IELTS Research Reports

Guoxing Yu, Pauline Rea-Dickins and Richard KielyAPPENDIX 3: GRAPHICACY QUESTIONNAIREThis questionnaire will collect your personal information and your experience, familiarity andunderstanding of graphs ( 图 表 、 数 字 统 计 图 、 数 字 统 计 表 格 、 示 意 图 、 流 程 图 等 , including bar,line, chart, diagram, and table with numerical data). You are asked to provide ONE answer by tickingthe relevant box or filling the blank which describes best your OWN situation. Please answer themindependently and honestly. There is no right or wrong answer.For example: Male [√]If you don’t fully understand a question, please ask the tutor for an explanation.Personal information1 Your contact mobile phone number ___________________________________________2 Your email address ___________________________________________ (Please in print)3 Your CHINESE Name _________________________________________ (Please in print)4 Gender: Male [ ] Female [ ]5 Faculty/Department/Specialism ______________________________________________6 Year Group: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]7 Status: Undergraduate [ ]Postgraduate [ ] If postgraduate, Master [ ] or PhD [ ]8 Have you taken an IELTS test? Yes [ ] No [ ]9 If YES to Question 8, when did you take your last IELTS test? [yyyy/mm] __________10 If NO to Question 8, are you planning to take IELTS test? Yes [ ] No [ ]11 If YES to Question 10, when are you planning to take IELTS test? [yyyy/mm] __________Questions on your graphicacyBelow are several statements concerning your experience, familiarity and preference in using graphs( 图 表 、 数 字 统 计 图 、 数 字 统 计 表 格 、 示 意 图 、 流 程 图 等 , including bar, line, chart, diagram, andtable with numerical data). Six examples of these graphs are given below. We will use GRAPHS as ageneric term covering all these different types of graphs in this questionnaire, so your answer shouldreflect the AVERAGE of using these different types of graphs, unless otherwise stated.416 www.ielts.org