A Questionnaire on Compliment Response

Q1:What is your GENDER?

Q2:Age

Q3:Residence

Q4:What language do you speak as your native?

Q5:How long have you stayed in the English speaking country?

Q6:Apart part from your native language and English, what other languages have you learned about?For the English native speaker, write down languages except for English.

Q7:What is you major field of study? (For students, please write down your major＆grade, i.e English，junior)

Q8:You mother buy you a shirt as your birthday gift. You really like it. The next day, you hang out with your friends in this shirt. When you guys meet, one of your friends approaches you and said, "Your shirt is so pretty. It looks great on you!"

Q9:You recentlytake part in a competition, in which your group needs to give a presentation atthe end. Your team members elect you delegate of the group to present it. Afterthe presentation, one of your team member approaches you and say to you, that “Youdon’t know how amazing you are! I thought you would be nervous, but all I haveseen in you are poise and elegance!”

Q10:Yourprofessor assigned you to write a story as the final paper. You spent muchenergy and time on it, from which you expect a high grade. Days later, the professorspoke highly of your story in his class. He said, that “You really have theflair for writing! The language is natural, the plot attractive, really worthreading!”

Q11:You happen to meet your old friends, who you haven't seen for a couple of years. And your friend said to you, that" you look really nice, even prettier/more handsome than we met last time."

Q12:You moved into the new house you've just bought. One of your friends dropped by, and you showed your friend around the house. After that, your friend said to you, that "what a nice house!"

Q13:There are several responses to compliments below. Now you need to rank them in order of priority: which one are the most likely response you would reply?

Q14:What are the compliments that you are most likely to evade?

Q15:What are the compliments that you are most likely to accept?

Q16:Under what circumstance will you apply the response "oh, it is really just so so." when receiving a compliments?

Q17:When you apply "thank you" in respond to a Compliment, often you use it to...

Q18:When you apply "I am really flattered" in respond to a compliment, often you use it to...

Q19:Thank you for filling the questionnaire! Here, you are encouraged to write something about your suggestion about this questionnaire.