Disclaimer: This online tool should not be used for evaluative purposes. 
It is a diagnostic tool providing just some general feedback.
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This questionnaire has been designed to be taken ANONYMOUSLY.
The following categories are decisive factors in the outcome you will get. 
Please, choose options that apply to you in order to get accurate results. 

	
What Level do you teach? 
 Middle / High / Secondary School
 Elementary / Primary School

Where is your school located?
 North America
 Europe
 Latin America		
 Asia			
 Africa
 Australasia

What is the level of the group you are thinking of when answering this test?
 Entry level 
 Beginner level
 Lower Intermediate level
 Intermediate
 Upper Intermediate level
 Advanced level

What is your highest college/university degree?  
 No university/college degree 
 Bacherlor's/Diplomatura
 Master's/Licenciatura/Maestria
 Specialist (6 years)
 Doctor's (7+ years)

How long have you been teaching a foreign language? 
 0-2 years. 
 3-5 years.
 6-10 years.
 11-15 years.
 16-20 years.
 21 or more years.

Now... the test! 
DIRECTIONS: When answering questions, think of what you USUALLY do 
in your lessons, MOST weeks. 

1- How much time a week are students usually working on a textbook?
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

2- How often do you create your own activities/worksheets or reinvent the course?
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

3- How much time a week is planned to work on those worksheets/activities you 
create on your own or get from other methods?
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

5- How much time a week do students usually talk / interact / actively participate 
JUST in the target language? 		
 little time (5-20%)
 less than half of the time (21-40%)
 half of the time (41-60%)
 more than half of the time (61-80%)
 most of the time (81-100%)

6- How much time a week are students working JUST on grammar topics or grammatical 
structures?  	
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

7- How often are exercises structured or drilled? (grammar based or about grammatical 
structures.)  
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

8- When you teach vocabulary, how often do students use new words in context, in 
simulated situations or in stories?  
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 always

9- How much time a week do you usually run your class JUST in the target language 
you are teaching?
 little time (5-20%)
 less than half of the time (21-40%)
 half of the time (41-60%)
 more than half of the time (61-80%)
 most of the time (81-100%)

10- When teaching vocabulary, do you usually use flashcards, pictures, drawings, 
real objects, actions or gestures?  
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 always

11- How often do you change your way of teaching to suit students’ mood? (Due to 
hot weather, coming holidays/final examinations...) 	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

12- To which degree do students compete/work to reach their goal?  	
 lowest
 low
 average
 high
 highest

13- How often do you relate the subject discussed in class to the environment and 
the experience of students?	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

14- How often do you correct students when they make mistakes using the target language?  
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

15- How often do you let students suggest/choose what topic/s to cover in class? 	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

16- How often do you modify contents to suit students needs?  			
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

17- The average number of students in your classes is  				
 less than 10
 11-15
 16-20
 21-25
 26-35
 more than 36

18- How often bad behavior disrupts your classes? 			
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

19- Frequency you must change classroom in order to teach 		
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

20- How often do you set time for students to read a book/a tale/a comic... in the 
foreign language?	
 rarely
 once/twice a year
 every term
 every month
 most weeks

21- How often do you modify classwork to suit students needs?				
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

22- How many assignments/exercises do you usually correct/check individually? 
 none
 few 
 some
 most
 all
 
23- Do you let students help each other when doing activities?  	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

24- How often do students do translation exercises?
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 most lessons

25- How often are written activities done orally in the target language?			
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually
 always

26- Do activities let students move in classroom? 			
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

27- How often do you use in class poems, lyrics, rhymes, chants...?  		
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

28- How much time a week are students simulating communicative situations, playing roles, acting stories...?
 very little time or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

29- How often do you use in class games, contests, puzzles, wordsearches...?  		
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

30- How often do students draw, color, cut, paste...? 			
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

31- How often do you plan different activities/work to suit students’ tiredness 
through the day/week? (Say some of your lessons are at the end of the school day or 
week) 
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

32- How often do you let students suggest/choose activities, projects...?  		
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

33- Foreign Language resources in your school, like: vocabulary resources/games, 
story/classical/grammar books, dictionaries... are	
 deficient
 poor
 moderate
 good
 very good

34- How often do you do lexical, dictionary or vocabulary activities?
 rarely or never
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

Next seven questions (35-41) are about assessment. 
If there is no evaluation/assessment due to system/school rules, 
select for the next seven questions the first option.

