Template 3: Language Learning Interest and Personal Resources Survey

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Template 3: Language Learning Interest and Personal Resources Survey

Template 3: Language Learning Interest and Personal Resources Survey

The questions in this survey have been compiled and adapted from Chickasaw Nation (2006), Cherokee Nation (2002), Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (n.d), Hinton (2001b, pp. 54-55).

This survey is for the language.

Basic Demographic Questions:

0.1 Age: 0.2 Gender (circle): Male / Female

0.3 Nation and/or Community:

0.4 Language Dialect:

1. Would you be interested in learning or studying the language? □ Yes □ No □ Not Sure □ Not applicable

2. If you are interested in learning or studying the language, where would you like to learn it? □ On my own □ Head Start, pre-school or language nest □ Elementary School □ Middle School □ High School □ Language Authority activities/community language classes □ In community activities and events (hand games, sports, ceremony) □ Family □ Work □ Other______□ None

3. When would you be able to attend language classes? □ Daytime □ Evening □ Weekends □ Not at all

4. Describe where you would be able to attend language classes, for example, in your community, surrounding communities, or at a language institute?

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5. Can you attend language classes or workshops at your place of work? □ Yes □ No □ Not sure □ Not applicable 6. What obstacles or barriers do you experience in attending language classes? □ Money □ Childcare □ Transportation □ Schedule □ Learning style □ Desire □ Work □ Other □ None

7. Please comment on the obstacles or barriers that you experience in attending language classes:

Template 3: Language Learning Interest and Personal Resources Survey Page 2 of 3 8. What is your preferred method of learning? □ Tapes/CDs □ MP3s and digital audio files □ Videos □ Listening and responding to another person □ Written materials □ Computer and online internet programs and activities □ Apple (iPod, iPhone, iPad) and Android apps (including tablets) □ Formal classes like second or foreign language classes □ Informal classes or workshops □ Immersion □ Workplace activities □ Learning from relatives □ None □ Other, please specify:

9. Would you be able to provide your own supplies for language workshops, if required? □ Yes □ Yes, if not very expensive □ Yes, if partially paid for □ Probably not □ No □ Don’t know

10. Do you own a computer? □ Yes □ No □ Prefer not to answer 11. Do you have easy access to a computer? □ Yes □ No □ Not sure 12. Do you have access to any of the following technologies? □ iPad, □ iPhone □ iPod □ iPod Touch □ Android Tablet □ Android Smartphone 13. Do you have internet access? □ Yes □ No □ Not sure

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