Motivation and Language Acquisition

* What is your role in language education? (Please select all that apply)

Teacher

Parent

Language program coordinator

Other (please specify)

* What grade is your child/student in?

Pre-K (Preschool)

K-5th (Elementary school)

6th-8th (Middle school)

9th-12th (High school)

College level or above

If you are a teacher, how long have you been teaching?

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

More than 3 years

Other (please specify)

If you are a teacher, what class(es) are you teaching?

Immersion

Partial immersion

Chinese (or any other language) as a foreign language

STEM

After school language class

Other (please specify)

* Based on your own experience, why do you want to learn another language? (Please select all that apply)

For personal interest(s)

Understand another culture

Connect with more people

Get a better job

Pressure from parents, employers, schools, tests, etc.

Other (please specify)

* In your opinion, when is the best time to start learning another language?

Pre-K (Preschool)

K-5th (Elementary school)

6th-8th (Middle school)

9th-12th (High school)

College level or above

There is no best time

Other (please specify)

* If you are a parent/teacher/school administrator, why do you want your children/ students to learn another language? (Please select all that apply)

Prepare for AP test or other tests

To inherit parents’ language

Be globally prepared and gain 21st century skills

Develop communicative competence and communication skills

Get a better job in the future

Other (please specify)

* What is crucial to develop native-like proficiency of another language? (Please select all that apply)

Length of exposure

Context for practice

Subject matter/ Content

Effective instruction

Other (please specify)

What challenges have you encountered when learning another language? What strategies did you use to learn another language? Please share your own experience(s).

In your opinion, how important is motivation in language acquisition? how do you motivate your child(ren)/students to learn?