35- How often do you evaluate with written exams/tests?  			
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

36- How often do you evaluate orally?  		
 There is no exam with oral testing	(system/school rules)
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

37- How often do you evaluate class work?  			
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

38- How often do you evaluate students? 						
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 once a year/term
 sometimes a term
 sometimes a month
 most weeks
 most lessons

39- How often do you consider student effort/behavior when grading?  		
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 always

40- How often do you modify exams/tests to suit students needs? 			
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 always

41- How much are written exams/tests weighted in the final grade? 			
 There is no evaluation (system/school rules)
 less than 20%
 21-40%
 41-60%
 61-80%
 81-100%

42- How much time a week do activities involve the whole class? 
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

43- How often are students sat individually in your class? 
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 always

44- How are desks/chairs usually organized in your classroom? 					
 individually
 some individually, some in pairs
 in pairs
 in small groups
 flexible grouping

45- How many walls are decorated or used to hang up works, posters...	
 none
 one
 two
 three
 all available space

46- How many workzones/"corners" do you have in your classroom (library, workshops, 
displays, games...)?
 none
 one
 two
 three
 four or more

47- How often do you let students choose where they sit in class? 		
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 up to them

48- How often do you change students' seats?
 rarely
 every term
 every month
 every week
 up to them

49- How often do you do activities which need to be completed in workzones in the 
school (labs, library, theater…)?  		
 never
 once/twice a year
 sometimes a term
 sometimes a month
 most weeks

50- How much time a week are students working in pairs/small groups? 
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

51- How often do you let students decide who to work with? 	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

52- What criteria do you use most when grouping students?		
 class order / position
 at random
 similar characteristics
 different characteristics
 mixed criteria or up to students


Almost done... Last questions.


53- How often do students use a computer in your class? 			
 never
 once/twice a year
 sometimes a term
 sometimes a month
 most weeks

54- Each period/lesson students use a computer, how much time are they using it? 
 They never use a computer
 little time (5-20%)
 less than half of the time (21-40%)
 half of the time (41-60%)
 more than half of the time (61-80%)
 most of the time (81-100%)

55- How often do students use the internet in class? 			
 never
 once/twice a year
 sometimes a term
 sometimes a month
 most weeks

56- How often do you use media (newspapers, magazines, educational magazines...) in 
class? 	
 never
 once a year
 sometimes a term
 every month
 every week

57- How much time a week do you usually use audio resources (tape recorder, CD 
player, MP3...)? 	
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

58- How much time a week do you usually use audiovisual resources (video/vcr, tv, 
dvd player...)? 
 very little or nothing
 little time (5-25%)
 less than half of the time (26-50%)
 more than half of the time (51-75%)
 most of the time (76-100%)

59- How often do you make students use resources in their own homes or community?	
 rarely
 few times
 sometimes
 often
 usually

60- What is the equipment of your school? 
 there is nothing for the Language class
 just a tape recorder(s)
 tape recorder(s) and vcr/video/dvd
 all above and computers
 all above and computers with access to the internet

61- The availability to use the equipment of the school is  			
 deficient or no tech resource is available
 poor
 moderate
 good
 very good

62- How much time have YOU been abroad in total learning/practicing the target 
language you are teaching?
 Select this option if you are a native teacher
 0-1 months
 2-5 months
 6-12 months (less than a year)
 13-24 months (less than two years)
 25-36 months (less than three years)
 more than 3 years

63- How often do YOU read periodicals, books or magazines in the target language 
you are teaching when you are home or in your free time? 		
 Select this option, again, if you are a native teacher
 rarely
 few times a year
 sometimes a month
 sometimes a week
 almost everyday
	
64- How often do YOU watch international t.v./films or listen to international 
radio stations in the target language you are teaching when at home or in your 
free time? 		
 Select this option, once more, if you are a native teacher
 rarely
 few times a year
 sometimes a month
 sometimes a week
 almost everyday