Evaluation of International
Youth Encounters
DeutschFranzösisches Jugendwerk
Office franco-allemand pour la Jeunesse
Bundesvereinigung
Kulturelle Jugendbildung e.V.
Questionnaire for English speaking participants
Your opinions and thoughts will help us to improve future encounters.
Please give honest answers - the evaluation of the questionnaire is anonymous!
Complete the questionnaire by yourself - you do have your own opinions, after all! Many thanks!
How satisfied were you with...
You can assign 1 to 10 points here (only whole numbers!) to various areas of the encounter.
The numbers represent: 1 = I was very unsatisfied with this, 10 = I was fully satisfied with this.
Journey _________
Accommodation _________
Group activities
Free time
_________
_________
Atmosphere
Employees
_________
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Food
Weather
_________
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Organization
Rules
_________
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Group _________
Total evaluation _________
Program _________ Fun
Questions to be ticked
Here you will find statements about various themes.
Please tick the box which best indicates your opinion.
Example :
You think you saw too little of the country in which the encounter took place – then you tick like this:
I saw a lot of the host country.
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01: I made new friends during this encounter . .................................................................
      
206
02: I improved my foreign language skills.
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      
264
03: We participants were able to help arranging the encounter. .................................
      
074
04: I discovered new aspects and abilities in myself. .......................................................
      
094
05: I discovered new interests and hobbies during this encounter. ..................................
      
244
06:
      
124
07: I was taken seriously by the employees . ............................................................
      
184
08: I have become interested in learning the other language(s). .....................................
      
270
09: The rules were the same for participants from all countries. ......................................
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“Trilateral Youth Culture Encounter“ for English speaking participants - [FB3-TN-en] (Version 1.0, August 2006) - W.Ilg - J. Dubiski

More questions to be ticked…
10: I would like to learn more about the other country/countries. ....................................
      
302
11: I will look at some things which are normal at home differently now after the encounter. .................................
      
310
12: I only spoke to others in my native language. ............................................................
      
268
13: There was a lot of conflict among the participants during the encounter. ...................
      
218
14: The encounter changed my ideas about the partner country/countries. .....................
      
284
15:
16:
We could make ourselves understood even without knowledge of the other language(s). ......................................................
      
272
Some of the employees were people I could trust. ....................................................
      
174
17: I also came to trust employees from other countries. ................................................
      
176
18: I would like to participate in another encounter with these participants. ....................
      
208
19: I learned too little about the everyday life of the participants from the other country/countries. ........................
      
286
20: The atmosphere allowed us to talk openly amongst ourselves. .................................
      
220
21:
There were “tight groups” which it was difficult to join in as an outsider. ....................
      
210
22: I quite often felt alone in the group. ............................................................................
      
212
23: There was a lot of “action” during this encounter. ......................................................
      
014
24: My knowledge about life       
300
25: Any conflicts that arose during the encounter were solved together. ........................
      
216
26: The economic situation in the other country/countries has become clearer for me. ...
      
304
27: I would recommend an encounter like this to my friends.
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426
28: I would very much like to participate in another encounter like this. ...........................
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428
29: As far as I could tell, the cooperation among the employees seemed to work very well. ...........................
      
432
30: During this encounter I dealt with a number of social / political topics. ......................
      
114
31: I would like to work myself as an employee at one of these encounters. ..................
      
430
32: My expectations following the announcement of the encounter have been fulfilled. .
      
434
33: Getting to know participants from the other country/countries was difficult at first. ...
      
234
34: Following this encounter, I could well imagine spending a longer time (at least 3 months) in the partner country/countries. ............................
      
314
35: Following this encounter I have a greater interest in getting to know more about other countries and cultures. ......................................
      
316
36: The national groups were all treated equally. ............................................................
      
718
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“Trilateral Youth Culture Encounter“ for English speaking participants - [FB3-TN-en] (Version 1.0, August 2006) - W.Ilg - J. Dubiski p. 2

… and a few more …
37: I have become aware of special features of the partner country’s/countries’ culture. ...................................
      
804
38: There were many chances for me to work creatively.
.................................................
      
250
39: I have learned new creative techniques from participants from the other countries. ...............................................
      
604
40: I was satisfied with the artistic process
(exercises, rehearsals, workshops, performances, presentations). ............................
      
608
41: It was complicated arriving at a result in artistic work in multinational groups. ...........
      
610
42: After the artistic work, we discussed the results and experiences of the team work. .....................................
      
612
43:
      
606
44:
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614
      
616
45:
46:
47:
The national groups tended to stay together for the most part. ..................................
      
708
During meals, I often sat with participants from other countries. ................................
      
710
48: If something was important to me,       
712
49: I found it difficult to get involved in the program due to the many languages. ............
      
726
50: The many languages were a problem for the group during free time. ........................
      
730
51: We spoke mostly English with each other during recreation time. ..............................
      
732
52: I can now find the site(s) of the encounter on a map of Europe. ................................
      
754
53:
I understand something of the significance of the term „Weimar Triangle“. ................
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764
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Please only complete this if the encounter took place in another country:
80:
81:
I had contact with people from the host region. .........................................................
      
282
I got to know something about the culture and everyday life of the host region (e.g. food, music, traditions…). .........................
      
280
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This is my ..........st/nd/rd/th stay in this country .
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And now some information about you…
Age: ........... years
Gender:
a male
b
female
School / Occupation:
a
Comprehensive school
b
Special school
c
Secondary school
d
Secondary modern school
e
Grammar school
f
Course of studies
g
Apprenticed
h
Vocational college
i
Employed
j
Unemployed
k
Other: ....................................................................................
Nationality:
a
French
b
German
In which country were you born?
a
France
b
Germany
c
c
Polish
Poland
d
d
Other: .......................................................
Other ........................................................
Which language(s) do you speak in your family and among your friends at home?
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If you are prepared to state your religion or confession, please do so here:
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This is my ………. st/nd/rd/th encounter project with young people from other countries.
Miscellanous:
Many thanks for completing the questionnaire!
Evaluation of International Youth Encounters, Questionnaire
“Trilateral Youth Culture Encounter“ for English speaking participants - [FB3-TN-en] (Version 1.0, August 2006) - W.Ilg - J. Dubiski p. 4