Facebook & Library blog

1. Learning a language via Facebook / Language Blog

This survey is about the AV Language Library's Blog and Facebook page. This is your chance to let us know what you'd like to see more in the Blog and Facebook!

We appreciate your help in answering the questions in here, which should take approximately 5-10 mins of your time.

1. Are you a

Are you a University of Sydney student

student of another University

Librarian

Language teacher/lecturer

Other

2. Are you

Are you Male

Female

3. What is your age bracket?

What is your age bracket? 17 years or younger

18-24

25-30

31-40

41-50

51-59

60-69

70-79

>80

4. How did you hear about this survey?

How did you hear about this survey? lecturer/tutor

email from Language Librarian

link on the AV Language Library blog

referred by another student

Other (please specify)

5. Do you access the Internet mainly from:

Do you access the Internet mainly from: Home

Work

College / University

Work / University (I am employed at Uni)

Everywhere; I mostly use mobile internet (via mobile phone, laptop etc)

6. What is your native language?

What is your native language? Arabic Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) English French German Greek Hebrew	Hindi / Urdu Indonesian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Spanish
Other (please specify)

7. What language(s) are you interested in learning?

What language(s) are you interested in learning? Arabic Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) English French German Greek	Hebrew Hindi / Urdu Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Spanish
Other (please specify)

About the Language Blog

The Language Blog aims to provide language-learning resources such as podcasts, vodcasts, and online dictionaries, as well as a listing of foreign movies available from the Self-Study room. Visit the Blog at http://usydlanglib.wordpress.com

8. When you visit the blog, what resources are you looking for?

When you visit the blog, what resources are you looking for? Grammar Listening Online Dictionaries	Podcasts Pronunciation Reading	Vocabulary Writing
Other (please specify)

9. What is most appealing for you in the blog?

What is most appealing for you in the blog? Finding links to language resources in the one place Having up-to-date information on language resources	List of new foreign language movies
Other (please specify)

10. Which social networking sites do you use?

Which social networking sites do you use? Facebook MySpace Twitter Friendster Multiply Bebo	LinkedIn Ning Orkut Second Life Other I do not use any social networking sites
Other (please specify)

11. Why do you use Facebook? (rate in order of importance)

	Very Important	Somewhat Important	Somewhat Unimportant	Not At All Important	Neutral / Not Applicable
To maintain friendships with those on campus	Why do you use Facebook? (rate in order of importance) To maintain friendships with those on campus Very Important	Somewhat Important	Somewhat Unimportant	Not At All Important	Neutral / Not Applicable
To coordinate studying with friends	To coordinate studying with friends Very Important	Somewhat Important	Somewhat Unimportant	Not At All Important	Neutral / Not Applicable
To maintain friendships with friends/family overseas	To maintain friendships with friends/family overseas Very Important	Somewhat Important	Somewhat Unimportant	Not At All Important	Neutral / Not Applicable
To keep informed of on-campus events	To keep informed of on-campus events Very Important	Somewhat Important	Somewhat Unimportant	Not At All Important	Neutral / Not Applicable

12. How frequently do you log onto Facebook?

How frequently do you log onto Facebook? Multiple times daily Once a day	1-5 times per week I do not use Facebook
Other (please specify)

13. Do you use Facebook for academic purposes?

Do you use Facebook for academic purposes? Sometimes Often	Rarely Never - Facebook is for fun, not serious things like studying!
Other (please specify)

14. Have you ever 'friended' a lecturer / tutor on Facebook?

Have you ever 'friended' a lecturer / tutor on Facebook? Yes

15. How would you feel if the Language Librarian 'friended' you?

How would you feel if the Language Librarian 'friended' you? Comfortable

Uncomfortable

Unsure

16. What features of the AV Language Library's profile on Facebook would interest you?

What features of the AV Language Library's profile on Facebook would interest you? Information about and access to library resources (e.g. new foreign movies / books / software)

Links to foreign language resources