Urgent!! Need people to do the questionnaire!

[green84]

I want to do a survey about how do foreingers attitudes towards learning Chinese, which is a part of my dissertation. This is my questionnaire, i will very appreciate your answer.

I also would like to help with your Chinese learning

1.Is your first or second language/mother tongue/official language English? (If “yes”, please finish the questionnaire, if “no”, pleases stop here, thanks a lot)

A. Yes B. No

2.How long have you studied Chinese?

A. Less than half year B. About one year

C. About two years D. More than two years

3.How difficult/easy do you think to study Chinese?

A. Easy B. With little difficult C. Difficult D. Very difficult

4.What is your Chinese level?

A. Basic B. Primary C. Medium D. Advanced

5.Which part do you find is the most difficult in Chinese learning?

A. Reading B. Grammar C. Pronunciation D. Listening

E. Writing F. Others (Please indicate):

6. Do you know about Chinese culture before coming to China?

A. Don’t know at all B. Know partially C. Know well

7.What is your purpose of learning Chinese?

A. Study/Live in China B. Interest

C. Understand Chinese culture D. Get a better job

E. Others (please indicate):

8.Do you learn Chinese culture in your Chinese class?

A. Yes B. No

9.What kind of teaching methods do you prefer?

A. Role-play B. Visual system

C. Story-telling D. Conversation practise

E. Others (Please indicate):

10.Do you think your mother tongue have impacts on your Chinese learning? If so,

how?

[opper567]

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. B

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. Awkward Pronunciation

[muyongshi]

1. A

2. D

3. B

4. D

5. E

6. C

7. A

8. A

9. E combination of many methods, writing, conversation, story telling, reading, etc.

10. Yes, can't think of specifics

[Senzhi]

1. A

2. D

3. C

4. B

5. A

6. C

7. C

8. B

9. E, combination of all methods.

10. Not really, as I have been raised in a multilingual environment.

[yonglin]

1. A (second language)

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. C (only tones, not sounds)

6. B

7. B

8. B

9. E (combination, with focus on active skills, i.e., speaking, writing)

10. Not that I'm aware. I don't know if my accent depends on my mother tongue or not, since I've never talked to any other Chinese learner with the same mother tongue.

[-Bee-]

1. A

2. B

3. B

4. B

5. B/D

6. B

7. B/C

8. A

9. E (combination of all methods)

10. Yes. I find that some sounds are easier to pronounce.

[Lu]

1A

2D

3C

4D

5E which includes B

6B

7B

8A

9E all of the above. With emphasis on students practicing.

10 If my mother tongue would have been a language closely related to Chinese, learning Chinese would have been much easier. Also I'm quite sure I have an accent, even though people tell me I don't.

[Chinese Learner]

1. A. Yes

2.A. Less than half year

3.C. Difficult

4.A. Basic

5.C. Pronunciation

6.B. Know partially

7.D. Get a better job

8.B. No

9 D. Conversation practise

10. Yes, I think I have probelems pronouncing Mandarin, the tonality and rhythms of my sentences are incorrect - but I speak French and Cantonese as well as English so I think this impacts - I have learned to understand basic survival Mandarin very quickly but my pronounciation is terrible...

[adrianlondon]

Will you post the results of your survey here?

[kdavid]

1.A.

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.E (Plan on doing a PhD in Chinese history)

8.B

9.D

10. Most problems in L2 are caused by a L1 interference, but this lessens with practice/knowledge of L2.

[gougou]

Will you post the results of your survey here?

I guess all you need to do is add up the answers that you can find here...

[Don_Horhe]

1. A (second language; near-native)

2. B

3. B

4. B (about 1,300 characters)

5. C (I sometimes mix up tones when excited or speaking faster; no trouble with the sounds themselves)

6. B (but I'm not in China yet)

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. No, not really.

[Shadowdh]

1.A. Yes

2. D. More than two years

3.B. With little difficulty

4. C. Medium

5.F. Others (Please indicate): To be honest I find time to study being the most difficult. I have a pretty full life so getting even 30 mins in a day is proving difficult.

6. B. Know partially

7.E. Others (please indicate): its a mixture of all the answers here really, I like the language, find the culture interesting and people wonderful and I want to work in a field with China (and Russia) as my main area(s) of interest.

8.A. Yes

9.E. Others (Please indicate): Mixture of all the answers here. But nothing beats living in China to learn it faster and probably easier...

10.I am really not sure, I think its more the fact that I try to mimic my teachers/friends/tutors rather than my language that has the impact. The better I mimic the better my learning, that and spending the time to study...

[green84]

Thanks for all the reply, you guys really do me a big favour! the more answers i have, the more i can do...

Yeah, of course I'll put the results here when i finish the whole survey. Because it's about my dissertation, need take time. But i promise i'll let you know the results.

Now i'm gathering materials and reference from various channels and i'll start to write my essay in July

Anyway, if there are any questions, I would like to help...

[mzpeck]

1;A

2;A

3;D

4;A

5;E

6;B

7;A

8;B

9;D

10;Yes, It seems to make pronunciation more difficult.

[ABCinChina]

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. E

6. C

7. A

8. B

9. D

10. It makes Chinese learning easier since there are many dictionaries dedicated to English-Chinese translations.

[msittig]

(As a former stats teacher I have serious misgivings about this survey, but here it goes anyway...)

1. A

2. D

3. C

4. C

5. E

6. B

7. B

8. B

9. E: Rote-memorization.

10. Yes, many ways.

[renzhe]

1: A. Yes (second language, since childhood)

2: D. More than two years (about 7, but only the last 1.5 years seriously)

3: D. Very difficult

4: C. Medium (about 2,500 characters, can read some books)

5: D. Listening

6: C. Know well (girlfriend of many years is Chinese)

7: B. Interest

8: A. Yes (I'm not in a class anymore, girlfriend is Chinese)

9: E. Lots of exposure and practice

10: Yes. I find European languages far easier to learn, because of similarities and shared vocabulary and grammar. Being fluent in English helps though, because the vast majority of excellent resources are in English.

[md1101]

1. A

2. D

3. C

4. D

5. A

6. A

7. B

8. B

9. D

10. Yes. I think if I was from Japan or Korea for example and already knew lots of characters then it'd be easier for me. I also think the diversity in English pronunciation makes pronouncing different consonants easier for English speakers but tones are hard because we're not used to it.

[green84]

Hello all, it's really nice to see more diverse answers,now im still collecting data and the results of the questionnaire as well as read some books about L2 teaching and the relations between language and culture, I'll also give this to other people who studying Chinese in China in order to get enought information. Thanks again for all the answers you guys provide.

Language is also a culture, I would like to share some ideas about that with you guys later, and of course i'll offer some reference relted to Chinese culture...

I'm happy to exchange thoughts about language learning with anyone who are interested in my topics (also include everything about China)...