Questionnaire (EFL English Teacher Cognition)

 Age range

Gender: 

Academic qualifications

Professional qualification:    

Years of teaching experience:

Time spent together in (an) English-speaking country(s) (till now):    

Please indicate all the resources you use? (choose as many as you like)

Professional development activities received in the last two years 

8b. During the last two years, have you received training from any source in any of the following areas? (Choose as many as you like)

Languages used when teaching college English in the classroom:

PART TWO: Teacher CognitionIn the following part, the five numbersfrom 1 to 5 represent STRONGLY DISAGREE,DISAGREE, NEUTRAL, AGREE AND STRONGLYAGREE. Please circle the number 1, 2,3, 4or 5.  

2. Good writers are those who know grammar rules well.    

3. Good writers have skills of planning before starting writing.    

4. Good writing teachers give many assignments to the students    

4. Good writing teachers give many assignments to the students    

5. Good writing teachers are good writers themselves    

6. Model compositions help students to learn how to write.    

7. Translating from text in their first language helps students to learn how to write.  

8. Reading helps students to learn how to write.    

9. The process of re-writing helps students to learn how to write.    

10. Process writing helps to build a good writer.

11.   The best way to improve writing is through writing itself.

12.   Students are more likely to be good writers in English if they are good writers in Chinese.    

13.    It is better to learn English writing in an English-speaking country.

14.    Teachers should correct their students’ mistakes in their writing work at the beginning since it will be hard to get rid  of them later on.

15. My education experience should provide me with enough knowledge to teach writing.    

16.  My education experience has provided me with enough knowledge to teach writing.     

17. The university I am working in should provide me with enough support to teach writing.    

18. The university I am working in has provided me with enough support to teach writing.    

19. Computers and other new technologies arehelpful in teaching students to write well.

20. In order to teach students to write, English teachers should focus on helping students to: