By Zoltán Dörnyei, Tatsuya Taguchi
Dornyei (applied linguistics, U. of Nottingham, united kingdom) has a few 15 years of expertise in utilizing questionnaires in his study on language studying motivation. He bargains this sensible textbook to be used in classes in quantitative study technique and survey learn in language acquisition courses in linguistics, psychology, and schooling departments. assurance contains the character, benefits, and shortcomings of questionnaires; the development and management of the questionnaire; and processing questionnaire information.
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Shortanswer questions involve a real exploratory enquiry about an issue; 50 QUESTIONNAIRES IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH that is, they require a more free-ranging and unpredictable response. As Gillham (2000, pp. 34-35) concludes, these questions: can be motivating for the respondent, and they enable the researcher to trawl for the unknown and the unexpected. One or two questions of this type can be a good way of finishing a questionnaire, which can otherwise easily leave respondents with the impression that their personal opinions or experiences have to fit the straitjacket of prescribed answers.
4 Short-answer questions The term 'short-answer questions' is sometimes used to distinguish these questions from 'essay questions' (which are not recommended in ordinary questionnaires and therefore will not be discussed). Shortanswer questions involve a real exploratory enquiry about an issue; 50 QUESTIONNAIRES IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH that is, they require a more free-ranging and unpredictable response. As Gillham (2000, pp. 34-35) concludes, these questions: can be motivating for the respondent, and they enable the researcher to trawl for the unknown and the unexpected.
5 below). Sample 2. 5. Multiple-choice attitude items from the 'Attitude/Motivation Test Battery' (Gardner, 1985, p. 181) Scoring Key During French class, I would like: 2 1 3 (a) to have a combination of French and English spoken. (b) to have as much English as possible spoken. (c) to have only French spoken. If there were a French Club in my school, I would: 2 3 1 (a) attend meetings once in a while. (b) be most interested in joining. (c) definitely not join. 2. 4. 3 Rank order items It is a common human mental activity to rank order people, objects, or even abstract concepts^ according to some criterion, and rank order items in questionnaires capitalize on our familiarity with this process.