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Please take some time to complete the following questionnaire regarding the use of social
networks. This survey is conducted as part of aPLaNet, an EU funded project aiming to help
foreign language teachers within the European Community.

Please answer the questions in this survey only if you are a foreign language teacher and
working in an EU member state.

Brief Description

aPLaNet is a European Union funded education project. The full name is "Autonomous Personal
Learning Networks for Language Teachers". aPLaNet is designed to help language educators to
form their own supportive online networks to help them improve their language teaching.

Mission

To help language educators become autonomous users of Personal Learning Networks.

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Website http://www.aplanet-project.eu/
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Twitter http://twitter.com/aPLaNetproject
* Required

A. Personal Information
We ask for your name/email address to enable us to verify that the survey is completed in a

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reliable way.
We do not store or use these details except for verification of survey completions. These details
will be deleted at the end of the survey period.

1. Name & Surname *

2. Your Email *

3. Your Nationality *

4. What language do you teach? *

English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Other:

5. Years of teaching Experience *

1-3
4-6
7-10
11-15
Other:

B. General Questions about Social

Networks
In this section, we would like you to give us some information about whether you are a current
user of any Social Networking tools and how you use them

1. How many social networking sites are you a member of?

None
1-2
3 or more

2. Please tick the social networking sites you’re a member of from the following list :
Facebook
Twitter
Ning
LinkedIn

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Google+
Other:

3. What do you usually do when on a social networking site: (Please tick as many as
applicable)
Contact friends and family
Socialise / meet new people
Talk to colleagues and share resources
Keep up to date on what’s happening in areas of interest / work
Learn about work-related seminars, courses, webinars etc.
Other?

4. How many hours do you spend on average on social media sites?

None
2-4 hours/week
2-4 hours/day
5-8 hours/day
Other:

5. Do you use different social media sites for different things?

Yes
No

6. If so, could you briefly tell us which site you use and what the purpose is?

7. Have you ever received any training or attended a tutorial on learning how to use social
networking sites effectively?
Yes
No
No, but I would like to

8. Have you created a network of professional contacts through a social networking site?
Yes
No
Other:

9. How often do you find useful teaching resources through your contacts?
Never

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Sometimes
Often
Very often
All the time

10. Do you feel you are learning new things and developing as a professional through your
social networking sites contacts?
Yes, a lot.
Sometimes
Not really
I don’t have professional contacts

11. How often do you learn about useful/new teaching techniques through your contacts?
Never
Sometimes
Often
Very often
All the time

12. Are there any factors that discourage you from using social networking sites more
extensively?

13. Are you currently using any Social Networks as part of your teaching?
Yes
No

14. If your answer to the previous question was 'Yes", please tell us how you use Social
Networks with your own students.

15. If your answer to the previous question was 'Yes", please mention the subjects or topics
which you use Social Networks for with your students.

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C. Facebook, Twitter & Nings

Please answer some more specific questions about these three sites as they are the focus of the
aPLaNet EU funded project

1. Facebook - Advantages *
Which of the following positive comments about Facebook do you agree with?
Easy to connect with people
User-friendly interface
Fun to use
Speed of disseminating information
Ease of sharing content i.e. photos, videos, links, documents etc.
Other:

3. Facebook - Disadvantages
Which of the following negative comments about Facebook do you agree with?
Not always a safe environment
Time-consuming to maintain contacts
Inadequate filtering of irrelevant info i.e. advertisements
Requires a certain amount of technical expertise
Privacy regarding one's personal details and photgraphs is an issue
Other:

4. Suggested Facebook Foreign Language Teacher Communities

Please copy & paste links of any useful Pages or Groups of Foreign Language Teachers on
Facebook that you are a member of and have found useful

5. Twitter - Advantages
Which of the following positive comments about Twitter do you agree with?
Easy to connect with people
User-friendly interface

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Fun to use
Speed of disseminating information
Ease of sharing content i.e. photos, videos, links, documents etc.
Other:

6. Twitter - DIsadvantages
Which of the following negative comments about Twitter do you agree with?
Not always a safe environment
Time-consuming to maintain contacts
Inadequate filtering of irrelevant info i.e. advertisements
Requires a certain amount of technical expertise
Twitter is a dangerous because of spammers
Other:

7. Suggested Twitter contacts for Foreign Language Teachers

Please copy & paste links of any useful lists of Foreign Language Teachers on Twitter

8. Nings - Advantages
Which of the following positive comments about Nings do you agree with?
Easy to connect with people
User-friendly interface
Fun to use
Speed of disseminating information
Ease of sharing content i.e. photos, videos, links, documents etc.
Other:

9. Nings- Disadvantages
Which of the following negative comments about Nings do you agree with?
Not always a safe environment
Time-consuming to maintain contacts
Inadequate filtering of irrelevant info i.e. advertisements
Require a certain amount of technical expertise
Privacy issues & spammers
Other:

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10. Suggested Nings for Foreign Language Teachers

Please copy & paste links of any useful Nings for Foreign Language Teachers that you are familiar
with or are a member of

Thank you very much for taking

part in this Survey on Social
Networks!
Your answers will be invaluable for the actions and materials we are hoping to develop as part
of this European Project and we are very grateful that you have stayed with this Survey to the
very end!!!!

The aPLaNet Partners hope you will join this project either as a Mentor or as a Piloting teacher.

Email. info@aplanet-project.eu
Website http://www.aplanet-project.eu/
Ning http://aplanet-project.org/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/aplanetproject
Twitter http://twitter.com/aPLaNetproject

DIsclaimer
'The project Autonomous “Personal Learning Networks” for Language Teachers has been funded
with support from the European Commission. This document reflects the views only of the
author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein'

Uses and Privacy

Uses and Privacy

The complete survey data will only be visible to the official full partners in the project and the
external evaluator (the EU will only see the compiled data). No personal details or individual
responses will be seen outside of this group.

The data will be compiled and used for two purposes:

1. To improve and extend the resources and methodologies that the aPLaNet project will make
available

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2. As analyzed and compiled, academic and other presentations on how educators are using
social networks. These papers will be shared online through the project web properties and in
conferences and links placed in aPLaNet web properties.

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