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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

technology survey

Given in two EAP2 (highest level) writing classes (A & B)

Do you have and use: cell phone
A- yes, 9 - no, 0 - NA, 1
B- yes, 14 - no, 2 - NA, 0
T- yes, 23 - no, 2 - NA, 1

Do you have and use: cell phone camera
A- yes, 5 - no, 4 - NA, 1
B- yes, 11 - no, 4 - NA, 1
T- yes, 16 - no, 8 - NA, 2

Do you have and use: Facebook profile
A- yes, 8 - no, 2 - NA, 0
B- yes, 9 - no, 6 - NA, 1 cyworld
T- yes, 17 - no, 8 - NA, 1

Do you have and use: IM
A- yes, 3 - no, 4 - NA, 3
B- yes, 13 - no, 0 - NA, 3 (what is it?
T- yes, 16 - no, 4 - NA, 6

Do you have and use: Computer videocam
A- yes, 6 - no, 3 - NA, 1
B- yes, 11 - no, 4 - NA, 1
T- yes, 17 - no, 7 - NA, 2

Do you have and use: eBay, online shopping
A- yes, 6 - no, 2 - NA, 1
B- yes, 11 - no, 4 - NA, 1
T- yes, 17 - no, 6 - NA, 2

Do you ever text-message?

A- no, 0 - rarely, 3 - sometimes, 3 - often, 4
B- no, 2 - rarely, 0 - sometimes, 7 - often, 7
T- no, 2 - rarely, 3 - sometimes, 10 - often, 11

Do you ever chat with full keyboard?

A- no, 0 - rarely, 0 - sometimes, 5 - often, 5
B- no, 0 - rarely, 2 - sometimes, 5 - often, 9
T- no, 0 - rarely, 2 - sometimes, 10 - often, 14

If you chat, what is it like? Put % if you do more than one kind. For example, you may do 70% in English, 30% in your native language.

NATIVE LANGUAGE COMPLETELY

percent who checked it or admitted doing it:
A: 7/10
B: 5/16
T: 12/26

percent who checked it 50% of time or more:
A: 6/10
B: 5/16
T: 11/26

percent who checked it 100% of time:
A: 1/10
B: 1/16
T: 2/26

MIXED NATIVE LANGUAGE/ENGLISH

percent who checked it or admitted doing it:
A: 4/10
B: 10/16
T: 14/26

percent who checked it 50% of time or more:
A: 1/10
B: 6/16
T: 7/26

percent who checked it 100% of time:
A: 0/10
B: 4/16
T: 4/26

NATIVE LANGUAGE BUT USING ENGLISH LETTER & NUMBERS TO REPRESENT NATIVE WORDS & SOUNDS

percent who checked it or admitted doing it:
A: 2/10
B: 7/16
T: 9/26

percent who checked it 50% of time or more:
A: 1/10
B: 4/16
T: 5/26

percent who checked it 100% of time:
A: 0/10
B: 0/16
T: 0/26

ALL ENGLISH/VERY INFORMAL

percent who checked it or admitted doing it:
A: 2/10
B: 5/16
T: 7/26

percent who checked it 50% of time or more:
A: 1/10
B: 0/16
T: 1/26

percent who checked it 100% of time:
A: 0/10
B: 0/16
T: 0/26

ALL ENGLISH/SOMEWHAT FORMAL

percent who checked it or admitted doing it:
A: 3/10
B: 2/16
T: 5/26

percent who checked it 50% of time or more:
A: 1/10
B: 0/16
T: 1/26

percent who checked it 100% of time:
A: 0/10
B: 0/16
T: 0/26

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT CHAT? (variety of answers)
WHAT BOTHERS YOU ABOUT CHAT? (variety of answers)
(hard to get OUT of conversations)
(people who cheat)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT FACEBOOK? (variety of answers)
WHAT BOTHERS YOU ABOUT FACEBOOK? (variety of answers)
(spelling to find my friends)

Labels: cesl, chat, facebook, internet