I would recommend creating a Google form (free using Google
documents) to collect and aggregate this data. I certainly
would be more inclined to answer these questions in that
way....you will find the data collection so much easier as
well. From someone knee deep in action research and data
collection...it's a wicked time saver. Also question 8 and 9
might need to be checked for bias? Just a friendly
suggestion.

On 11/05/09, Jennifer Roman wrote:
> I am writing an action research paper where I will be
> researching how effective bilingual education is and how
> spanish education is valued in our country. I need opinions
> from teachers and was hoping you could help me. Below are
> ten questions that will be beneficial for my paper in order
> to see what spanish teachers feel on the topic. I
> appreciate your help and time if you could answer and email
> your answers to these questions!!! Also questions 8 and 9
might need to be checked for bias? Just some friendly
suggestions.
>
> 1. When is the first time in school that you took a foreign
> language class? How many years did you further your
> education in this language? Would you say you are
> proficient in another language you learned in the
> classroom? 2. Do you remember foreign language class being
> more or less interesting than your mainstream classes and
> why? 3. If you could have taken a foreign language class
> earlier in your education, would you have taken advantage
> of this opportunity and why? 4. Do you think that bilingual
> education is more effective in terms of learning both
> languages better than a regular foreign language classroom?
> Explain. 5. Do you believe that bilingual education is
> affective for all students? Only ESL students? Why? 6.
> Should foreign language instruction be introduced early in
> a student's education and if so, how early preschool,
> kindergarten, or elementary school and why? 7. Do you think
> it is an advantage to know another language, if so what
> language do you think is most important and why? 8. Even
> though we live in a multicultural country, also known as
> the melting pot, do you think that our education system
> reflects the interests of our country by only valuing that
> our people speak English and not pursuing more the
> education of a foreign language and why? 9. Do you believe
> that for future generations, knowing another language could
> help solve global problems and help fight against
> terrorism? Explain. 10. Do you think Spanish could become
> the new English in the United States. Explain.
>
> Thank you very much for completing these questions.

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