NRC note

SQ4, SQ25, SQ26, SQ27 and SQ28 provide information about the languages in the home environment.
[target language] skills. The perceived parental skills might
[target language] skills, his/her expectations regarding his/her about [target language] learning and his/her
[target language] skills.

Translator note
[Target language] National Research Coordinator (the name of the language for which the students will be tested
prior to filling out the questionnaire).

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Do you, yourself, come into contact with [target language] outside school in the
following ways?
(Please select in each row No or Yes)
No

1) Through a friend who writes to you in [target language], for example

through email, MSN, letters? ----------------------------------------------------------------

Yes
1

0
2) Through relatives living in a [target language] speaking country? -------------------------

0
3) Through friends living in a [target language] speaking country? ---------------------------

4) Through [target language] speaking tourists who visit the place where
0
you live? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5) Through [target language] speaking people who live in your place of

0
residence? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6) Through people on the internet who talk to you in [target language], for
0
example when playing online games? -----------------------------------------------------------

0
7) Through [target language] speaking people you meet during holidays? -----------------

WebTrans note
SQ29, SQ64.
The response scales (No-Yes) of SQ19, SQ20, SQ23, SQ29, and SQ64 are identical.

NRC note
SQ29 assesses the exposure to [target language] and Q30 the use of [target language].
MSN - is an internet service for instant messaging, a form of real-time communication between two or
more people based on typed text. The term MSN might need to be replaced with a suitable term that is
understood by students in your country.

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