Instructor seeks Czech questionnaire participation

Dear Věstník Readers and Czech Friends,

Dobrý den!  Some of you have completed and sent the questionnaire on the language, culture, and attitudes of Texas Czechs that appeared on the SPJST website.  I very much appreciate your help adding valuable information to this data collection. As of now, I have only 40 completed questionnaires.  So I’ll be more than happy to send out paper copies to anyone upon request.  I will gladly cover the postage for any mailed questionnaires. In addition, you can access the questionnaire on the SPJST website at www.spjst.org.

While I need to collect some biographical information from you for research purposes, all participants will remain anonymous in any published results. I will share the results with you via Věstník, Našinec, and the TCHCC Newsletter.  Here is how to contact me: Lida Cope, 707 Addington Drive, Winterville, North Carolica 28590; email copel@ecu.edu; phone (252) 321-6945.

Secondly, as part of my study, I would like to be able to find out where in Texas, Czech (and Texas Czech) is taught and how. If you have already completed my questionnaire and want to share your Czech learning/teaching experience, please send me your comments. If you have not, you will find these same questions at the end of the questionnaire. 

If you have attended a community Czech language course, a college course, a course organized by your chapter of the Czech Heritage Society, or any other instruction to help you improve your Czech at some point in your lives, please tell me: 

1. What type of course was it? 

2. Who was it taught by? 

0 a community member 

0 SPJST member

0 CHS member 

0 college instructor

0 other (please specify___________)

3. Where was it held and when? 

4. How long was the course?

5. What did you do?  That is, what was the focus/scope of the course? 

6. Do you recall approximately how many people attended the course?   

7. Was there a range of ages or mostly older people? 

8. Do you feel that the course has helped you improve your Czech (that is, the variety of Czech you as a Texan of this descent speak)? 

- Has it fulfilled your expectations? 

- Was any attention given to Texas Czech expressions? Can you give me an example? 

- Were you largely learning European Czech expressions, perhaps to be able to communicate while visiting the Czech Republic?

Any course-related information that you can provide would be more than welcome. The contact information is the same (please see above).

Thank you very much and moc vám děkuji!

Download Czech Questionnaire (.doc format)

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