Reading & You Questionnaire

Reading & You              Name: ______________________ Date: ______


How much time do you think you spend reading in an average week? ____________ hours.

What kinds of things (e.g., novels, magazines, TV guides) do you usually read? ___________________

What's your favorite...
magazine ____________________________ Why? (e.g., "It's got great photography.")

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newspaper? ____________________________ Why? (e.g., "I like its international news coverage.")

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book? __________________________Why? (e.g., "I really identified with the main character. It touched me.")

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Who's your favorite writer? ____________________________ Why? (e.g., "His books are so funny.")

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Do you enjoy reading? ________ Why or why not? (e.g., "It's boring and I don't have time." or "Reading expands my world and gives me many experiences and knowledge I couldn't have gotten otherwise.)

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What's the most interesting thing you've read about recently?
(e.g., "I'm reading a book now about how our memory works." "I just read about a man who has been married 15 times.")

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Do you enjoy reading in English? __________ Why or why not?

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What's the most interesting thing you've ever read in English?
(e.g., "I thought Diary of Anne Frank was very interesting. It helped me understand that suffering happens to real people, just like me--not only to strange people in far away lands.")

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If you could easily read anything in English, what would you like to read? Why?
(e.g., "I'd like to read Breakfast at Tiffany's because I liked the movie a lot.")

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Do you think reading in English helps your English ability? ___________
If yes - How? In what way? If no - Why not?

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Ken Schmidt - Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University