Relatore Chiar mo Prof. Graziano Serragiotto Correlatore

8.1.5. Classroom seating arrangement 
Regarding the classroom seating arrangement employed during English lessons, the majority 
of the teachers (69,2%) use a traditional arrangement. Some 
teachers organise the pupils’ desks in 
groups and only a small number use a horseshoe arrangement. Moreover, about one fourth of them 
use other kinds of arrangements, such as making the pupils sit in a circle while they stay in the middle. 
(Graph 22) 
Graph 22: Q24 - the results as percentage 
8.1.6. Materials 
The textbook used by the large majority of the teachers is Treetops (including Treetops Plus 
and New Treetops) published by Oxford University Press. Only two teachers use other textbooks: 
Discovery Island published by Lang - Pearson and The magic book published by ELI European 
Language Institute. All the teachers use materials other than the textbook: about 50% of them stated 
that about half of the materials used are selected or created by them (Graph 23). All the teachers use 
the textbook in order to do pronunciation exercises: the majority of them (76,9%) also use 
supplementary materials for this kind of exercises, whereas about one fourth of them use only the 
textbook (Graph 24). All the teachers use authentic materials in addition to materials created 
specifically to be used in the classroom: about half of them use both these kinds of materials equally, 
whereas the other half use mainly materials created specifically to be used in the classroom (Graph 
25). 
69,2%
15,4%
38,5%
23,1%
I use a traditional arrangement
I use a horseshoe arrangement
I o ga ise the pupils’ desks i g oups 
I use other kinds of arrangements
Q24: What kind of classroom seating 
arrangement is employed during English lessons?

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Graph 23: Q26 - the results as percentage 
Graph 24: Q27 - the results as percentage 
Graph 25: Q28 - the results as percentage 
0,0%
30,8%
53,8%
15,4%
No, I only use the textbook
Yes, I use use some supplementary materials
Yes, about half of the materials I use are
created/selected by me
Yes, most of the materials I use are
created/selected by me
Q26: Do you use materials other than the 
textbook?
23,1%
76,9%
0,0%
0,0%
0,0%
Yes, I only use pronunciation exercises included in the
textbook
Yes, among the pronunciation exercises that I use there are
also the ones included in the textbook
No, I select/create pronunciation exercises because I don't
like the ones included in the textbook
No, I select/create pronunciation exercises because there are
none included in the textbook
No, I never use pronunciation exercises
Q27: Do you use the textbook for pronunciation exercises?
0,0%
46,2%
53,8%
0,0%
0,0%
only use materials created specifically to be used in the
classroom
mainly use materials created specifically to be used in the
classroom
use both materials created specifically to be used in the
classroom and authentic materials equally
mainly use authentic materials
only use authentic materials
Q28: During my lessons I

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