Friday, June 26, 2009

40 questions, plenary

4-strongly agree 3-agree 2- don’t agree 1- strongly disagree

1. 4 3 2 1 My students need to be interested in what they read and hear.
2. 4 3 2 1 My students learn best from listening.
3. 4 3 2 1 My students learn best from reading or seeing.
4. 4 3 2 1 I think my students need to study grammar one structure at a time.
5. 4 3 2 1 I think that explaining and drilling grammar is a waste of time.
6. 4 3 2 1 I think students learn most when every error in their writing is corrected.
7. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to have a system for studying vocabulary.
8. 4 3 2 1 Students need to use English to speak to people who are important to them and their future.
9. 4 3 2 1 Students need to make clear progress on standardized tests such as TOEFL.
10. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to develop the weakest of their skills.
11. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to develop themselves as complete people.
12. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to associate English with good things, not boring things.
13. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to become more independent in their learning.
14. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to have and keep evidence of their own success.
15. 4 3 2 1 It’s part of my job to prepare students for the world they will be entering.
16. 4 3 2 1 I think students need to use the tools that they will be using in their future.
17. 4 3 2 1 Students have a right to know their grade at any point in a class.
18. 4 3 2 1 It’s more important that students are happy than that they learn a lot in a class.
19. 4 3 2 1 It’s more important that students learn a lot than that they are happy in a class.
20. 4 3 2 1 One role of teachers is to model correct behaviors and attitudes.
21. 4 3 2 1 Students need guidance in many things besides how to learn English.
22. 4 3 2 1 Values such as non-violence and tolerance are best taught overtly.
23. 4 3 2 1 Students need to learn to work cooperatively with other students.
24. 4 3 2 1 I have trouble with things I don’t understand, like new kinds of technology.
25. 4 3 2 1 I don’t have time in my own life to learn new technology.
26. 4 3 2 1 I find it hard to use things that my students know more about than I do.
27. 4 3 2 1 I’m unprepared for issues that mastery of technology brings up, i.e. security.
28. 4 3 2 1 I have trouble fitting technology into the objectives of my class.
29. 4 3 2 1 I find that students’ mastering of technology takes time that we don’t have.
30. 4 3 2 1 I can teach reading, listening, speaking, writing and grammar without technology.
31. 4 3 2 1 Technology distracts students from the lesson at hand.
32. 4 3 2 1 I think that automatic correction technology such as grammar-check is bad for students’ learning.
33. 4 3 2 1 If students need technology in their future, that’s not my concern.
34. 4 3 2 1 Technology can connect students to English speakers with similar interests and abilities.
35. 4 3 2 1 Technology can help motivate my students to learn more.
36. 4 3 2 1 Technology can help teachers show students their grade at any point in the class.
37. 4 3 2 1 Technology can relieve teachers of the burden of repetitive tasks.
38. 4 3 2 1 Technology can correct many of the errors students make as they write.
39. 4 3 2 1 Technology can make an isolated learning environment into a well-connected one.
40. 4 3 2 1 Technological skills are valuable resources that students can use in their future.

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