Section One: General Questions
Q1: How long have you been teaching English?
- Less than ten years - More than ten years
Q2: Have you ever been abroad for a training period?
Section Two: Teachers' Attitudes towards Collaborative
Learning
Q3: Do you agree that ``Mutual activation (active
collaboration among students) and share of knowledge is foundational for
developing students' communication skills». Please, would you
explain?
Q4: Do you think that «Grounding (knowledge of
the basics of something) or creating a common frame of reference
(particular set of beliefs or ideas on which you base your judgment of
things)» is important to promote students' communication skills?
Within the process of collaborative learning, three
activities can be distinguished: focusing, checking, argumentation.
Q5: Do your students try to maintain the
discussion during a collaborative activity?
- Yes - No
If yes,
» Asking questions.
» Suggesting ideas.
» Giving one's opinion.
» Repairing focus divergence.
» Clarifying and summarizing what has been said.
» Providing feedback.
- Asking verification questions?
- Indicating agreement / disagreement? - Negotiating meaning?
Q7: Do you think that negotiation among students during
collaborative activities is important for developing their communication
skills? If yes, how?
Section three: Teachers' Attitudes towards Developing
Communication Skills through Collaborative Visualisation.
Collaborative visualisation allows multiple users to
communicate, interact and explore a visual representation by building on
different views and knowledge blocks contributed by each person.
Q8: Do you think that collaborative visualisation should replace
the traditional way of teaching?
Q9: Do you agree that collaborative visualisation is
? A good strategy of teaching.
? It needs to be encouraged.
? It makes the lesson more enjoyable. ? It should be used in all
modules.
Q10: Do you think that using collaborative visualisation would
improve students' communication skills?
Q11: Do you agree that making use ofcollaborative visualisation
may lead to debates?
Q12: What are the difficulties that you may encounter with the
implementation of collaborative visualisation?
? Lack of materials.
? Lack of motivation.
? Large classes.
? Lack of time.
? Assessing students' individual performance.
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