Students’ needs form

General courses needs
Individual courses needs
Teenager courses needs

General courses needs
Individual courses needs
Teenager courses needs

Hi! Welcome to Instituto Mediterráneo Sol Students’ needs form.

Personal Details
Full Name*
Email*
Date of Birth*
DD
MM
YYYY
Job*
Studies
Hobbies
Have you ever been in a Spanish speaking contry?*
Where?
Why have you been there?
Languages
Spanish Spoken*
Spanish Understood*
Spanish Read*
Spanish Written*
Other Language 1
Language
Spoken
Understood
Read
Written

A) Why would you like to learn/improve your Spanish?*
- Because I would like to expand on the cultural aspects of Spain
- Because I have to pass Spanish exams
- Because I'm going to move to a Spanish speaking country
- Because I go on holidays to a Spanish speaking country
- Because I need it for my job
- Because I'd like to improve my Curriculum Vitae
- Because I like learning foreign languages
- Because I like the school atmosphere
- Other
If you marked "Other", please specify which
B) What do you use Spanish for?
1. To Speak to
Friends*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Spanish speaking people who live in my country*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
People, when I go to Spanish speaking countries*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Other. Which?
2. To Understand
Spanish and Latinoamerican people*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
TV and Radio*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Songs*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Other. Which?
3. To Read
Texts that I like*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Private letters, business letters...*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Newspapers / magazines*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Other. Which?
4. To Write
Letters, e-mails, fax...*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Exams, Reports, etc.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
Chatting*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
C) Most Important when learning Spanish
What's the most important thing for you about learning Spanish: speaking, understanding, writing or reading? Please, order these actions according to your preference.
Speaking*
Understanding*
Writing*
Reading*
D) Do you usually relate to others in Spanish?
1. Who with?*
2. What for?*
3. Where?*
4. When?*
E) By which ways would you like to learn Spanish?
1. Reading*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
2. Writing*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
3. Speaking*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
4. Listening*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
5. Watching the TV*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
6. Chatting*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
7. Other. Which?
8. Among the previous ways of learning (1-7), which one do you mostly like?
F) What do you need to improve?
1. Grammar*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
2. Vocabulary*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
3. Pronunciation*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
4. Oral expression*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
6. Audio-visual and oral understanding*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
7. Written understanding*
- No
- Yes, a little
- Yes, quite often
- Yes, a lot
8. Other. Which?
9. Among the previous aspects (1-8), what would you mostly like to improve?
G) How do you like to study in a class?
1. Alone with the teacher*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
2. In pairs*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
3. In small groups*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
4. In teams*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
5. Full class*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
6. Chatting*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
H) In the class you like ...
1. ... making observations and grammar practice activities*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
2. ... learning new words*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
3. ... speaking to class-mates*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
4. ... playing games*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
5. ... making activities related to your experience, daily situations*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
6. Other. ¿Which?
7. Among the things you like to do in the class, which one do you mostly like?
I) Homework
Would you like to have homeworks?
If yes, how long would you like to spend on it? (in hours/week)
J) Past Spanish Courses
Which previous Spanish course did you mostly like?
Why?
K) What would you like to learn in this course?
L) Among the following sentences, which one describes the way you learn?
1. I don't care if I don't understand all the words in a text. **
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
2. I try to guess the meanings of the words I don't understand.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
3. When I don't understand a word, I write it on a paper and then I look for it in a dictionary.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
4. I think about what I'm going to say before speaking.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
5. I pay attention in listening in order to understand the general idea.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
6. I try not to use my native language during the class.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
7. I think about the difficulties I find in learning Spanish.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
8. I tend to compare the Spanish rules with other languages.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
9. I try to deduce rules of Spanish making hypothesis about their functions.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
10. I like to understand a rule and then put it into practice*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
11. I don't care if I make some mistakes to reach my aim of communicating.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often
12. When I make a mistake, I try to analyse it and find the correction.*
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very Often