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APPENDIX D
TEACHER FREQUENCY REPORT
Questionnaire for the Studies of Greek Language
and Culture in our Community School System in the USA
(N=132)
I. Personal Background
a) I am a teacher of Greek at the level:
64.7%
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Elementary School
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19.6%
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Middle School
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2.0%
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High School
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13.7%
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All levels
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b) I was born:
73.5%
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In Greece
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20.5%
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In the US or elsewhere, not Greece
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c) My age is:
32.8%
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Between 20 & 40 years old
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50.4%
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Between 40 & 60 years old
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16.8%
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Over 60 years old
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II. Evaluation
1. How would you rate the quality of materials used?
8.5%
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Poor
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35.6%
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Fair
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48.3%
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Good
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7.6%
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Excellent
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2. Which textbooks do you use?
(Titles on File)
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
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3. How would you rate the number of classroom hours per week?
46.8%
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Inadequate
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52.4%
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Adequate
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0.8%
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More than adequate
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4. How many classroom hours per week are devoted to each of your classes?
5.1%
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1 hour
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28.2%
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2 hours
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17.9%
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3 hours
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23.9%
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4 hours
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9.4%
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5 hours
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15.4%
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6 hours
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0.0%
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More than 6 hours
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3.504
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Mean classroom time spent on Greek
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5. How would you rate the interest and involvement of your students?
8.0%
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Poor
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23.9%
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Fair
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56.6%
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Good
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11.5%
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Excellent
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6. How would you rate the parents' support of their children?
23.2%
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Poor
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35.7%
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Fair
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31.3%
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Good
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9.8%
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Excellent
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7. My curriculum is:
8.7%
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Imposed
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33.7%
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Suggested
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57.6%
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Designed entirely by me
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8. How much time do you spend preparing for each class?
25.7%
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1 hour
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49.6%
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2 hours
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9.7%
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3 hours
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8.0%
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4 hours
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4.4%
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5 hours
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2.7%
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More than 5 hours
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9. How satisfied are you with your working conditions?
15.9%
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Not at all
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61.9%
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Fairly satisfied
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20.3%
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Very satisfied
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10. I volunteer my services and receive no compensation:
11. If you receive a salary, how satisfied are you with it?
43.4%
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Not at all
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47.2%
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Fairly satisfied
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9.4%
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Very satisfied
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12. How satisfied are you with your benefits? (health insurance, vacations, etc.)
75.0%
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Not at all
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21.6%
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Fairly satisfied
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3.4%
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Very satisfied
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13. How often are you able to go to Greece?
25.8%
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Rarely
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33.3%
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Fairly often
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40.8%
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Frequently
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14. How often do you have in-house teacher training?
70.5%
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Rarely
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21.0%
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Fairly often
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8.6%
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Frequently
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15. (If applicable) The quality of in-house training is:
28.8%
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Poor
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62.1%
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Adequate
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9. I %
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Excellent
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16. Would you like to have additional in-house training?
17. Do you have an effective support network?
If yes, indicate which of the following are effective:
50.0%
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Parents
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59.7%
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PTA
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17.7%
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Archdiocese
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4.8%
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Other
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18. What in your opinion, is the optimal age for beginning the study of Greek?
19.5%
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Under 5 years old
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17.1%
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5 years old
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25.2%
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6 years old
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32.5%
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7 years old
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5.7%
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Over 7 years old
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19. Rate the skills that you think should be emphasized, in order of importance.
19a. Importance of reading:
18.3%
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Most important
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24.2%
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2nd in importance
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55.8%
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3rd in importance
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1.7%
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Least important
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19b. Importance of writing:
6.7%
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Most important
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13.3%
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2nd in importance
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15.8%
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3rd in importance
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64.2%
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Least important
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19c. Importance of speaking:
52.5%
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Most important
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35.0%
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2nd in importance
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8.3%
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3rd in importance
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4.2%
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Least important
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19d. Importance of comprehension:
43.2%
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Most important
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33.9%
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2nd in importance
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8.5%
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3rd in importance
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14.4%
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Least important
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Percentage of people responding "most important"
52.5%
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Speaking
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43.2%
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Comprehension
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18.3%
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Reading
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6.7%
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Writing
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20. In your opinion. what would be the most important areas in your school curriculum?
20a. Importance of culture:
10.0%
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Most important
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31.7%
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2nd in importance
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21.7%
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3rd in importance
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29.2%
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4th in importance
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7.5%
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Least important
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20b. Importance of history:
6.6%
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Most important
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33.9%
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2nd in importance
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39.7%
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3rd in importance
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16.5%
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4th in importance
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3.3%
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Least important
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20c. Importance of religion:
13.9%
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Most important
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28.7%
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2nd in importance
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23.0%
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3rd in importance
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17.2%
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4th in importance
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17.2%
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Least important
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20d. Importance of literature:
3.5%
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Most important
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14.8%
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2nd in importance
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9.6%
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3rd in importance
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20.0%
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4th in importance
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52.2%
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Least important
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20e. Importance of language:
89.5%
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Most important
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9.7%
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2nd in importance
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0.0%
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3rd in importance
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0.8%
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4th in importance
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0.0%
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Least important
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Percentage of people responding "most important"
89.5%
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Language
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13.9%
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Religion
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10.0%
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Culture
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6.6%
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History
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3.5%
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Literature
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21. Rate your supply of effective audio visual materials.
53.6%
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Inadequate
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41.8%
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Adequate
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4.5%
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Superior
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22. In which ways do you test your students?
Of those who give written tests, what percentage give:
52.0%
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Essays
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65.0%
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Multiple Choice
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48.0%
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Translations
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23. How much homework do you give?
0.8%
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None
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26.4%
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Little
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66.1%
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A fair amount
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6.6%
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Much
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