THE
ESL PROGRAM SURVEY REPORT
WSU
ASSESSMENT PROJECT
submitted
by Mark P. Peterson, Fall Semester 2001
The survey was
administered to all sections of ESL 2610 and to international students
in the international section of English 1010 and English 2010 towards
the end of Fall Semester 2000.
The survey was
administered during class time. Teachers
were to make sure of the
following:
1.
that the students understood the scale
2.
that the students understood they were agreeing
or disagreeing with each statement
3.
that they understood the statements were about their non-ESL academic
classes after they finished level 4 (post ESL Program)
The scale:
| A = strongly agree |
B = agree
|
C = disagree
|
D = strongly disagree
|
This survey is a
post ESL Program survey. All
students had already finished Levels One through Level Four of the ESL
Program. Level One means
that the student who answered the questions started the ESL Program in
Level One. Level Two
means the student started int ESL Program in Level Two, and so
forth....
The numbers in the
boxes under the scale are the numbers of student responses in each
category for that particular statement.
Comments are by
Mark P. Peterson unless otherwise indicated.
ESL PROGRAM SURVEY
RESULTS
A.
B. C.
D.
1.
I had few problems understanding my academic teachers.
|
Level
One (students who started the Program in Level 1)
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
|
Level
Two (students who started the Program in Level 2)
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
|
|
Level
Three (students who started the Program in Level 3)
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
Level
Four (students who started the Program in Level 4)
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
Level
Five (students who started the Program in Level 5)
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Totals
|
8
|
14
|
3
|
2
|
Comments:
The responses seem to indicate that most students didn=t
have serious problems understanding their teachers although as few
indicated they had serious problems. Answers to other questions contradicted these answers.
This question probably needs to be re-worded.
Tim Conrad --
Surprising.
2.
I sometimes felt lost and was ready to give up.
|
Level
One
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Level
Two
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
|
Level
Three
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Level
Four
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
Level
Five
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Totals
|
3
|
11
|
7
|
7
|
Comments:
About half the students felt high levels of frustration some of
the time. Tim Conrad
-- not surprising [ the answers to this questions seem to be]
contradictory [to #1].
3.
The reading assignments were difficult, but I was able to understand almost all of the information.
|
Level
One
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Level
Two
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
|
|
Level
Three
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
|
Level
Four
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Level
Five
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Totals
|
3
|
14
|
8
|
2
|
Comments:
The majority of students felt comfortable with their reading skills,
but a sizable number of them didn=t.
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
I enjoyed asking and answering questions in class.
|
Level
One
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Level
Two
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
|
Level
Three
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
|
Level
Four
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Level
Five
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
5
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
Comments:
Once again, the responses are closed divided.
Half the students felt comfortable and half didn=t.
5.
The teachers talked too fast for me to follow.
|
Level
One
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
|
Level
Two
|
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
|
Level
Three
|
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
|
Level
Four
|
|
2
|
|
1
|
|
Level
Five
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
12
|
9
|
4
|
Comments:
The students were closely divided.
Tim Conrad -- [the
results of question] #1
is not the whole story.
6.
The classes were easier than I
thought they would be.
|
Level
One
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Level
Two
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
|
Level
Three
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Level
Four
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
|
Level
Five
|
|
1
|
|
