FIRST YEAR COMMON QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATION
2015
SYNTHESIS
Before we start the implementation of the project we organized three different questionnaires with pupils, parents and teachers to evaluate the current situations in schools. When preparing the questions we mainly focused on finding out the usage of ICT tools at schools, awareness of other countries and cultures and the expectations from the project of’ I-Talc’.
The questions to be asked were prepared during the first transnational meeting in Greece by the national coordinators. The Lithuanian team has turned the questionnaire intoonline format on ‘Google-Drive’ and the results were sent to Turkish team toanalyze and write an evaluation report of the questionnaires.
The results, figures and charts of the questionnaires can be reached on the following link
A. FIRST YEAR COMMON QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PARENTS
161parents have participated in the questionnaires from all countries.
ANALYSES OF QUESTIONS
1. What is your mother language?
Except for 4 Albanian and 1 Arabic, all of the parents’ mother languages are the same with their countries’ official language.
2. Have you got an Internet connection at home?
More than%98 families have internet connection at home.
3. How many hours a day does your child spend on Internet?
%75 of children spend more than one hour on the internet while % 25 of children spend only an hour.
4. Does your child use ICT to learn at home?
Comment: As it can be seen on the chart, only %36.6 of students often use ICT tools at home. On the other hand, %10.6 of children never use ICT tools to learn at home. It is a fact that although most of the children spend more than 1 hour on the internet, only %36.6 of children use ICT tools often to learn.
5. Do you think ICT tools will help your child to learn independently?
Comment: Only %1.9 of parents think that ICT tools will not help their children to learn independently which means that more or less %98 of parents have some hope that it will/may be helpful for children.
6. Do you think the Erasmus Plus project I-TALC will help your child improve his/her English spoken skills?
Comment: When we compare the two charts in questions5 and 6 we see that only %44.7 of parents definitely believe that ICT tools will be helpful for children %77.6 of parents definitely believe that the project of –TALC will be helpful for children to improve their spoken skills.
7. Do you think the Erasmus Plus project I-TALC will make language classes more engaging?
Comment: It is encouraging that most of the parents think that the Erasmus+ project I-TALC will make language classes more engaging. On the other hand, only %0.6 of parents are hopeless about the project.
8. Do you think the language camp to be organised within Erasmus Plus project I-TALC will help your child develop his/her emotional abilities?
9. Do you think Erasmus Plus projects could increase your satisfaction regarding the quality of the educational services offered by the school?
10. Do you think the Erasmus Plus project I-TALC will help promote the school image locally and nationally?
OVERALL COMMENTS:Parents observe that studentsspend hours on the internet they are not able to use ICT tools enough. However, it’s hope-inspiring that although pupils don’t use the ICT tools enough, most of the parents believe that the Erasmus+ project I-TALC will be useful for children.
B. FIRST YEAR COMMON QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS
76 teachers have participated in the questionnaires from all countries.
ANALYSES OF QUESTIONS
How often do you use ICT in your classes?
How often do you organise oral interactions in your classes?
Have your students got enough oral communication competences?
Do you think ICT tools will help make your classes more engaging?
Do you think ICT tools will make your pupils more active?
Are you willing to integrate ICT tools into your everyday pedagogical practice?
Will you attend if the school organises an ICT workshop?
COMMENTS:As it is shown above, only %9.2 of teachers use ICT tools very often and %28.9 of teachers use ICT tools often in classes. Another striking answer is only % 1.3 of teachers say that all of the students have got enough oral communication competences. What is promising for the project is most of the teachers believe that ICT tools will be useful in the classroom and they are willing to join to the ICT workshops and integrate ICT tools into their everyday pedagogical practice.
C. FIRST YEAR COMMON QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PUPILS
334 pupils have participated in the questionnaires from all countries.
ANALYSES OF QUESTIONS
How well do you speak English?
What other foreign languages do you speak?
Which of these languages would you like to learn?
Do you have the chance to practise foreign languages at home?
Match each country with its flag.
EU CHECZ R. FRANCE GREECE FYRM LITHUANIA ROMANIA SPAIN TURKEY
On Ave. / 4.89 / 6.69 / 1.37 / 4.26 / 3.45 / 7.05 / 5.86 / 2.26 / 5.05Match eachcity with its number on the map
City / Paris / Bucharest / Athens / Madrid / Prague / Istanbul / Skopje / VilniusOn
Average / 1.65 / 5.53 / 4.15 / 2.62 / 6.52 / 5.06 / 3.81 / 6.65
Match each country with its number on the map
Country / CzechRep. / France / Greece / FYMR / Lithuania / Romania / Spain / Turkey
On
Average / 6.69 / 1.37 / 4.26 / 3.45 / 7.05 / 5.86 / 2.26 / 5.05
Do you thinkICT will help you improve your oral communication skills in foreign languages?
How often do you use ICT in language classes?
Do you feel comfortable speaking spontaneously during foreign language classes?
Are you usually active in foreign language classes?
COMMENTS: The pupils say us that some %39.2 of them cannot speak any foreign language at all apart from English and %30.2 of them can speak only a little foreign language. However they are eager to learn some European Languages like French and Spanish.
When we asked pupils to match the countries with its number on the map we got the average of 4.45 among 8 flags within EU. Similarly the pupils are able to match the cities on the map with the average of 4.49. As to matching the countries with their numbers on the map, the average is the same with the cities 4.49!
It’s hope-inspiring that only %54.8 of students believe that ICT will help them to improve their oral communication skills in foreign languages. On the other hand merely % 6.3 of students can always use ICT in language classes.
We can infer from te questionnaire that students do not feel comfortable enough when they speak spontaneously during the language classes. Another striking result is only %15 of students are active in foreign language classes.