1、Task Doing a survey,Warming up,1. In order to conduct a survey, what kinds of things should we take into consideration? 2. How do we collect information, by surfing the net or by making a questionnaire?,3. Can you tell me how to construct a questionnaire? Are there any rules for us to follow? 4. Whe
2、n a questionnaire is completed, what should we do with it? 5. Do you know how to conduct an interview? 6. Do you think it is important to interview persons in appropriate ways?,Skills building 1: Completing a questionnaire,We usually do a survey to collect information. In a survey, we ask people to
3、respond a list of questions or statements. We call this list a questionnaire. There are several rules for making a good questionnaire. These rules are to make sure that the meaning of each question is clear.,5. Give specific references.,3. Avoid negative sentences.,2. Use short and simple sentences.
4、,4. Use precise language.,1. Ask one piece of information at a time.,6. Make sure people have the necessary knowledge to answer.,Questionnaire Tick your level of agreement with the statements below. A stands for Agree, D for Disagree, and N for Not sure.,1.I do not go shopping in supermarkets. A_ D_
5、 N_ 2.I go shopping once a day and spend more than ￥15 each time. A_ D_ N_,3,1,3.I have gone shopping at Smiths. A_ D_ N_ 4.When I go shopping, I always go with my friends who live near my house,which is near a shopping centre. A_ D_ N_ 5.I often go shopping. A_ D_ N_ 6.I buy a new top every month.
6、A_ D_ N_,6,2,5,4,1. Please tick the appropriate boxes or write you answers in the blanks.,A,Step 1: Designing a questionnaire,Questionnaire Best Book Club,Please tick the appropriate boxes or write your answers in the blanks. 1. How old are you?Below 15口 15-20 口 over 20 口,2. How did you find out abo
7、ut the Best Book Club and when did you join the club? newspapers口 magazines口 friends口 Internet口 this year口 last year口 the year before last口,3. How many times have you visited bookshops?0 口 1-5 口 6-10 口 over 10 口,4. How much have you spent on books in the last six months?￥0- ￥ 50 口 ￥ 51- ￥ 100口 over
8、￥ 100 口,5. What subjects are you interested in?humour 口 travel 口 history 口 sports口 science口other (lf you have not ticked any boxes above.do not leave the following blankempty because we need your opinion)_,6. Why did you join the Best Book Club? . for new books口 for discounts 口 for used book口 for fr
9、ee books口 for book exchange口other (please write down your answer)_,Questionnaire Shopping habits,Tick your level of agreement with the statements below (A stands for Agree, D for Disagree, and N for Not sure). 1 I go shopping in supermarkets. A口 D 口 N口 2 I go shopping once a day A口 D口 N口 3 I spend m
10、ore than $15 each time. A口 D 口 N口,Please tick your level of agreement with the statements below (A stands for Agree, D for Disagree, and N for Not sure).,A questionnaire a/b English learning,1. I have a big Webster. A 口 D口 N口,1. I started to learn English seven years ago. A 口 D口 N口,2. I started to l
11、earn English seven years ago and I have learned it very hard. A 口 D口 N口 3. When I have questions that I cant find the right answers, I often ask my friends who are happy to help me. A 口 D口 N口,2. I have learned English very hard. A 口 D口 N口 3. When I have questions, I often ask my friends to help me.
