A handbook for Exploratory Action Research

Percentage
Students
Summary
100%
3
Children who understand more than 50% of the class said that they could not always 
understand each word from the class. However, they could understand the main and 
secondary ideas in order to develop a high level of understanding, and that was 
enough for them to comprehend the class.
90%
8
80%
6
70%
2
60%
3
50%
5
40%
7
Students who do not understand the whole class argue that the lack of discipline
of the class distracts them from paying attention and concentrating properly.
30%
1
20%
1
10%
1
0%
1

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| What do I find?
Here are the questionnaire responses Javier obtained in this first part of his research:
Task 6.6 @
Look at the questionnaire responses Javier got. Circle the responses where a majority either agree or disagree.
What do these statements have in common?
Overall, how do you think Javier interpreted these results? In other words, how did he answer the questions he started out 
with – ‘What are students’ feelings about English?’ and ‘Are they comfortable and confident with learning the language?’.
You can check your answer in the answer key. 
We will come back to Javier in the next chapter, where we see how he moved from this exploratory research into action 
research.
Statements
Agree
Indifferent
Disagree
1. Inglés es un idioma muy difícil. 
[English is a very difficult language.]
3
2
2
2. Me pongo nervioso cada vez que tengo clases de Inglés. 
[I feel nervous whenever I have English class.]
6
0
1
3. Inglés me frustra porque no sé nada. 
[English frustrates me because I don’t know anything.]
5
1
1