In our school every
student studies English. We study it because it is compulsory in our syllabus
but we also know it is the most-widely spoken language in the world. So,
compulsory or not, we need it.
But what do
students think about English? And how do they study it? We arranged a survey
with the help of all the English teachers who work in our school and we asked
all the students in the 3rd and 4th year (16/17 – year-old) to answer our questionnaire. (HERE)
On the whole 179
students participated in the survey.
They are from 14 different classes : liceo classico (1); liceo delle scienze umane (3) liceo
scientifico (3), liceo linguistico (2), tecnico per il turismo (1), tecnico
informatico (2), perito elettrotecnico (2).
We read all the questionnaires and made graphic charts to share the results here on our blog. Are you curious to know more? Go on reading :-)
1. Do you
like English?
As we said before
we all study English, not only in our school but in all schools all over Italy,
from the age of 6 to the age of 18. So, the students involved in the survey
have been studying it for many years. But do they like it at all?
Unexpectedly 64% of students like English. Isn’t
it a good result?
2. During
your English lessons what skills do you practise more?
Every teacher has
his own teaching style, method and strategies. But they all focus on improving
the different skills. So which are the most practised?
Boom! N. 1 is listening as the most practised
skill. Followed by grammar,speaking and writing
3. What do you like practising the most?
As we’ve already said the majority of students in our school like
English. But what do they like practising the most?
The winner is speaking. For the second time
writing is the last in the chart. Clearly the majority of them find it
unpleasant.
4. How often do you practise English outside
school?
So many like English . They practise it at school but what about at
home? Do they practise English enough
outside school?
The majority of the students practise their English outside of school only sometimes. That isn’t the best way to improve, is it? Remember: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
5. Have you ever watched a film in English
at school?
Of course one of the ways to learn English is watching films and we think
that's something students may enjoy. But how many students have ever watched a
film in English in their lessons?
According
to the survey the majority of the students have watched a film in English at
school. Almost a quarter of the students instead (23,24%) never did.
6. When your teacher speaks English, do you
understand him\her?
Out teachers speak English
during their lessons. But how many students can understand them?
According
to the chart above we can see that just few students (8 out of 179) never
understand. There are also
those who understand just sometimes but...That's a good result, anyway, isn't
it?
7. How often do you listen to English materials
during the lesson? (podcasts, CDs, songs, interviews, videos…)
Another way of
teaching English is to make students
listen to English materials during the lesson. How often do teachers do that?
What did the students say?
Few students said they never or they always use English materials like podcasts, or CDs (13% in total). The majority of them use those materials only sometimes.
8. Have you ever studied English in a foreign country?
8. Have you ever studied English in a foreign country?
The best experience
while studying English is travel to and study in an English-speaking country.
Well, how many of our students had the chance to do it?
What a pity! Only 35 students out of 179 had the opportunity
to study English in a foreign country.
9. What skill/s do you think is the most important
to be good at English?
While learning
English there are several skills to develope. But what do the students think? What's
the most important for them? Let's
see...
And the winners are …SPEAKING and LISTENING, with respectively 115 and 100 out
of 179. Can we say we’ve got the impression that reading and writing are not very
appreciated?
10. How do you find English? Easy or difficult?
Useless or useful?
Well, let’s see
what’s English like for students. Easy or difficult? Useless or useful?
Useful! The majority of us think English is a useful
language. 23,2 % find it difficult. Not bad! We can say student think English is
useful and not so difficult.
11. Have you ever used English while travelling?
Usually while
travelling abroad we use English, because it is the most – widely spoken
language. But how many students have used it in a foreign country?
Almost half of the students have used it (99 out
of 178) abroad.
12. How would you like to learn English? What's the
best way, in your opinion?
And now the final
question. We couldn't get a graphic chart for this question, so we decided to
read all the answers and write down what the most frequent suggestions were.
Apparently, the
majority of the students would like to
learn English listening to music, watching films and travelling abroad. Dear
teachers, you’ve been kindly informed! ;-)
Lucrezia M. & Benedetta
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