Questionnaire in Second Language Research

Because the essence of scientific research is trying to find answers to questions in a systematic manner, it is no wonder that the___________________has become one of the most popular research instruments applied in the social sciences

• Questionnaire

• Instrument

• Technique

• Method

There are_______________ any written instruments that present respondents with a series of questions or statements to which they are to react 

either by writing out their answers or selecting from among existing answers.”

(Brown, 2001, p. 6)

• Questionnaires

• Tests

• Techniques

• Instruments

A__________________ takes a sample of the respondent’s behavior/knowledge and, on the basis of this sample, inferences are made about the degree of the development of the individual’s more general underlying competence/abilities/ skills (e.g., overall L2 proficiency)

• Questionnaire

• Instrument

• Technique

• Test

A _________ measures how well someone can do something.

• Questionnaire

• Instrument

• Technique

• Test

________________ do not have good or bad answers; they ask for information about the respondents in a non-evaluative manner, without gauging their performance against a set of criteria or against the performance of a norm group.

• Questionnaires

• Instruments

• Techniques

• Tests

What do Questionnaires measure?

They can yield to three types of data about the respondent: _______________,_____________, and_____________

• Attitudes, Beliefs and opinions

• factual, behavioral, and attitudinal.

• Interests, opinions, and behaviors

________________ do not have good or bad answers; they ask for information about the respondents in a non-evaluative manner, without gauging their performance against a set of criteria or against the performance of a norm group.

• Questionnaires

• Instruments

• Techniques

• Tests

They are used to find out about who the respondents are. They typically cover demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, and race), residential location, marital and socioeconomic status, level of education, religion, occupation,

• Behavioral questions

• Factual questions

• Attitudinal questions

They typically ask about people’s actions, lifestyles, habits, and personal history. Perhaps the most well-known questions of this type in L2 studies are the items in language learning strategy inventories that ask about the frequency of the use of a particular strategy in the past.

• Behavioral questions

• Factual questions

• Attitudinal questions

They are used to find out what people think. This is a broad category that concerns attitudes, opinions, beliefs, interests, and values.

• Behavioral questions

• Factual questions

• Attitudinal questions