Reworking English in Rhetoric and Composition: Global Interrogations, Local Interventions

APPENDIX: SURVEY

221 APPENDIX: SURVEY We are conducting a survey to investigate reactions to nonnative English speaking students’ English writing. We expect it will take approximately 10 minutes to complete the survey. This survey will support research that would improve English writing teaching to foreign students. There are no foreseeable risks involved. While there are no direct benefits to the participant resulting from this research, it may benefit the profession of English teaching in the future. Your responses to this survey will be kept anonymous and results will be reported in aggregate. By completing this survey, you are giving your voluntary consent to participate. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Dr. Joel Hardman, Professor, Department of English. Section I. Your first language Are you a native English speaker? (Is English your first language?) a. Yes b. No If your first language is other than English, please specify __________________________________ Section II (1–10) Please select what each underlined sentence or phrase means (choose between a and b), and answer the following questions. 222 Appendix 1. I strongly believe that in our world, schools have to be gun-free zones. a. Schools in our community should be gun-free zones. b. Every school everywhere in the world should be a gun-free zone. 1-1 Is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? 1. Perfectly correct 2. Mostly correct 3. Seems incorrect 4. Extremely incorrect 1-2 How was it to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? 1. Very easy 2. Not so difficult 3. Hard to understand 4. Impossible 2. When I was young, I had a dream about becoming a professional soccer player. One day, I told my parents that I wanted to move to another middle school to join a soccer team there. a. When I was young, I wanted to become a professional soccer player. b. When I was young, I had a recurring dream about a professional soccer player. 2-1 Is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? 1. Perfectly correct 2. Mostly correct 3. Seems incorrect 4. Extremely incorrect 2-2 How was it to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? 1. Very easy 2. Not so difficult 3. Hard to understand 4. Impossible Survey 223 3. Abstract thinking tends most often to strike during moments of quiet repose. As in for example the early morning . . . when it can suddenly and for no reason occur to you that you’ve been getting out of bed every morning without the slightest doubt that the floor would support you. a. People are usually too busy to worry about their safety. b. People can unexpectedly start to think about things that they never cared about before. 3-1 Is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? 1. Perfectly correct 2. Mostly correct 3. Seems incorrect 4. Extremely incorrect 3-2 How was it to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? 1. Very easy 2. Not so difficult 3. Hard to understand 4. Impossible 4. I watched the movie “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” After watching the movie, I could learn that some painters used the camera obscura. Using the camera obscura, they get some ideas for painting. a. If I could learn that some painters used the camera obscura, I would watch the movie. b. The movie provided me with knowledge of some painters’ use of the camera obscura. 4-1 Is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? 1. Perfectly correct 2. Mostly correct 3. Seems incorrect 4. Extremely incorrect 4-2 How was it to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? 1. Very easy 2. Not so difficult 3. Hard to understand 4. Impossible 224 Appendix 5. I am from Korea. Often, American people ask me questions that make me to compare the two countries. For example, people ask questions such as, “Do you have this in Korea?” “Is it the same with Korean people?” and “Do you like Korea or the US?” a. Do you like either Korea or the US? b. Which country do you like better, Korea or the US? 5-1 Is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? 1. Perfectly correct 2. Mostly correct 3. Seems incorrect 4. Extremely incorrect 2-2 How was it to understand the meaning of the underlined sentence? 1. Very easy 2. Not so difficult 3. Hard to understand 4. Impossible 6. Some students like to study deliberately for a long time, even all day long. On the...