Questionnaire_for Chatting_

Debriefing Questionnaire
After completing the profile information, please answer the questions in English, Japanese or Chinese (your choice). If you have any questions, please ask your instructor.
Name ______Ching wei Lin_________ Age ___21___ Gender (circle): Male (Female)
Chat Name ______Nemo_____________ Chat Group Number _ 8__
TOEIC score (most recent) ______
Other test (name of the test and the score) Test name _______ Score _______

Questions
1. Did your group come to a consensus and decide upon a business and a city?
(YES) NO

2. What was your decision and why did your group make this decision? Our group decides make a restaurant at Taipei and Tokyo. We would like to build a restaurant, and focus on both Japanese and Taiwanese foods. Seafood is a good idea. Japanese cuisine usually uses a lot of sea food.

3. What did you find interesting about chatting with students from Taiwan/Japan?

I found many interesting things from chatting with students from Japan. First I know a lot interesting ideas from others. And I get more information about Japan. Japanese students told me about Sapporo, which is the biggest city in Hokkaido, the northern island in Japan.

4. Did this session enhance cultural exchanges? Why or why not?

I though this session which is a good chance to enhance cultural exchanges, you could know a lot about their social. Moreover, food is a good issue for discussing, every country have own feature local foods, for example Japanese local food is sushi, and Taiwanese-style delicacies, like pearl tea.




5. What do you think you learned from this chat session?

I learned to build a company is not so easy. You have to discussing how to do it. First you should know about Japan and Taiwan society, selling what kind of products is best. And how do we improve many problems.

6. Has your motivation for learning increased after interacting with your Taiwanese/Japanese partners? Why or why not?

Sure, I like travel around, I haven’t been to Japan, but I could know more about Japan from my Japanese partners, I had more motivation to use English to talk with them.

7. Is it important to have a leader when discussing issues using online chat?
(YES) NO

8. Think about the leader of your group. What did the leader do to help the group? Did you think that the leader did a good job? Why or why not?

Our eighth team leader is Zhong_Sha, she helped us to integrate our options, and provide her opinions.

9. What did you find was difficult while chatting with students from Taiwan/Japan?

I found different country has their culture, including food, life style, social, weather. But it is still have similar way, eating their local food is a good way to understanding their culture.

10. Did this activity make our course more meaningful? Why or why not?

Exactly, this activity makes our course more meaningful, learning foreign language should try to understanding foreign culture.

11. Does using online chat with students from Taiwan/Japan help your English language skills? How?

Yes. I should talk with them in English; may it is help me increase my writing and reading ability.


12. Select your level of enjoyment while using online chat with students from Taiwan/Japan.
a. Liked very much
b. (Liked)
c. Liked a little
d. Disliked a little
e. Disliked
f. Disliked very much

13. Explain your selection for Question 7.

Leader is an important role in a group.

14. If another online chat session were arranged, would you like to participate?

(YES) NO

15. If you have any additional comments about online chat or using online chat to communicate with students overseas, please write them here:
Thank you for chatted with me. I hope have other chance to talk with you!

Thank you!