Teachers’ Beliefs Questionnaire

Directions: This questionnaire is designed to help us understand more about teachers’ beliefs about Standards-Based curriculum design in foreign language education. Please indicate your opinion about each of the statements below by circling the number that best describes how sure you are that you can perform each of the tasks below when teaching Persian at the intermediate and advanced levels.


HOW SURE ARE YOU…?

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
No 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chance Certain Certain Certain Certain Certain

(Survey Developed by Nicole Mills (Harvard University)

Adapted from Mills (2011), Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs Questionnaire Modern Language Journal
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  1. STAGE 1: GOALS

    How sure are you that you can use the Standards-Based goals established within the STARTALK Intermediate and Advanced Persian Curriculum Guide to develop lessons?

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can appropriately align these Standards-Based goals with assessment measures and class activities?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. STAGE 2: ASSESSMENT

    How sure are you that you can develop learning checks that involve the dimension of a meaningful audience and ask students to do meaningful or real world tasks?

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. STAGE 3: LEARNING
    How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons where students express feelings and emotions and exchange opinions in the target language?

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons to help guide students interpret written or spoken texts.?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons or units which ask students to present information, concepts, or ideas?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that teach students about cultural products of a society (literature, art, theater, etc.)?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that teach students about the attitudes, values, and ideas that characterize a particular society?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that reinforce and further students’ knowledge of other disciplines (art, history, etc.)?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that compare Persian language and culture with the students’ language and culture?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that encourage students to use the Persian language both within and beyond the school setting?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that encourage real-life authentic language use?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create and teach lessons that use grammar as a tool for meaningful communication?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can spiral the use of both language and content in your lessons?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can incorporate a variety of different tasks in your lessons that are meaningful and communicative and provide opportunities for imagination and creativity?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can provide opportunities for collaborative and cooperative work in your lessons?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create a motivating and engaging context for learning?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can integrate multimedia and authentic materials from a variety of genres in my lessons as a means to promote communication and cultural understanding?

     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can create a classroom environment that encourages the use of the target language?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100


  1. How sure are you that you can reflect on and self-evaluate a previously taught lesson and highlight what went well and what could be improved in future lessons?
     
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  
    0  100





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