STUDY AND WRITING SKILLS
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2.5
5
a
Look at these questions from a questionnaire. Tick
the good questions and cross the poor questions.
5
b
Work with a partner and discuss how to improve
the ‘poor’ questions. Suggest alternatives.
WRITING SKILLS
WRITING A QUESTIONNAIRE
6
Read about the Save Our Earth organisation. What
issues do you think SOE will list in the questionnaire
they are going to prepare? Note down a few key
environmental issues.
Save Our Earth (SOE) is an environmental organisation
founded two years ago. It aims to raise awareness among
young people of environmental issues and to encourage
them to take action to protect the environment.
Members of SOE are meeting to prepare a questionnaire
which will be sent to young people aged 15–30. The
questionnaire will gather information about young
people’s attitudes to a number of environmental matters.
7
2.6
Listen to the first part of an SOE meeting.
What basic information about respondents will
SOE ask for?
8
Listen again. Note down the issues they plan to
include in their questionnaire. Are they the same as the
ones you chose in Exercise 6?
9
2.7
Listen to the next part of the meeting and
tick the questions which will be included in the
questionnaire.
1
How important each issue is for them.
2
Why they chose the most important issue.
3
What they do to protect the environment.
4
How aware and worried respondents are about
each issue.
5
If respondents are able to give money to SOE.
6
If respondents are willing to join SOE’s campaigns.
10
a
Work in groups of four and choose one of
these tasks.
1
You work for SOE. Each student chooses one issue
from Exercise 8. Write six questions to find out the
respondents’ attitude to your issue.
2
You are going to do a questionnaire about issues
in your place of study/work. Each student chooses
one issue that interests them (e.g. sports/catering/
parking facilities, how clean the building is, etc.).
Write six questions to find out the respondents’
attitudes to your issue.
10
b
Show your questions to other members of your
group. Correct the questions if there are any errors.
10
c
Suggest two more questions for each issue.
10
d
Prepare the questionnaire, adding the basic
questions about the respondents from Exercise 7.
1
How old are you? Tick the appropriate box.
15–20
£
20–30
£
30+
£
2
Do you believe it is necessary to save energy
in the home? Tick the appropriate box.
Yes
£
No
£
3
Do you have a gas boiler and is it new and
fuel-efficient?
4
Do you replace light bulbs in your house/flat?
5
Which of the following energy-saving activities
are you doing? Tick the appropriate boxes.
Wearing jumpers and cardigans in the house
to keep heating at a low temperature.
£
Having fewer baths and more showers.
£
Driving an energy-saving car (e.g. a hybrid car).
£
Using as few lights as possible and turning
them off as soon as you don’t need them.
£
Installing solar panels to light and heat
your house.
£
ENERGY
QUESTIONNAIRE
