Module: classroom investigation I

Module:	CLASSROOM INVESTIGATION I
Topic:	Questionnaire as a research tool
Time:	80 minutes
Aim:	to raise learners’ awareness of principles of designing a questionnaire for research to let students explore advantages and disadvantages of using a questionnaire as a data-collection tool

Lead-in
Time: 10 min

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  Ask the following questions and hold a discussion in plenary:
  

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  Have you ever completed a questionnaire? If yes, what was it for? Did you like completing it? Why/Why not?
  
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  Have you ever designed a questionnaire? If yes, what was it for? Did you like designing it? Why/Why not?
  

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  Introduce the topic of the lesson. Say that you will explore a questionnaire as a research tool.
  

Activity 1 Exploring a questionnaire
Time: 25 minutes
Objective: to let students’ explore a sample questionnaire
Materials: Handout 1 and Handout 2

Procedure:

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  Put students in groups of 4/5 and distribute Handout 1.
  
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  Ask students to study the sample questionnaire and answer the questions on Handout 2.
  
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  Elicit answers in plenary.