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Lesson2 Survey Plan and survey Procedures

Lesso"Focus:
0u have for ed a su ey report group and decided on the topic of your report.Now

your group needs to think about how they are going to co"eCt data that is relevant to
your chosen topic In this r odule your rnain source of data w"l be a quesuonnaire

This esson w"lfoCus on survey procedures

ou wH start to learn some J the steps to

conduct a survey.

earn more about the requirements and expectations of the In addition`you w" Independent Language Learning POH:fo"o(ILLP)D

P^RT^ P:a"" ng a"d Carry:"g out Research

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ng and carrying out research and cOmplete the notes

1. object Ves of V ur Research: YOu l ust know what your search invOIves`
including the Co"ection and
of inforf ation with the airn of

your understanding of your chosen topic

Methods of Cather mg=nformat n:

observation`
and experiments,

3.Too stO DO V ur Research:

for
for experiF ents

observation and

4.

Before Vou C nduct Vour survev: ou1 ust deode how to administer the and your
audience,

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Before setting the questions for your quesuonnaire`first consider the fo"owing:

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1.Respondents-people who take pa in a quesuonnaire survey by cOmpIeung

your questionnaire.
VVho are the target respondents of your quesuonnaire?i,e

who are you going to

interview?

you ask the better your resuIts will be.

e-the number of people who take part in a quesuonnaire survey. 2.sanpIe s -HOw many peop e your questionnaire?Rememberthe rnore "l be asked to complete

Who are they?

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Before you get down to the business of designing the quesuonnaire for your survey repo
below
(We ll d this next week)let s practice for1 ing questions using the activity

"g Questioms

Read the fo"owing statements` then refor: ulate them as questions using the
question prompts given.HOw many different questions can you create for each item'
i

1a`1b`1c`2a etc ?

1. Indian people fron the south of India prefer spicy food

a

Why
Which
What kind

2. MOst esterners can t speak Cantonese

a

Why

b, What
3. My brother could stay under water for an hou

a.HOw
b

HOW long

4. The Japanese prefer bland tastes.

a

Why
Which
What kind

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The o0jecuve f your Independent Language Learning POrtfo"o(ILLP)is to heIp you to
increase your Eng"sh language pronciency and your skHls in learning independently,YOu can choose any sk"l area to improve`e
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What Vou Need tO Do

1

2.Decide on an Eng"sh language sk

may be general`e g I wantto improve rny generaI writing sk"

and general Itis better to anaIyse exacuy what is wrong with your writing sk"ls,Then decide which area to focus on ouight decide that you wantto improve your gra w an But even that is quite Wide Whatis the biggest gra Wnatical problem you have?I$it

tenses?Oris it wriung c mplete sentences?0}r perhaps itis not a gra wnar proble I but

one oflexis`or how words go togethe 0}r you may think Eng"sh is bor ng,If you are
bored you don t
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suggestions are listed below,
3,Devise your plan of action`i
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your chosen sk"l(s). rite up your plan`incIuding a tir e"ne for when youl
activities

devise your plan

4,Put your plan into action and keep yourjournal

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Independent Language Learning POrtfo"o

listening`speaking`reading and writ ng,

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COmplete the Language Learner self-Test' our teacher wiH give th s to you,
l`or sk" s that you rnight"ke to improve Ybur flDcus
s

But this is a bit too l ide

SO perhaps yourfocus cOuld be quite unusual`e.g I want tO Iisten

I ant

to write songs in Eng"sh! lMOre

what are you going to do to inVestigate and exp ore

"I do celtain H= T Ask you teaCherr friends and family for help and inspiration when you

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The Jourmal
There are2things that you need to write about in your ILLP journa!:
1

Briefly describe the activiues that you did to mprove your chosen Eng"sh language

sk"l(s);and
2.COmment on what you learned doing the activities`i,e irnproved your Eng"sh

how you think they have

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Listen for detaHed inforF ation

DO exercises on uspeak out in CILL

use CD ROM(Voice Book) 5hrs Wr ting skHIs

0,5hra week

Reading sk lls

Reading for gist

Business wriung

read a short newspaper article(every day)

use the sORware

Report writer 41 rs

Technical writing
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What area do I want to foCus on?/What Can I do to improve this area?

UVhe"do I have a reguIar slot of spare time in which to work on Eng"sh?

HOw can Iimprove this aspect of my English?

HOw much can I coverin each session?H w lom should spend on this each ti:ne

HoW ofte"Can I work on improving my English

Relmember that"ttle and often is

usually better than spending a IOng tirne studying but not often

Where?It could be in CILL`the library(LRC)at homle`on the MTR etc

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