By Joshua WangJan.29,2010

Beijing, China

Contents

Introduction 3Methods

4-5

Data Analysis 6-45

Results 46-49

Afterword 50

Method 1I completed the research by two ways: interview and

survey. In total I gathered sixteen cases, eight by interview

and eight by survey. Among the sixteen people, ten are boys and six are girls. There are ten elementary school students, four middle school students and two adults.

Almost all of my samples come from my friends and classmates; only one sample comes from a stranger.

Part 1 The Survey Form

Part 2 The Interview Form

Graph 1

Learning English on a computer is fun. 50% of people I surveyed like to learn

English on a computer because they think it is fun. But at the same time 37.5% of people have a different idea. I found out that they are older than those who like learning English on a computer.

Graph 7

Do you think that all Chinese children should learn English? The answers to this question were surprising. 50%

of the people I surveyed disagree that all Chinese children should learn English. Maybe they think that if all Chinese children learn English, too many English teachers would be needed. In fact, we don’t have enough English teachers in China, especially in the countryside.

Results 1The attitude to learning English All the people I surveyed think that learning English is

important, and should be started when children are young. However, 50% of people disagree that all Chinese children should learn English.

Ways to learn English Almost everybody thinks that solving real life problems

and group work is a good way to learn English .

Results 2 50% of people like singing English songs and learning

English on a computer. But to more than half of the people, making presentations, doing projects, and participating in activities in English are unfamiliar.

How do Chinese children learn English now50% of people read English stories daily.More than half of people think that taking English classes

after school is necessary.

Result 3Usually, people use English in three situations: when

studying at school, doing English homework, and surfing the Internet. They rarely use English when talking with friends, doing work, or shopping.

Most people like learning English by reading and watching movies, but they don’t like memorizing English words.

Afterword It was amazing for me that finally I’ve completed this hard project.

I learned many skills of doing research: interviewing people, asking people to fill in questionnaires, making presentations, and writing data analysis papers. It also helps me to learn English.

Thanks Dr. Kathy for her teaching and kindness.

Thanks Louis and Jane, my teachers in Rise, for their help.

Thanks to Mom, I know how to write data analysis.

Thanks to Dad, I have the photos of myself doing research.

Now I know that working is hard but also happy!

Thank you for listening!