EXTENSIVE READING QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear students,

Please complete the following survey to help me with a more effective course in the future. Thank you for your help.

PART ONE

Answer the questions below on your own

1.    Do you like reading in English?Why/Why not?

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2. Looking back at your childhood, what do you remember as your first reading experiences?

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3. Do you remember having books or other materials read to you as a child? If so, what did you like best?

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4. When you were able to read on your own, what did you enjoy reading?

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5. What kind of reading is important in your life today? For example, do you read a lot for school or for your job?

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6. About how many hours a week do you usually read materials of your own choice (magazines, newspapers, novels, facebook/twitter status, nonfiction)?

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7. Do you have a favorite writer in your first language? A favorite book?

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8. What books have you read in English?

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9. If you could easily read anything in English, what would you like to read?

___ short stories ___ science fiction ___ comic books ___ novels

___ biographies ___ adventures ___ detective stories ___ poetry

___ daily newspapers ___ sports newspapers ___  magazines  _________________

10. Why do you like reading?

___ for pleasure                ___  when I have to 
 ___ for information         ___for language development

11. You choose a book because….

___of the title ___ of the illustrations ___of the cover ___of the author

___ of the subject ___someone advised me to ___ I saw a film based on it  _____________________

12.    Before reading ….

___read the front / back cover     ___ look at the illustrations    ___ I make predictions  
___read the end

13. While reading

___ read the whole book ___only read the passages/ chapters I like I try to get the gist of the story ___ underline

___take notes ___ summarise parts of the story ___ give up _____________________

14. After reading

___  reread ___ think about the book I’ve read ___discuss the book with someone else ___ retell the story

___ nothing ___ I write a book review  _____________________

PART TWO

Choose true or false based on your condition

1. I have a blog before extensive reading course 2. I make a blog after extensive reading course 3. I usually use and visit my blog at least once a week (before extensive reading program) 4. I usually check my instructor’s blog 5. I usually do my extensive reading assignment in time 6. I usually visit my friend’s blog 7. I usually give comment on my friend’s blog 8. I usually read more than 1 hour a day and report it in my log in blog 9. I usually do pre-reading activities (predicting/guessing) before reading the text 10. I usually reread the text after reading the end of the story/text 11. I usually decide the book I am going to read by my self 12. I usually decide to read the story based on my friend’s suggestion

Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N Y     N

PART THREE

Choose agree or disagree from the following statements!

1. I like reporting reading log using blog 2. I like reporting reading log using paper 3. I like making written report using blog 4. I like reading instruction’s guidelines from blog 5. I like reading instruction’s guidelines from paper 6. Blog can improve my reading skill 7. Blog can help me to read faster 8. Blog motivates me to read 9. Blog can improves my creativity 10.Blog can help me to do collaboration with my friends 11.Blog can encourage learner’s autonomy 12. Blog can encourage critical analysis 13.Blog provide an environment for increasing reading and writing 14. blog can support extensive reading activities 15. I am more confident communication through blog than face to face communication 16. Program and activities made by my instructor in this course is easy to understand 17. Program and activities made by my instructor in this course is interesting 18. Program and activities made by my instructor in this course is useful for increasing my reading speed 17. Program and activities made by my instructor in this course is useful for increasing my reading habit 18. Program and activities made by my instructor in this course have made me more confident readers in english

A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D A     D

PART FOUR

Choose like or dislike from the activities provided in extensive reading

1. Reading Log 2. give comment to the story 3. write a letter to a character on the story 4. retell the story/news/article 5. write imaginary day with the character on the story 6. make a poster for the story 7. write different ending/beginning of the story 8. continue the story 9. make a poem based on the story 10. make a poem for one character on the story 11. read against the clock 12. race read with your partner 13. write a diary for one character on the story 14.make a map of the places on the story 15.make a character review

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If you have idea for the activity, write it

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PART FIVE

Please rank the following items from number 1 to 6 depending on their significance to a successful extensive reading program.

_____ Text difficulty (vocabulary, syntactic complexity)

_____ Peer cooperation (group work, discussions, presentation)

_____ Materials selection (i.e. genres)

_____ Teacher’s roles (i.e. explanation, help)

_____ Self-selecting reading materials

_____ Classroom activities

Please rank the following items from number 1 to 7 depending on your preference.

_____ Summary writing

_____ Student-student cooperation

_____ Q &A

_____ Teacher-student conference

_____ Personal reflections

_____ On-line sharing

_____ Oral presentation

Do you have any difficulties when reading extensively? Why do you rank certain item as top one, or two, but other as the last? Please write your reasons for the ranking.

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