HOW DO YOUR STUDENTS LIKE LEARNING IN THE ENGLISH 1119 CLASSROOM?

School: SMK _______________________ Age: _______ Gender: Race: Male Malay Female Chinese Indian Others: ________

Years of Teaching Experience: _________ Form: ________________________

LEARNING STYLES: Please circle your answer 1. Are you satisfied with your students overall achievement in English? YES NO 3. In class, do your students prefer to learn a) individually? YES NO b) in pairs? YES NO c) in small group? YES NO d) in one large group? YES NO e) other (please specify)________________________

2. Do they like to learn a) by listening? YES NO b) by reading? YES NO c) by copying from the board? YES NO d) by listening and taking notes? YES NO e) by reading and making notes? YES NO f) by repeating what they hear? YES NO g) by making summaries? YES NO h) other (please specify)________________________

4. When learning new vocabulary, do they like learning a) by using new words in a sentence YES b) by thinking of relationship between known and new YES c) by saying or writing the new words several times YES d) by avoiding verbal translation YES e) by guessing the unknown YES f) by using dictionary YES
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NO NO NO NO NO NO

5. Do they like learning from a) television/video/films? YES b) radio? YES c) tapes/CD? YES d) written material? YES e) the whiteboard? YES f) pictures/posters? YES g) other (please specify)___________________________ 6. Do you do the following in your class? a) Role play? b) Language games c) Songs d) Talking with and listening to other students e) Memorizing conversations/dialogues f) Writing a learning diary g) Use module/ work books h) Learning about culture

NO NO NO NO NO NO

8. Do they mind if a) other students sometimes correct their written work? b) you as the teacher sometimes ask them to correct their own work?

YES YES

NO NO

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

9. How do you think students like to find out how much their English is improving? By.. a) written tasks set by you? YES NO b) seeing if they can use the language they have learnt in real-life situations? YES NO c) their increasing grade? YES NO d) Other (please specify)______________________________ 10. Do you think students get a sense of satisfaction from a) having their work graded YES NO b) being told that they have made progress? YES NO c) feeling more confident in situations that they found difficult before? YES NO d) Other (please specify) ______________________________ ~THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRECIOUS TIME~

7. When they speak, do they want to be corrected a) immediately in front of everyone? YES b) later, at the end of the activity, in front of everyone? YES c) later, in private? YES

NO NO NO