Domains
and Language Loyalty
I. List the languages you know
in addition to English.
- English
- .
- .
- .
II. In the following domains, indicate which of these
languages you usually use never, sometimes, often, very often in a typical day in the following situations:
Home
- with parents
- with siblings
- with spouse/roomate
- with friends
- on the telephone with relatives/friends
- watching television programs in general
- watching televised sports
- listening to the news
- listening to spoken language on radio
- listening to music
- reading the newspaper
- reading magazines
- reading books
- web browing on the Internet
- chat on the Internet
- electronic gaming
School
- in class discussions
- in assignments
- with teachers outside class
- with classmates outside class
- with friends between classes
- with secretaries
- with custodians
Public
- with bus drivers
- with waiters
- with sales people at stores
- with the police or other public officials
- watching movies
- vacationing
Religion
- with others at the service
- with minister
- singing
- prayer
- in discussion groups
Background
- educational level of your parents
- English proficiency of parents
- English proficience of siblings
- how would you rank your own English proficiency
- What do you find attractive/unattractive about English?
- What importance do you ascribe to English?
- What are the advantages of English?
- What importance do you attribute to the language used in song lyrics?
- All lyrics are important in any language
- Only English lyrics are important
- Only lyrics in my native language are important
- All lyrics are unimportant. It is the sound that's important