Survey of Online Materials (preliminary study)
1. Online Materials
Definition for this survey: 'materials you can download from the web'
2. Subjects
All of them are native speakers of Japanese who teach in the college level in the US.
1) Number: 10
2) Regional Distribution
| West |
3 |
| Rocky Mountain |
3 |
| East |
1 |
| Midwest |
1* |
| South |
1 |
| Hawaii |
1 |
total |
10 |
* This subject does not use online materials restricted by our definition. Thus, his/her responses will be excluded from the discussion of the result of our survey.
3) Institutions
| Public institution |
9 |
| Private institution |
1 |
total |
10 |
4) Questions regarding the use of online materials
* Questions were asked in Japanese.
1. What kind of online materials do you use?
2. From which site(s) do you download the materials you use?
3. How did you know the site (s)?
4. How do you use the materials you downloaded from the web?
3. Results
* Based on the responses from 9 subjects who use online materials by our restricted definition.
1) Types of online materials subjects use (subjects can respond to more than one category):
| Photos |
9/9 |
| Pictures |
8/9 |
| Reading materials |
5/9 |
| CM |
3/9 |
| Newspaper articles |
2/9 |
| Movie clips |
2/9 |
| Hiragana/Katakana charts |
1/9 |
| Sound files |
1/9 |
* Materials that do not fit in our definition were excluded.
2) Sites subjects download their materials from (subjects can respond to more than one category):
| NihongoWeb |
4/9 |
| Japanese Songs |
2/9 |
| Minna no Kyoozai |
2/9 |
| Deai |
2/9 |
| AV Resource Database for Japanese Language Instruction |
2/9 |
| CJLEA |
1/9 |
| NihongoMemo |
1/9 |
| Lead Plus Clip Art |
1/9 |
| Microsoft Clip Art |
1/9 |
| Yahoo! Clip Art |
1/9 |
| 教育画像素材 |
1/9 |
3) How subjects got to know the site(s) (subjects can respond to more than one category):
| colleagues, friends, students |
5/9 |
| websites |
4/9 |
| search engines |
3/9 |
| conferences |
2/9 |
| mailing lists |
2/9 |
| went to the graduate school where the project resides |
1/9 |
4) How subjects use the online materials they downloaded from the web (subjects can respond to more than one category):
| print out, then use in class as visual aids |
4/9 |
| PowerPoint slides, transparencies |
4/9 |
| handouts, tests, worksheets |
2/9 |
| in class (sound files) |
2/9 |
Links: websites subjects of this study download pictures, photos, music, reading materials, etc.
* To those who agreed to fill out the survey: we deeply appreciate your time. ありがとうございました。
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