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CHINESE COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHERS’ VIEWS OF RESEARCH What does research mean to you and what role does it play in your life as a College English teacher in China? These are important questions in our field - especially at a time when in many countries university language teachers are expected to be actively engaged in research. This survey of Chinese College English teachers asks you for your views on these issues and will take about 20 minutes to complete. Thank you for your interest and voluntary participation - your responses will make a valuable contribution to this research. The study is being conducted by Dr Simon Borg of the University of Leeds, UK and Dr Yi Liu of Northeast University, China. Click on grey boxes or type into grey spaces to enter your answers. SECTION 1: READING RESEARCH This section is about research publications - books, chapters and articles which report research findings relevant to language teaching. How often do you read language teaching research publications? (Tick ONE) In this question ‘periodically’ means that you read research intensively but only for short periods at certain times during the year. The other answers refer to the whole year more generally. Never Rarely Occasionally Periodically Often Frequently If you chose Never or Rarely go straight to Question 4 in this section. Which of the following do you read? (Tick all that apply) Books Academic journals (e.g. 外语教学与研究, TESOL Quarterly) More practical journals for teachers (e.g. 中国应用语言学, 疯狂英语教师版, ELT Journal) On-line sources (e.g. internet articles) Conference proceedings Other (please specify) To what extent does the research you read influence your work as a College English Teacher? (Tick ONE) It has no influence. It has a slight influence. It has a moderate influence. It has a fairly strong influence. It has a strong influence. Now skip Question 4 and go to Section 2 In Question 1 you said that you rea