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APPENDIX E
STUDENT FREQUENCY REPORT
Questionnaire for the Studies of Greek Language
and Culture in our Community School System in the USA
(N=240)
I. Personal Background
a) I am a student of Greek at the level:
45.6%
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Elementary
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38.2%
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Middle School
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7.4%
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High School
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8.8%
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All
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b) Age:
10.2%
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Under 7 years old
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6.5%
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8 years old
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4.6%
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9 years old
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14.8%
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10 years old
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28.7%
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11 years old
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9.3%
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12 years old
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15.7%
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13 years old
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10.2%
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Over 14 years old
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II. Evaluation
1. How would you rate the quality of your instruction?
2.5%
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Poor
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12.6%
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Fair
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55.0%
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Good
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29.8%
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Excellent
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2. How would you rate the quality of instructional materials used?
6.3%
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Poor
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16.0%
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Fair
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52.1%
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Good
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25.6%
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Excellent
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3. Which textbook(s) do you use?
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4. How would you rate the number of classroom hours per week?
11.7%
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Inadequate
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64.9%
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Adequate
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23.4%
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More than adequate
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5. How many classroom hours per week are devoted to Greek in your case?
8.1%
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1 hour
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19.3%
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2 hours
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19.3%
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3 hours
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20.6%
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4 hours
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6.3%
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5 hours
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11.2%
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6 hours
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15.2%
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More than 6 hours
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3.92
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Mean classroom time spent on Greek
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6. What do you like best?
42.2%
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Oral work
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18.8%
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Written work
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33.2%
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Reading
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5.8%
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Grammar
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7. What do you like least?
17.2%
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Oral work
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40.3%
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Written work
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11.8%
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Reading
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30.8%
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Grammar
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8. Rate the skills that you think should be emphasized in language instruction, in order of
importance.
8a. Importance of reading:
25.9%
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Most important
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29.9%
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2nd in importance
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32.1%
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3rd in importance
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12.1%
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Least important
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8b. Importance of writing:
15.2%
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Most important
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22.0%
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2nd in importance
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27.8%
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3rd in importance
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35.0%
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Least important
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8c. Importance of speaking:
64.8%
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Most important
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18 1%
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2nd in importance
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8.8%
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3rd in importance
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8.4%
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Least important
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8d. Importance of comprehension:
23.6%
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Most important
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26.2%
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2nd in importance
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17.3%
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3rd in importance
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32.9%
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Least important
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Percentage of people responding "most important"
64.8%
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Speaking
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25.9%
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Reading
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23.6%
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Comprehension
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15.2%
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Writing
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9. Which have been the most important areas in your school curriculum?
9a. Importance of culture:
15.0%
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Most important
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29.4%
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2nd in importance
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18.2%
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3rd in importance
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21.5%
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4th in importance
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15.9%
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Least important
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9b. Importance of history:
17.3%
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Most important
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24.5%
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2nd in importance
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27.7%
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3rd in importance
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20.0%
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4th in importance
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10.5%
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Least important
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9c. Importance of religion:
31.5%
| Most important
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18.3%
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2nd in importance
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23.3%
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3rd in importance
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16.9%
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4th in importance
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10.0%
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Least important
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9d. Importance of literature:
8.5%
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Most important
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19.2%
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2nd in importance
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16.9%
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3rd in importance
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16.4%
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4th in importance
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39.0%
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Least important
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9e. Importance of language:
58.8%
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Most important
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14.0%
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2nd in importance
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10.0%
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3rd in importance
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11.8%
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4th in importance
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5.4%
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Least important
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Percentage of people responding "most important"
58.8%
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Language
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31.5%
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Religion
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17.3%
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History
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15.0%
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Culture
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8.5%
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Literature
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10. How much homework is assigned?
0.4%
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None
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8.0%
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Too little
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67.6%
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Fair amount
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16.9%
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Much
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7.1%
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Too Much
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11. When I was in Greece, I found that I could:
9.2%
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Understand very little
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30.1%
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Understand enough
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51.0%
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Understand a lot
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41.5%
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Read street signs
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38.8%
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Read advertisements
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26.5%
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Read newspapers
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1.5%
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Not be understood
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4.6%
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Be poorly understood
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54.4%
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Be easily understood
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