12、A 口 D口 N口,4. I dont like learning English grammar. A 口 D口 N口 5. After class, I always do exercises first. A 口 D口 N口 6. I have learned more than 300 new words. A 口 D口 N口,Listening,Listen to the first part of this conversation with you and check your revisions. Then listen to the second part of the co
13、nversation and add two questions as your boss requires.,Answers:,Question 2 should be spilted into two questions: 2 How did you find out about Best Book Club? 3 When did you join the club?,So the questions have consequently been renumbered. Altogether there are 7 questions in the questionnaire in no
14、w. The former Question 3 is nowQuestion 4; Question 4 should be made more specific by adding the wordsin the last six months,The explanation in brackets for Question 6(the former Question 5) should be changed simplified as the following(please write down your answer.),Interviewer: Excuse me. Im with
15、 the Best Book Club and Im doing a survey of our members. May I ask you a few questions? Club member: Sure,go ahead. Interviewer: OK. First,would you mind if I asked your age?,Tapescript,Club member: Oh,its no problem at all. Im sixteen years old. Interviewer: Really? So you are sixteen And how did
16、you find out about the Best Book Club? Club member:What do you mean? Interviewer: Well，did you read about it in the newspaper or a magazine? Did a friend tell you about the club?,Club member: I heard about it on the Internet. Interviewer:The Internet. Good. And when did you join the club? Club membe
17、r: Let me think. It was last year. Interviewer: I see. Then, how often have you visited bookshops in the last six months?,Club member: I visited bookshops at least twice every month. Interviewer: You must really like to read! Ill put you down forover ten . And may I ask how much you have spent on bo
18、oks in the last six months? Club member: Its really quite a lot! At least 300 yuan, I think. Interviewer： And what subject are you most interested in?,Club member:Im crazy about history mostly Chinese history, though I like Western history, as well. Interviewer:And finally, why did you join the Best
19、 Book Club? Club member: Because I heard it was a good place to get free books. Interviewer:Well, thats all my questions. Thanks for your help! Club member: Youre welcome.,Greeting others and making introductions,1.The first thing you do when meeting someone is to greet the person in an appropriate
20、manner. The person will then greet you in return. Here are some common greetings.,Skills building 2:,Greeting someone formally,Greeting a friend or classmate,Greeting a stranger,2. After greeting the person, you can introduce yourself and tell the person what you want to do and why. Here are some co
21、mmon introductions.,Im from. . Id like to ask you a few questions about your opinions/ programme/ new book. My name is Im from . Id like to ask you a few questions if you dont mind. Its for/to,Step 2: carrying out an interview,You are ready to interview club members. Find a partner to be your interv
22、iew. Take turns to be the club interviewer and the club member. Remember to greet one another appropriately. Use the greetings in Skills building 2 to help you.,Interviewer: Greet the club member. Introduce yourself and tell him what you would like to do. Ask the club member the questions in Part B.
23、 Tick the boses and write down the answers in your questionnaire.,Club member: Greet the club interviewer.Answer his/her questions using the vocabulary below.,Vocabulary:,fourteen / sixteen / twenty-seven / newspapers / magazines / friends / Internet / the year before last / last year / this year ne
24、ver / once / three times / six times / twelve times / .,5.forty-five yuan / eighty yuan / one hundred and thirty yuan / one hundredand sixty-five yuan / . 6.humour / travel /history / sports/science / . 7.new books / discounts / used books / free books/ book exchange / book fairs / club meetings /.,
25、B .The boss moy ask these questions in any order.,How much has he/she spent on books in the last six months? Why did he/she join the Best Book Club? How old is he/she? How many times has he/she visited bookshops in the last six months?,5.Which subjects is he/she interested in? 6.How did he/she find
26、out about the Best Book Club? 7.When did he/she join the club?,Analyzing statistics,Skills building 3:,Whats the purpose of analysing statistics?,Analysing statistics to draw conclusions. 2. Analysing statistics to make suggestions.,Conclusions:,2.The second most popular activity for students in the
27、 school is surfing the Internet. 3.Only a few students in the school like reading. 4.Most students in the school do not like dancing.,Suggestions:,2.The school should help the students understand how to use the Internet for study and research. 3.The school should find ways to get the students intere
28、sted in reading. 4.School social events should not include dancing, because most students simply are not interested in it.,Step 3: writing a report,You are to write a report on getting the students at your school interested in reading by starting a book club. Use the information on page 16, the samp
29、le above and the statistics below to help you.,From our recent survey of students, we have found that only 8 per cent of the students like reading. The most popular reading subject is humour,which 28 per cent of the students enjoy. This is closely followed by travell books,which 25 per,cent of the s
30、tudents are interested in.16 per cent of the students like reading about sports and twelve per cent like science books. A small number of the students like other subjects, such as history.,We want to get the students interested in reading. For this reason, we suggest that we have a humor book club,s
31、ince humour is the most popular subject. Each class would have its own club meetings once a week. At the meetings,they could discuss what books they are currently reading, and could even read aloud some funny bits from the books.,The class monitors could then come up with a list of humour books which are popular with the students,and this list could be shared with the other classes. This would be a good way to encourage students to read by helping them learn about books that they might enjoy.,Finish the workbook exercise.Preview the Project part.,HOMEWORK:,
