Questionnaire for undergraduate medicine students

1. Age : gender
2. Level: 1st year 2nd year 3rdyear
3. Which of the following describes your level of performance in English?
a. Low b. Below average c. Average d. Above average e. High
4. Please indicate under what circumstances and how many years you have been studying English
a. I studied English in Formal education (secondary school) for…….
years/months
b. I took an English course at a private school for…….... years/ months
5. To what extent do you find the English course important to your studies?
Not at all important
Slightly important
Moderately important
Very important
Extremely important
6. What do you think of the content of the English course? Is it relevant to your
domain?
7. Classify the following according to your needs: (1-4)
Reading Listening Writing Speaking
8. What do you think your English lessons should be based on? Why?
General English Specific English and contexts related to your studies
9. What do you think would help you most in reading comprehension? Which one is the most important
to you? Why?
vocabulary learning grammar mastery
10. What kind of activities you consider necessary to your academic life? Classify them according to their
degree of importance.
a. Reading articles related to pharmacy
b. Understanding video lectures and not taking
c. Writing scientific reports
d. Have conversations on pharmaceutical topics with foreigners
11. What language skills do you master most?
Speaking Listening Writing Reading
12. How difficult do you find medical terminology?
Not difficult Average Difficult
13. What are the sources you use to learn English?
Books Magazines Movies Documentaries Online chat Others specify
14. Do you regularly attend the English class? Why?
15. How often do you participate in the English class?
a. Never
b. Rarely
c. Sometimes
d. Always
16. How is the English course delivered to you?
a. the teacher explains and dictates the lecture
b. the teacher explains and asks you to participate
c. you participate and share your opinions with the teacher
17. How often does the teacher give you the opportunity to interact in class?
rarely sometimes always
18. Do you find any difficulty when communicating in English? Yes No
Is it about: pronunciation lack of vocabulary grammar mistakes
19. Which skill(s) or language components would you like to learn/ improve?
reading pronunciation
speaking grammar
listening vocabulary
writing translation
20. What kind of activities do you prefer in language learning?
Speaking-based tasks
Grammar based activities
Filling the gaps with appropriate vocabulary
Paragraph writing
21. When you study English, what is/ are the objective(s) that you want to achieve?
…………………………………………………………………………………………
22. Are you satisfied with the current method of teaching English? If not, what do you suggest