The purpose of this questionnaire is to find out the areas that polytechnic students

in particular find difficulties and improvement in the English language. It also seeks
to obtain feedback on the problem areas in respect to the communicative skills of
English language .The subject name and identity will be strictly kept confidential
please give your answers honestly and accordingly.

Teachers : ____________________________________________________________

Respondent no :

Age :

Mother Tongue :

Qualification :

Sex M ( ) F (

The following questions have five point scales depending on individual questions.
The question that has the Sub – options the same applies.

Q-1 AS a teacher do you feel that English is important for everyday communication?
Please tick Yes or No

Yes [ ] No [ ]

Q-2 Do you find difficulties to communicate in English? Please tick form option given
below.

A Understanding spoken message

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B. Putting sentence correctly in speech

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C. Using pronunciation

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

D. Using vocabulary

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B. Putting sentence correctly in speech

Q-3. How often do you use English when speaking to people every day?

A Always

B most of the time

C sometimes

D Never

Q-4 How often do you use English When speaking in the School, college .campus?

Please tick form option given below

A Always

B most of the time

C sometimes

D Never

Q-5 How confident you are in using the language in your work place and in the
classroom? Please tick from the option below.

A Very confident
B confident

C Not very confident

D Not confident at all

Q-7 Do you find problems communicating or even embarrassed when you use the
language?

A. Making grammatical errors.

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B Lack of vocabulary

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C Pronouncing word incorrectly

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

D lack of fluency

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all
Q-8 what kind of tasks do you perform besides talking to students in the English
language outside the classroom students.

A chat with friends

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B Discussion in meeting

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C Talking to colleague who speak your mother tongue

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

D At home

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

Q-9 What do you think is the objectives of teaching speaker to students?

A to enhance speaking skill

1 very important
2 important

3 somewhat important

4 Not important at all

B to look for the errors in the use of syntax

1 very important

2 important

3 somewhat important

4 Not important at all

C To improve overall use of

1 very important

2 important

3 somewhat important

4 Not important at all

Q- 10 Teacher must refine and enhance communication skills . Do feel the need to
develop your communication skills.

A Speaking

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

B writing skill

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all
C Reading

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

D listening

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

Q-12 In which of the area given below, do you feel to improve?

A Vocabulary

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

B Pronunciation

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

C Syntax/Grammar

1 Very much needed

2 needed
3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

D Reading

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

E listening

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

F conversation skills

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

G Writing

1 Very much needed

2 needed

3 somewhat needed

4 Not at all

13. Making use of authentic material in teaching can improve and enhance
students

A Conversation practice.

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B Discussion

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C Role plays

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

Role Plays

Q - 14 Do you think that your ‘mother tongue’ obstructs you in using

correct English?

A Writing

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B Speaking

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C Pronouncing words when reading

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

D When it involves vocabulary

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

15 Reading is n activity that sharpens writing as well vocabulary? What kind of

reading activity (ies) do you use in the classroom?

A Loud reading for better Pronunciation

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

B Silent reading for comprehension

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all

C. Using authentic materials of current interest

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometimes

4 Not at all
Q-15 Are you aware of the sounds of the English language?

A .English Phonology

1 Very much aware

2 Aware

3 Somewhat aware

4 Not at all

B. The tones of English

1 Very much aware

2 Aware

3 Somewhat aware

4 Not at all

C Word and sentence stress

1 Very much aware

2 Aware

3 Somewhat aware

4 Not at all

C. Accent

1 Very much aware

2 Aware

3 Somewhat aware

4 Not at all

Q- 17 Student need to be fluent grammatically correct in writing .What kind of

writing skills do you teach to student.

A Letter Writing

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

B . Paragraph Writing

D Writing grammatically corrects sentence

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

E Essay writing

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

Q- 18 Discourse is important as it involves decoding the message within the context

of a sentence. Do you make use of discourse in teaching English?

A Making request

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

B Giving commands

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

C Asking question

1 Always
2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

D making formal expression

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

21. Beside teaching what kind of activities do you engage students to improve on
the use of the language?

A Debate on current topic

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

B Discussion

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

C Dramatization

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

D Role plays

1 Always
2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

E Language games

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

22. How do you do about teaching vocabulary to students?

A Through word formation

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

B Through authentic text

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

C Through literature

1 Always

2 Most of the time

3 Sometime

4 Not at all

Q-23 If English is important in every sphere of life, do you think a special

training in the skills of the language would improve you as a teacher?
Please tick accordingly.
A It will help be a better teacher

B It will help me understand the language better

C It will help me further my careers and getting a better pay.

D It is not important at all

Q-25 what kind of training would you prefer?

A All the four skills for over all development

A Pronunciation skill for over all introductions to the sounds of the language

C Training on the use of grammar and vocabulary building

D Training is unnecessary as it is time consuming

24. What is the role of a teacher?

A a facilitator of knowledge

B a co – communication and co – prompter

C a role model cum facilitator of education

D a teacher autocrat

Q- 27 What kind of teaching methodology do you use to teach students ?

A lecture method

B Interactive method

C communicative language teaching

D structural method