QUESTIONNAIRES FOR STUDENTS

QUESTIONNAIRES FOR STUDENTS

Question n°1 : Where do you study? What is yourlevel? Question n°2 : How do you understand ‘fun activities’ in language learning? (Tick your answer) a) Activities that create laughter while learning. b) Enjoyable activities to motivate students to learn. c) Activities that create amusement in the classroom. Question n°3 : Does your teacher teach you speaking? (Put a tick in the square) □Yes □No Question n°4: If ‘Yes’, which of these fun activities does your teacher often use? (Please put a cross in the chart) Fun activities Never Rarely Sometimes often Always Role-play Discussion Games Information gap(Completing information) Story telling Songs Humorous devices(jokes, riddles) Question n°5 : Do you enjoy the use of ‘fun activities’ in class? □ Yes □ No Question n°6 : Do you think it improves your speaking skill? □ Yes □ Maybe □ No Question n°7 : If ‘Yes’ in what ways?(Please rank from the most important reason n°1 to the least important reason n°3) …..: It motivates me to speak because it relieves my shyness. …..: It gives me opportunity to speak the language in a more natural way. vii ….. : It exposes me to an ordinary situation and induces me to participate in class. Other(s) (Please write in the blank if you have other answers) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………… Question n°8 : If ‘No’, why? Because: □ We are shy and we do not like speaking. □ We do not have enough vocabulary so we are reluctant to speak. □ We do not have oral examination so we are not interested in any speaking activities. □ Other

DETAILS ON CLASS OBSERVATIONS APPENDIX 3A

Classroom observation n°1 (cf, p. 52) WARM-UP Step 1: T: What is the date today? (The teacher appointed one student) S: Today is the twenty fourth of February two thousand and fifteen. (Orally) T: What’s new? What’s in the news today? Ss: Nothing special! Step 2: The teacher posted the craft on the BB T: What can you see on the B.B? S: I see two flags. S: I can see on the board a stamp but not in the right place.

T: What kind of flags are they? S: American flag, Malagasy flag T: What can you say about these flags? S: The stars on the American flag should be on the left side. S: The red colour of Malagasy flag should be under the green. S: The house should have doors and windows. PRE-SPEAKING Step 1: T: Last time we talked about Health. What should we do to keep fit? S: Practice sports S: To keep fit we should wash hand before eating. S: we should not smoke, not drink alcohol. S: We should have balanced food. S: We should brush our teeth three times a day. S: We should eat fruit, sleep, not stay up late. S: We should have distraction. T: What kind of distraction? S: Play games. S: Consult a doctor regularly. T: Go to the doctor even if you are not ill. xii Step 2: T: When you narrate a past event, you use past tenses.

T: What are past tenses? Ss: Simple past, past perfect, past continuous etc. T: What are the forms of the simple past? Negative form? Ss: S + did not+ V. T: For example? S: We did not work. T: What is the form of past continuous? Ss: S+ was/were +V ing. Step 3: Put the verb into the correct tense. a- Mother (to cook) lunch when the children (to come) back from school. → was cooking, came b- Father (to read) a newspaper while the children (to wacth) cartoons. → was reading, were watching c- The children (to play) in the yard when mother (to call) them for lunch. → were playing, called d- The telephone (to ring) while he (to sleep) → rang, was sleeping e- He (to put) out his cigarette before he (to go) on the bus. → He had put, went