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English Education Despite All the Negativity
Adult students‘ of English Survey Results-Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey
L. Andziuliene, E. Zadarackaite UKMC, LT
May 8 - 12 2013, Alba English Education Despite All the Negativity
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How long have you studied English?
Less than a year 1-2 years 3-4 years 4-5 years More than five years
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1 2 31
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18
LT SK ES IT TR
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What is your age group?
18-25 26-35 36-45 Over 460
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LT SK ES IT TR
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Sex
Female Male0
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18 17
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LT SK ES IT TR
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What course are you attending?
Elem
enta
ry/B
eginne
r
Lower
Inte
rmed
iate
/Inte
rmed
iate
Upper
Inte
rmed
iate
/ Adv
ance
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cienc
y 0
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LT SK ES IT TUR
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What is your personal reason to study English?
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4
8
12
1611
16
1 2
7 75
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129
6
0
12
7
30
810
20
LT SK ES IT TUR
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What type of class do you attend?
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0 0 0 0
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LT SK ES IT TR
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What type of course do you attend?
Face to face Blended learning E-learning Other (Please specify)0
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17
10 0
12
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0 0 0
LT SK ES IT TR
May 8 - 12 2013, Alba English Education Despite All the Negativity 9
How many hours do you actually attend a week?
LT SK ES IT TR
1 hour 0 1 13 0 02 hours 2 10 7 0 03 hours 9 8 0 7 0More than 3 hours a week 9 1 1 13 20
May 8 - 12 2013, Alba English Education Despite All the Negativity 10
How many hours do you actually attend a month?/ Why do you skip your English classes?
LT SK ES IT TR
All my classes 12 7 11 12 13
Most of my classes 8 13 8 7 4
Around 50% 0 0 1 1 1
Less than 50% 0 0 0 0 1
I never skip them unless it is an emergency. 13 5 7 7 17Personal reasons (family issues, work issues, etc.) 7 15 14 14 2
Financial reasons. 0 0 0 0 0I do not feel motivated enough. 0 0 0 0 1
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Which language skill or language area is the most practiced in your English class?
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4
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12
16 15
4 4
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7
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10
10
13
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16
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21
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24
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34
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8
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13
10 0 0
20 0
17
LT SK ES IT TR
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Which language skill or language area is the most difficult for you to
learn?
Speaking Listening Reading Writing Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation 0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
11
7
2
5
6
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3
12
6
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12
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6
9
6
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5
4
12
3
11
1
5
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6
5
LT SK ES IT TR
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Which language skill or language area do you think you are not practicing enough in your English class?
Speaking Listening Reading Writing Grammar Vocabulary Pronunciation 0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
5
32
7
1 1
5
14
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0 0
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LT SK ES IT TR
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What do you think is the reason for your choice in question before?
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LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Speaking (1 is the best):
Role play Debate Topic discus-sion in pairs
Topic discus-sion in bigger groups
Creative speaking (inventing stories, fin-ishing sen-
tences)
Describing pictures
Playing games
(Monopoly, Mime
games, Password,
etc.)
Interviews Presenta-tions
Others0
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100
150
200
250
89
58 5647
75
104
131
102 102
170
69
94 96
144
70
89
141
82
115
200
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51 54
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94 97113
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134145
84 82
178
100
7688
10292
133
97113 110
176
LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Speaking (1 is the best):
Role play
Debate
Topic discussion in pairs
Topic discussion in bigger groups
Creative speaking (inventing stories, finishing sentences)
Describing pictures
Playing games (Monopoly, Mime games, Password, etc.)
Interviews
Presentations
Others
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
394
369
388
480
389
514
602
441
456
832
The results of all countries
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Grammar (1 is the best) :
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55 5533
62
95
120
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120
30 2941
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8865
53 54 5575
118
3347
69 6275
114
LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Grammar (1 is the best):
Written grammar exercises
Practicing grammar through speaking exercises (see question 21)
Thorough grammar explanation given by the teacher
Sentence translations from your native language into English
Games (Tic-tac-toe, Battle ships, Go Fish, etc.)
Others
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
221
249
240
297
409
560
The results of all countries
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What are the most activities used while practicing Vocabulary (1 is the best) :
0
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100
150
200
250
82 85108
9071
109128 114
84
189
119 131
7947
106 113 117 127
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200
79 72 7748 35
63 7490
65
12183
10583
11382 87
107 102
141
200
115 113
6186 85 98
123 122 108
155
LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the most activities used while practicing Vocabulary (1 is the best):
Flashcards
Studying vocabulary lists
Mind maps
Matching words with pictures or definitions
Practicing vocabulary through speaking activities
Sentence translations from your native language into English
Crosswords, wordsearches, etc.
Games: memory games, mime games, etc.
Vocabulary exercises (multiple choice, gap filling, word bank, etc.)
