal, 5 for Harder; 1 for More Interesting, 3 for Equal, 5
for More Boring; etc.)
Easy to understand
1
2
3
4
5
Hard to
understand
Interesting
1
2
3
4
5
Boring
Important
1
2
3
4
5
Unimportant
Learned a lot
1
2
3
4
5
Learned Nothing
6. Any other comments or suggestions?
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