Please complete the survey and click the button [Send the form] at the end.
Thank you very much.

Note: The form will be submitted via e-mail, so you will need e-mail software with this computer to send this. If you do not have, please click here.

Name: (Overwrite * when you fill in boxes)

E-mail address:

School:

State Click to choose ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

(For Survey A please complete one survey per school. If your colleague already completed Survey A, please go to Survey B.)

1. Is your school:

Public

Independent

Catholic

2. Please indicate the grades of students at your school. (Check all that apply.)

	Infants
	Primary
	Junior secondary
	Senior secondary (year 11 and 12)

3. Overall number of students at your school:

Approx.

4. How many computers does your school have for student use?

Approx.

5. How many of them are connected to the Internet?

Approx.

6. How accessible are these computers to students?

	At any time
	At specific times
	Only with supervision

7. Does your school provide teachers with an e-mail address? (not including hotmail)

	Yes
	No

8. Does your school provide students with an e-mail address? (not including hotmail)

	Yes
	No

If yes, give details:
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9. Do you use any particular CALL (computer assisted language learning) software in teaching Japanese?

	Yes
	No

If yes, give titles and indicate which grades use them:
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Continue to Survey B.

(For Survey B please complete one survey per teacher if possible. Please also fill in your name and school name at the top of this page.)

The following questions apply to your computer and Internet use either at school or at home.

1. What operating system do you use?

	Windows 98		Macintosh (OS)
	Windows 95		UNIX
	Windows 3.1		Other
	Windows NT

2. What is the language of your operating system?

	Japanese (Go to 6)
	English
	Other

3. If you do not have a Japanese operating system, is it able to handle Japanese script?

	Yes
	Yes, in reading but not in writing.
	No (Go to 6)

4. What software do you use to enable your computer to read/write Japanese script?

	NJWin		UnionWay
	NJStar		Ichitaro for English Windows
	TwinBridge		Japanese Language Kit (for Macintosh)
	KanjiKit		Don't know
	Global IME		Other

5. Do you have any problems with the software?

	Yes
	No

If yes, give details:
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6. Do you use the Internet?

	Yes
	No

If yes, for what purposes?

	Browsing the WWW
	Using search engines (e.g. Yahoo)
	Reading/writing e-mails
	Other

7. What software do you use for browsing the WWW?

	Netscape 1.x		Internet Explorer 2.x
	Netscape 2.x		Internet Explorer 3.x
	Netscape 3.x		Internet Explorer 4.x
	Netscape 4.x or higher		Internet Explorer 5.x
	Mosaic		Other
	Don't know

8. Do you use the Internet in Japanese?

	Yes
	No

If yes, for what purposes?

	Browsing the WWW
	Using search engines (e.g. Yahoo Japan)
	Reading e-mails
	Writing e-mails
	Other

9. Do you use the Internet for teaching Japanese?

	Yes
	No (Go to 12)

If yes, in what ways do you use it?

	Getting information about Japan from web sites to produce materials
	Sharing resources and activity ideas with other teachers
	Displaying students' work or activities on your homepage
	Introducing useful web sites for learning to students
	Giving students project work involving a search for information through the WWW
	Giving students project work involving co-operative production of a homepage
	Other

10. Give a concrete example of a task you have set for Internet use. (e.g. Students in Year 7 write a self-introduction in Japanese using computers in the library. On completion, I edit their messages and send an e-mail to the sister school in Japan.)

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11. What are the benefits of using the Internet for teaching and learning? Please explain:

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12. If you do not use the Internet for teaching, give reasons:

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13. Are you able to give students homework using the Internet?

	Yes
	No

14. Have you attended any workshops on use of the Internet?

	Yes
	No (Go to 16)

If yes, what kind of workshop did you attend?

	Introduction to useful web sites
	Creating your own homepage
	How to use resources from the Internet to create activities
	Planning co-operative student projects to make a homepage
	How to write an e-mail in Japanese
	Other

15. Were you able to put the learned skills into practice?

	Yes
	No

If not, give reasons:
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16. What kind of professional development course for using the Internet in language teaching would you like to attend?

	Introduction to useful web sites
	Creating your own homepage
	How to use resources from the Internet to create activities
	Planning co-operative student projects to make a homepage
	How to write an e-mail in Japanese
	Sharing resources and activity ideas with other teachers via the Internet
	Japanese proficiency upgrading course for teachers via the Internet
	Other

17. Are you thinking of using the Internet for your Japanese teaching in the future?

	Yes
	No

18. Please comment on any other problems or issues regarding Internet use in Japanese language classrooms.

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Makoto Netsu, Lecturer
The Japan Foundation Sydney Language Centre
e-mail: netsu@nihongo.club.ne.jp