Others
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
478
506
408
384
379
470
549
555
459
865
The results of all countries
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Listening (1 is the best):
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41 38 44
78
99
45 38 44
73
100
37 34 3858
79
45 44 41
73
97
47 4829
8091
LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the most useful activities used while practicing Listening (1 is the best):
Listening to your teacher speaking English
Using listening materials prepared for students of English (text book CDs, online resources, etc.)
Using real life materials (series, films, TV shows, songs, etc.)
Listening to your classmates speaking English
Others
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
215
202
196
362
466
May 8 - 12 2013, Alba English Education Despite All the Negativity 23
Which resources or activities would you add to your English classes?
LT SK ES IT TR0
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Online materials Real life materials (maps, menus, leaflets, etc.) Real life audio materials (films, series, songs, etc.) Speaking activitiesWritten activities Pronunciation exercises Tests and homework ExamsOthers
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Which resources or activities would you add to your English classes?
Online materials
Real life materials (maps, menus, leaflets, etc.)
Real life audio materials (films, series, songs, etc.)
Speaking activities
Written activities
Pronunciation exercises
Tests and homework
Exams
Others
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
18
32
41
31
17
28
20
18
6
The results of all countries
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Do you ever practice English outside classroom?
LT SK ES IT TR
I never practice outside. 0 1 2 2 1I only do my homework if I have any. 10 0 2 4 6
I sometimes practice. 11 8 9 9 8I practice a lot (reading in English, watching films, listening to radio, etc.) 5 6 7 6 4
Others 0 5 1 0 2
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What are the characteristics of a good English teacher (1 is the best)?
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40
80
120
160
95
49 5576
99
59 49
135
73 69 7299
128
54 65
160
4267
46
79 88
55 48
10482
67 6881
109
76 86
159
127
46
106
51
115
6073
148
LT SK ES IT TR
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What are the characteristics of a good English teacher (1 is the best)?
Being a native speaker of English
Not being a native speaker of English but being proficient
Speaking only English in class
Being able to explain things in your mother tongue
Carrying out the entire class in your mother tongue
Providing a variety of activities
Being a qualified teacher
Others
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
419
298
347
386
539
304
321
706
The results of all countries
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According to your needs, which approach to language teaching do you find more useful?
Academic (learning all four skills, preparing official English exams, etc.)
Communicative (conversation, listening comprehension, letter/email writing, etc.)
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12
8
7
15
0
20
4
16
TR IT ES SK LT
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Is it necessary to control all four language skills equally in order to successfully use a foreign language?
Yes
No
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
Yes No
LT 13 7
SK 10 10
ES 12 5
IT 16 4
TR 6 14
13
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10
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TR IT ES SK LT
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What skills are easier for you?
LT SK ES IT TRReceptive skills (Reading and Listening) 16 9 7 10 7Productive skills (Speaking and Writing) 4 11 12 11 13
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In your opinion, are tests or exams essential for your learning process?
Yes, because in this way I can assess my progress.
Yes, because they motivate me to study.
No, because they are too academic.
No, because they do not reflect on my real progress.
Others (Please specify)
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What do you think about being corrected while speaking?
All my mistakes should be corrected.
Only major or repetitive mistakes should be corrected.
They should not be corrected because they break my fluency.
They should be corrected but only when I finish speaking.
They should not be corrected because it embarrasses me.
Others
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TR IT ES SK LT
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True or false?LT SK ES IT TR
The best teachers are those who are native speakers
TRUE1 8 9 14 1
FALSE18 11 9 6 19
It is important to speak English with a perfect pronunciation
TRUE 11 10 14 7 9FALSE
9 9 5 13 11It is necessary to know about the cultures of English speaking countries to speak English
TRUE
13 4 6 12 18FALSE
7 15 14 8 2
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True or false?LT SK ES IT TR
You should not speak English until you are absolutely sure it is correct
TRUE1 5 1 17 1
FALSE
19 14 19 3 18It is only possible to learn English in an English speaking country
TRUE 1 4 2 12 7FALSE
19 15 18 7 13The most important part of learning a foreign language is to know its grammar
TRUE11 10 8 9 5
FALSE
9 9 12 9 15
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True or false?LT SK ES IT TR
If a beginner student is allowed to make mistakes while speaking English, they are unlikely to speak correctly in the future
TRUE11 13 4 15 12
FALSE
8 6 16 4 8It is easier to speak a language rather than understand the grammar theory of it
TRUE14 9 7 10 14
FALSE5 10 12 8 5
The best way to understand and use a foreign language is to translate into/from your native language
TRUE6 3 4 8 16
FALSE
14 16 16 11 4Only some people have a special ability to learn foreign languages
TRUE3 6 9 12 7
FALSE17 13 11 7 13
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Questions to discuss?
May 8 - 12 2013, Alba English Education Despite All the Negativity 37
The UK team that took part in creating the survey in Salamanca, Spain
As Cumbria credits Ltd do not teach english to non English speaking people, the UK did not take part in completing the survey with their students.
The UK team did take part in the feedback presentation – the discussion that took place afterwards during the meeting in Alba, Italy.