Posted: Dec 12, 2011 1:36 pm
This is a question for all you people with a native language that isn't English. But it's really a series of questions, so I was hoping you wouldn't mind answering my informal survey on the subject. If you feel the need to expand on any aspect of English language learning/teaching, feel free. I'm particularly interested in the role of the students' native language in learning a new language, and whether it's a help or a hindrance. So without further ado:
1. At what age did you start to learn English?
2. What was the English teaching in your public education system like:
a) In which country?
b) At what age did you start learning?
c) Did your teacher speak your native language during lessons? If so, what for, and do you think it was beneficial?
d) How much spoken communication in English did you do during these lessons?
3. Did you supplement this with private tuition/study in a private language centre? If so, same a) b) c) & d) questions again.
4. Did you ever live abroad in a situation that required you to use English regularly?
5. Other than living abroad, how often did you get to communicate in English? And what form did these communications take?
6. How often did you consume English-language media, and did you do so with a conscious effort to study/understand it?
I know by definition, I'm only going to get answers from people that had a fairly successful experience learning English, but I'm more interested in what works anyway.
1. At what age did you start to learn English?
2. What was the English teaching in your public education system like:
a) In which country?
b) At what age did you start learning?
c) Did your teacher speak your native language during lessons? If so, what for, and do you think it was beneficial?
d) How much spoken communication in English did you do during these lessons?
3. Did you supplement this with private tuition/study in a private language centre? If so, same a) b) c) & d) questions again.
4. Did you ever live abroad in a situation that required you to use English regularly?
5. Other than living abroad, how often did you get to communicate in English? And what form did these communications take?
6. How often did you consume English-language media, and did you do so with a conscious effort to study/understand it?
I know by definition, I'm only going to get answers from people that had a fairly successful experience learning English, but I'm more interested in what works anyway.