Interview to the teacher (appendix )

1.- Did you teach the subject Didactica de la Gramatica y de los elementos
lexicos?

2.-When they gave you the program, did they give you any guidance?

3.- About the hours spent in vocabulary, Do you think they were enough for
students to increase their vocabulary? Or what do you think about it?

What is your opinion about vocabulary teaching?. What do you think are the
best ways to teach vocabulary?



3.- What do you think the role of the teacher should be with regards to
vocabulary?

5.- aha! Do you encourage some other ways for figuring out meaning of
words?

6. Aha!.. Example.. o.k., and what do you think about pre-teaching
vocabulary? For example if there is a reading passage in your lesson, do you
usually pre-teach or do you let them Ah! First read and then explain? What
do you think about pre-teaching vocabulary?

7.- Which are techniques you use to teach vocabulary? Which are your
favorite ones, which do you think are more effective?

8.- and which of the techniques do you think is the most effective one? From
the students point of view, with which do you think they grasp the meaning
of words easier?

9.- When you encounter a word, a new word, in a text, do you immediately
explain it or do you wait until students ask about it?

10.- When you explain a new word, do you concentrate only on its meaning
or do you also consider phonological, phonetics, and grammatical aspects of
the word?

11.- What about idioms, cliches and proverbs?

12. how do you check students understanding of the words?
13.- o.k Do you keep a record of the new vocabulary along the course, such
as a wordlist?

14. Do you encourage students to keep word lists?

15. Do you do any kind of systematic kind of recycling with regards to
vocabulary?

16.- What is your opinion about dictionaries use?

17.- Aha! And, do you give them any kind of training about dictionary use?

18. O.k. When you were a student, hoe did you prefer, do you remember
how did you prefer to learn vocabulary?


















Interview to the teacher
Vocabulary teaching

1.- Do you introduce NEW VOCABULARY along with a NEW STRUCTURE?

2. How many words can your students learn effectively in one lesson?

3. Do you take into account whether you are dealing with RECEPTIVE/PRODUCTIVE VOCABULARY?

4. What do you think about using games to practice vocabulary?


















Interview to the teacher
(Teachers beliefs about the program and the curriculum)
1. What do you think are the most important elements in an effective language teaching
program?


2. What do you think the role of textbooks and teaching materials in a language program
should be?


3. How useful do you think Instructional objectives are in teaching?


4. How do you decide WHAT to teach?


5. To what extent is your teaching based on your students needs?

6. What is your attitude toward assessment in a language program?



7. What changes would you like to see in your program?