Extension Activities to Follow Listening

Survey project overview

This is an explanation to students of how to prepare for and carry out the survey project:

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Survey Project Presentation

This is a set of guidelines for the presentation of the survey project

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Listening & Speaking MacNeill

 Southwestern College

The Survey Project: Overview (text-only version)

For this project, you will work as a member of a team to conduct a survey about an issue of your choice.
First, with your team members, you will write questions to find out about the behaviors and opinions of your classmates regarding this topic.

Next, your team will ask your classmates and students on campus these questions; you will ask them orally so that you can develop your speaking and listening skills in English.
Then, your group will present your findings to the next week in class. The presentation will be 8-10 minutes.  This presentation is worth 30 points.

Evaluation of the Survey Presentation

The grade for your survey project is a combination of a group grade and an individual score; everyone in the group might not get the same grade.  Your presentation will be evaluated using the following criteria:
ï Did each group member do an equal share of the team's work?
ï Was the topic and information interesting?
ï Was your presentation complete?
ï Was it clearly presented and easy to follow?
ï Did each group member speak loudly enough for your classmates to hear you?
ï Did each group member make eye contact with the audience and show enthusiasm?
ï Did your group stay within the time limit allowed?

Grading Scale - 30 points possible
5 points issue/questionnaire construction ? group score
5 points interviewing/data analysis ? group score
10 points presentation ? group and individual score
5 points visual  - group score
5 points participation points - individual score
 
 
 
 

The Survey Presentation  (text-only version)

Length: 8-10 Minutes

 What to include:

1. INTRODUCTION
 Introduce yourself and your co-presenters.
 Introduce the topic.
 Tell us why the topic was interesting to you.

2. QUESTIONS and RESULTS
 Tell what questions you asked.
 Tell / show us the answers you got for each question.
 (Use a visual aid here.  You should use a graph or chart to   show  the answers for at least 2 of the questions.)
 Compare the answers of women and men.  Compare the   answers of people with different majors.  Are there any
 differences in the answers of these smaller groups from   the group as a whole?  Tell us about them.

3.  REASONS
 Give some reasons why you think you got the answers   you got.  Explain what you think this information tells us   about some or all of your classmates.

4. CONCLUSION
Talk about some of the most interesting information and why you think it is interesting.  Make some general comments about the experience of doing the survey.  Were there any problems with the question you asked?  Are there any questions you wished you had asked that you didn't?  Etc.  Thank the audience for listening.
 

Choosing the Topic

After you find your group members, your group needs to choose a topic to interview the class about.
You can ask questions about any topic you like. For example, you might be interested in your classmates ideas and activities related to music, sports, art, or other "free time" activities or hobbies.  Or you may want to find out about their everyday activities, such as eating at restaurants or using telephones.  Or you may want to know about your classmates involvement and opinions regarding different issues - for example, environmental issues such as recycling or nuclear energy.  Hopefully, it will be an area you are interested in and the questions will give you interesting information about your classmates to present to the class.

Below are some example topics and questions:

Topic:  Telephone Use

1.   How many hours a week do you spend talking on the telephone?
 

2.   Do you own a pager or a cellular phone?    If yes, who calls you the most
 often on the pager or cellular phone?

 a) Family members
 b) Friends
 c) Girlfriend/Boyfriend
 d) work / part-time job
 e) other

3. Where do you usually make your phone calls?

 a) At home
 b) Pay phone
 c) Cellular phone
 d) Other

 Why?

4.  If you own a pager  or cellular phone, why did you buy it?
 or
 If you don't own a pager or cellular phone, why don't you have one?
 

Topic: Magazines

1. How many magazines do you read per month?

2. What kind of magazines do you read the most?

 a) News
 b) Sports
 c) Fashion
 d) Music
 e) Other

3. How much money do you spend on magazines every month?

4. What is your favorite magazine?   Why?
 
 

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