APPENDIX 1 [For greater legibility, spaces within
the questionnaire have been compacted - Ed]
[This questionnaire was mailed to all participants and was used later as the basis for a follow-up oral interview]
Your Personal Particulars
(All information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.)
What is your preferred title?
Family Name
Given Names
Address
Postcode
Telephone
Home
Work
Please state your preferred time to be contacted
Fax
Date of Birth
Marital Status
Dependants:
Children
Other
Are you currently working?
part-time / full-time
Your current student status?
part-time / full-time
What semester are you in?
What units are you currently studying?
(Please state code number and title)
Code
Title
Is this your first program at QUT?
Yes / No [-16-]
QUESTIONNAIRE
A - Your Background
1. What is your country of origin?
2. What is your first language?
3. Do you consider yourself a native speaker of English?
Yes / No
4. How would you rate your general proficiency in your first
language
Basic. . . . . . . . .Excellent
1 2 3 4 5
5. Can you communicate in any other language? Yes / No
(Please state your level of proficiency)
1st ______________________
Basic. . . . . . . . .Excellent
1 2 3 4 5
2nd ______________________
Basic. . . . . . . . .Excellent
1 2 3 4 5
B - Previous Experience With English
1. Your first contact with the English language.
a) When?
b) At what age?
c) Where (country)?
2. Where did you learn English?
a) When?
b) At what age?
c) Where (country)?
d) In ESL/EFL classes
e) Other
3. How would you describe your English learning
experience? (i.e. effective, ineffective, exciting,
boring, etc.)
C - English Language Problems
1. In your first semester of your current course
do/did you have any problems with
None Minor............Major
a) oral presentations [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
b) tutorial discussions [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
c) general discussions [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
d) understanding lectures [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
e) note taking [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
f) assignment writing [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
g) reading comprehension [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
h) the amount of course reading [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
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2. Do/did you have any other problems with your academic studies?
(Please specify)
Language performance' in relation to...
Never Seldom............Often
a) your seminars
from - students [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- academic staff [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- others [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
b) your written assignments
from - students [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- academic staff [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- others [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
D - Use of Facilities
1. Do/did you have any problems using the following library facilities?
None Minor.............Major
- Computerised catalogue [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- ERIC [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- CD ROM [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- Periodicals [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- Microfiche [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- Microfilm [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- Loans [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- other
(Please state) [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
2. Do/did you have any problems using?
None Minor.............Major
- the computer laboratories? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- computer programs? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- computer printing facilities? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- audio-visual centre? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- photocopiers? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
3. Do/did you have other difficulties with any QUT
facilities? (Please state)
[ ] 1 2 3 4 5
4. a) Can you name any QUT support facilities especially for
students who are non-native speakers of English?
b)Have you ever used any of these?
Yes / No [-18-]
E - General
1. Do you have any problems with:
None Minor.............Major
a)transport to and from QUT? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
b)finding your way around the [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
campus? [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
c)gaining access to the [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- student guild [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- counsellors [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- doctors [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- religious support services [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- sporting clubs - gym [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- administration [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- lecturers [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
- other [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
(Please state) [ ] 1 2 3 4 5
F - General Socio-Cultural Aspects
1. Do you consider yourself an Australian?
Yes / No
2. Do you maintain strong ties with people of your own culture?
Yes / No
3. What are your favourite recreational activities?
4. Do you socialise with other students from other cultural
groups?
Yes / No
5. Do you perceive any conflict between the Australian culture
and your own cultural background?
Yes / No
Be assured of our gratitude for filling in this questionnaire.
Please feel free to criticise it and make any comment regarding any
aspect of it.
Thanks once again for your cooperation.
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