Urgent!! Need people to do the questionnaire!

[green84]

hello, the research is still in process, I find that i need more people do it,could anyone help me with it or post to others? thanks a lot

I really need it urgently.

[The Elf Piper]

1. A

2. A

3. C

4. A (or even less)

5. A and D

6. I'm not in China. I only know a little about the culture and I'd like to know more.

7. B and C

8. I'm learning on my own for now, I hope when I get in a class next month there will be some culture study.

9. C or D

10. Some of the sounds are difficult for me to pronounce, especially at faster speeds or if there are a lot of ch and sh sounds together.

[green84]

I put a questionnaire before and now here is the result, if you need more information ,please free to ask

Admin Edit: Original thread can be found here.

Result of Questionnaire

The total valid number of respondents is 144. In order to make it clearer, from the result of questionnaire, the respondents can be divided into three groups based on their Chinese level, basic and primary, medium, and advanced. Among them, there are 38% of respondents’ Chinese level is basic and primary, and there are 31% whose level is medium, while another 31% of respondents’ level is advanced.

In the basic and primary group, most of them only learn Chinese for half or a year and they also think that Chinese is difficult or a little difficult to learn while only 10% of them feel that Chinese is very hard to learn. 40% of them think that the most difficult part is pronunciation while others find the hardest parts are reading, grammar, and writing, which occupies 20% respectively. As for the understanding of Chinese culture before they come to China, 80% of respondents know partially while only 20% knows well, and only 40% of them learn Chinese culture in their classes. As for the teaching method, conversation is their favorite. The last question is an open question to ask the respondents like this “do you think your mother tongue has impacts on your Chinese learning? If so, how?” It is interesting to find that most respondents answer “yes” and say the most obvious difference is the pronunciation between two languages, while only one respondent answer “no, not really”.

In medium group, all of them have learned Chinese for two years or more years. 40% of them Chinese with little difficulties while others think Chinese is hard or very hard to learn. Pronunciation, listening, and writing are the most difficult parts in their study, which takes up 40%, 20%, and 20% respectively. Most of them know partially about Chinese culture before they come to China, but only 20% of them learn Chinese culture in the classroom. The “mixture teaching method” is their favorite which combines role-play, visual system, story-telling, and conversation practice. As for the last question, there is no common answer to say how their mother language has influence on their Chinese learning.

All the respondents who belong to advanced group have learned Chinese for more than two years, and they still find Chinese is difficult or little difficult to learn, by contrary, only one respondent finds that it is easy to learn Chinese but does not explain the reason. Listening and writing are seen as the most difficult part to learn in this group. 40% of them do not know about Chinese culture before they come to China, while others know about or know well. But 80% of them learn Chinese culture in the class, and the conversation practice and mixed methods are the most popular teaching methods. As for the last question, the different tones and pronunciation between two languages is considered as a factor which affect their Chinese learning.

Edited September 3, 2008 at 08:35 AM by imron
updated title, and included link to the original thread

[roddy]

I've merged the results with the questionnaire to increase the chances of people seeing it. Thanks for the feedback!