“ESL” means “English as a second language”. At BNBU, most of students have study English since the past time and use English in listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. The questionnaire, which focused on reading, is aimed to investigate students’ English reading habits and the situation of applying skills in reading process. The collected data (including but not limited to your views and information) will only be used at academic research.
“ESL”的意思是“将英语作为第二语言”。在BNBU，大部分学生一直学习英语，并且将英语广泛地运用在听，说，读写的实践当中。本问卷将聚焦于“读”的英语实践活动，旨在探究学生们的英语阅读习惯和英语阅读技能在实际阅读中的应用情况。本次问卷收集的数据（包括但不限于您的观点和个人信息）将不会被用作学术研究以外的用途。
1. What is your current status? Current student of BNBU Student from other universities (non-BNBU) Graduate. Other
2. What is your first language? Chinese English Others
3. How often do you usually read ESL (English as a second language) texts? Every day or almost every day 2-3 times per week Once per week or less Other
4. What types of English texts do you usually read? Literary texts (e.g., novel, poem, drama) Social media texts (e.g., Instagram, X, YouTube) Academic texts (e.g., paper, research, study) News texts Other
5. How difficult is English reading for you? 6. What kinds of difficulties have you encountered in your personal ESL reading process? Unknown vocabulary Complex or unfamiliar grammar structures Difficult or abstract content (e.g., lack of background knowledge on the topic) Cultural references or schemas that I do not share Complex coherence or logical connections between paragraphs Others
7. Please rank at least 3 of these (max 6) by importance for English reading（1= most important). Vocabulary Grammar Topic of the article Readers' interest in content Author's perspective Overall texts structure (e.g., time order, cause-effect)
8. What skills/theory have you heard about/used in ESL reading process? Skim Scan Extensive Reading Schema Theory SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, review) Mastering Context Clues Others None
9. Please rate how difficult or easy English reading is for you in each of the following situations:
The vocabulary and grammar are familiar to me.
The topic is interesting to me.
The content is familiar to me.
The text structure is familiar to me.
10. Please select the level of your knowledge of schema theory.
Very low (I know almost nothing about it) Low (I have heard the term but know little) Moderate (I know the basic idea but cannot apply it well) High (I understand it well and can apply it in reading) Very high (I understand it deeply and often use it intentionally)
11. What method do you use to improve reading comprehension?