How long have you been learning English?
Do you have a tendency to think in Chinese first before you write English sentences or compositions?
will you make up a sentence directly translating from Chinese to English when you are trying to say the collocation (固定搭配) or sentence you are not sure in English?
If Q5 is no, what will you do instead?
If Q5 is yes, how often do you do this?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always
How important do you think the role of your native language played in your second language learning？
Not important at all
A little
Very
Extremely
In what aspects does your native language influence your English study?(One or mochoices)
Phonetics
Vocabulary
Grammar
Culture
What do you think makes your difficulties in English learning?(One or more choices)
learning habits
education environment
learning motives
native language
What kinds of errors often occur when you produce texts or speech in English?(One ormore choices)
pronunciation (phonetic errors)
vocabulary (lexical errors)
sentence structure (syntactic errors)
language use and the context how to use it (pragmatic errors)
What do you think makes pure English attainable?(One or more choices)
frequent contact with native speakers
good learning motives
good learning environment
minimization of the negative influence of the native language
In what way can you minimize the negative influence of the native language?(One more choices)
to make contrast between Chinese and English
to think in English
to be aware of the source of errors
to build up a good knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar
In the English class, I have___ chances to interact with the teacher.
The reason is that___________
How often does your teacher correct your oral mistakes in the classroom?
not at all
quite a few
quite often
If you think there might be some difficulties in your oral English and you wish to improve your oral English, you can do a oral test which is conducted by the researcher. The researcher will offer suggestions for your further improvement in English speaking. The oral test includes three parts: Part A involves basic questions about yourself; part B requires you to make description about a thing, a place or a person; part C is consisted of deeper questions.If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. You can contact me via
xcheng01@qub.ac.uk