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Name:
Email Address:
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1. Where are you from? What is your first language?

2. Do you speak any other languages besides English?

3. What is your professional background (e.g., your job and/or school major)?

4. How long have you been living in the U.S.? How long do you plan to stay?

5. How many years have you studied English (formally/informally)? Where have you studied?

6. Which language skills do you feel most comfortable with? (Check all that apply)
Reading Writing Speaking Listening
7. Are you a user of these websites? (Check all that apply)
Google YouTube Facebook Twitter Instagram Other:__________
8. (What) do you usually read/listen to English (newspaper, Internet, book, etc.)? How often?

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9. In this course, I want to:
Very important Ouite important Not important
1. Improve fluency
2. Improve accuracy
3. Improve pronunciation
4. Learn to speak English politely and
appropriately
Other:

10. Talk about situations in which you find yourself struggling with English.

11. Why are you studying English? What are your goals?

12. Tell me more about yourself.

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I. Topics: Will you be interested in discussing the following topics in class?
Very interested Quite interested Not interested
1. Careers
2. Traveling
3. Advertising
4. Holidays
5. Natural disasters
6. Movies
7. Relationships/Marriage
8. Crimes
9. Health problems
10. Sports
11. Money
12. Food
13. Personality
14. Arts
15. Literature
16. Hometowns
17. Stress
18. Social Media
19. Procrastination
20. Habits
21. Comforting
22. Decisions
23. Honesty and lies
24. Secrets
25. Other: ______________________________

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II. Speech Acts: Will you find the following topics useful?
Very useful Quite useful Not useful
1. Ordering food
2. Apologizing
3. Making requests
4. Making invitations
5. Thanking people
6. Giving compliments
7. Giving suggestions
8. Agreeing and disagreeing
9. Making appointments
10. Other: ______________________________

III. Class Activities: Will you be interested in the following activities?

Very interested Quite interested Not interested
1. Role-play
2. Group discussion
3. Debate
4. Presentation
5. Storytelling
6. Oral book report
7. Email writing