APPENDIX D: RESEARCH INSTRUMENT 5: STUDENT INTERVIEWS, 1999 (1)

 

The questions for this instrument can be found in appendix A- 61 (page 409).

Numbers on the y-axis of appendices D- 109-121 refer to the frequency of responses for the relevant items of the research instrument.

Letters directly below the columns refer to the responses, as itemized below each chart.

Numbers below the letters, in appendices D- 109, 112, 113, 115, 117, are numerical representations of the frequency of the responses for the relevant question.

Numbers below appendices D- 111, 112, 113, 115, 117 and in appendices D- 110, 114, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, refer to the percentage of total responses (e.g. in appendix D- 111, ¡°8.9¡± to the right of ¡°study hard¡± indicates that in March 1999, 8.9% of the responses to the question ¡°What are your short-term goals?¡± were ¡°study hard¡±. In June 1999 this figure was 21%, and in December 1999 this was 13%.

 

3/99: n = 59 responses
6/99: n = 48 responses
12/99: n = 51 responses

 


Q1: What are your long-term goals?

a.            studying hard

b.           study TOEIC

c.            study my major

d.           study English

e.            fluency in English

f.             become a computer programmer

g.           travel  abroad

h.           graduate from university

i.             get a job

j.             work hard

k.            become a professor

l.             become a teacher

m.          become a counselor

n.           become minister of education

o.           become a nutritionist

p.           become an engineer

q.           become an announcer

r.             become a web designer

s.            become an explorer

t.             become a manufacturer

u.           become a researcher

v.           become a dancer

w.          become a soldier

x.            teach physical education

y.           run a company

z.            study computers

aa.         make software

bb.        find a boy/girlfriend

cc.         get married

dd.        become rich

ee.         help society

ff.           be a good person

gg.        don¡¯t know

 

APPENDIX D- 109: LONG-TERM GOALS


 

 

Q1: What are your long-term goals? (% display)

a.            studying hard

b.           study TOEIC

c.            study my major

d.           study English

e.            fluency in English

f.             become a computer programmer

g.           travel  abroad

h.           graduate from university

i.             get a job

j.             work hard

k.            run a company

l.             study computers

m.          make software

n.           find a boy/girlfriend

o.           get married

p.           become rich

q.           help society

r.             be a good person

s.            don¡¯t know

   
 

APPENDIX D- 110: LONG-TERM GOALS (% DISPLAY).

 

 

 

Q2: 2. What are your short-term goals? (plus % figures)(n = 45, 53, 54)

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

a.            study hard

8.9

21

13

b.           study TOEIC

2.2

1.9

1.9

c.            study my major

0

0.76

3.7

d.           study English

11.1

9.4

7.4

e.            fluency in English

0

3.8

5.6

f.             study computers

8.9

9.4

7.4

g.           travel abroad

4.4

0

5.6

h.           graduate

6.7

1.9

5.6

i.             get good grades

11.1

5.7

22

j.             prepare my thesis

0

1.9

1.9

k.            win a scholarship

2.2

1.9

1.9

l.             pass univ. tests

2.2

1.9

0

m.          get a job

20

13

3.7

n.           a sports manager

2.2

1.9

0

o.           be a sports woman

0

0

1.9

p.           run a company

6.7

1.9

0

q.           become a teacher

2.2

1.9

0

r.             be a tour guide

4.4

0

0

s.            join the army

0

0

3.7

t.             boy/girlfriend

2.2

1.9

3.7

u.           get married

0

0

1.9

v.           driving license

0

1.9

1.9

w.          go on a diet

0

1.9

1.9

x.            do my best

2.2

1.9

0

y.           read

0

1.9

1.9

z.            save money

0

0

1.9

aa.         make a homepage

0

0

1.9

bb.        play

2.2

5.7

0

 

APPENDIX D- 111: SHORT-TERM GOALS

 

 

 

Q3: Why do you need English? (plus % figures; n = 48, 45, 55)

   

3/99

6/99

12/99

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

 

a.            international language

14.6

35.6

34.5

b.           necessary

14.6

22.2

23.6

 

c.            to get a job

8.3

11.1

16.4

d.           travel abroad

31.2

15.6

7.3

 

e.            conversation

18.7

13.3

12.7

f.             reading textbooks

2.1

0

3.6

 

g.           for my major

0

0

1.8

h.           for study

4.2

0

0

 

i.             to graduate

2.1

0

0

j.             for computers

2.1

0

0

 

k.            to get information

2.1

0

0

l.             I don't know

0

2.2

0

 

APPENDIX D- 112: ¡°WHY DO YOU NEED ENGLISH?¡±

 

 

 


Q4: What are your learning problems?
(plus % figures; n = 51, 48, 53)

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

a.            inability to express myself.

7.8

0

0

b.           listening

0

4.2

5.7

c.            grammar

3.9

10.4

3.8

d.           vocabulary

3.9

12.5

3.8

e.            lack of confidence

11.7

14.6

7.5

f.             lack of ability

7.8

6.3

7.5

g.           lack of effort

5.9

12.5

17

h.           lack of understanding

2

0

5.7

i.             lack of study time

0

14.6

0

j.             lack of class time

0

2.1

1.9

k.            lack of patience

0

0

1.9

l.             lack of opportunity

2

2.1

5.7

m.          afraid of studying English

0

4.2

0

n.           English is difficult

13.7

14.6

13.2

o.           lots of homework

7.8

0

0

p.           concentration

3.9

0

0

q.           conversation

7.8

0

9.4

r.             the teacher

2

0

0

s.            understanding English culture

0

0

3.8

t.             I don't know the method

5.9

0

0

u.           English is not interesting

5.9

0

0

v.           I don¡¯t have the basics

0

0

3.8

w.          I don't study regularly

2

0

0

x.            I don¡¯t like English

0

2.1

1.9

y.           I can't make a sentence

0

0

1.9

z.            English doesn't come immediately

0

0

1.9

aa.         I'm lazy

0

0

1.9

bb.        We only use the book

0

0

1.9

cc.         I don't know

5.9

0

0

 

51

48

53

 


APPENDIX D- 113: ¡°WHAT ARE YOUR LEARNING PROBLEMS?¡±

 

 

APPENDIX D- 114: LEARNING PROBLEMS (% DISPLAY) ( % display; n = 51, 48, 53)

 

 

   
 

Q5: How can you solve your learning problems? (plus %age; n = 36, 47, 54)

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

 

3/99

6/99

12/99

a.