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Survey: Evaluating The Bell Foundation’s EAL resources

The purpose of this anonymous survey is to collect information about practitioners’ views about how useful, relevant and accessible The Bell Foundation’s EAL resources are. The findings from the survey will be used to inform future work. The survey assumes some familiarity with our resources, and for classroom staff having used at least one of them in their practice.

If you are not familiar with our free EAL resources, consider completing our other short survey instead, called Your EAL practice and needs, which asks about how you are currently supporting learners using EAL that you teach and what you would find most useful in any future EAL resources.

We can enter you into a £20 book token prize draw as thanks for your taking the time to complete this questionnaire. If you would like to be entered into the draw, please leave your contact detail on the last page of the survey.
1.Which educational phase do you work in? (select all that apply)
2.What is your role? (select all that apply)
3.Overall, how useful do you find The Bell Foundation resources for learners using EAL? Please indicate this on the scale 1 to 5 below, where 1 is not useful and 5 is the most useful?
Not useful
Most useful
4.How appropriate and relevant for the key stage, subject and the curriculum are these materials, in general? Indicate below on the scale 1 to 5, where 1 is not appropriate/relevant and 5 is most appropriate/relevant.
Not appropriate/relevant
Most appropriate/relevant
For the key stage:
For the subject:
For the curriculum:
5.In which mainstream curriculum subjects have you or your school used or considered our resources for? Please tick all that apply.
6.In which contexts have you found the Foundation’s resources most useful? Please use the scale below (1 = not useful, 5 = useful)
Not useful
Most useful
Mainstream lesson
In-class individual learner support
Intervention class
EAL lesson (e.g. in withdrawal)
Revision classes
1-to-1 teaching
Small group teaching
As homework
7.Do you agree with the following statements?
Yes
No
Not sure
The resources are appropriate and accessible for the level of English language proficiency they have been designed for (see The Bell Foundation’s proficiency bands).
The resources come with high expectations of EAL learners’ English language acquisition.
The resources come with high expectations of EAL learners’ cognitive / subject learning demand.
The resources are useful in developing English language skills.
The resources are useful in developing curriculum understanding.
The resources have helped me gain confidence to support the language development of learners using EAL.
Thanks to using the resources, I feel more equipped in identifying where language support is needed.
The resources are useful to other learners in my class, beyond EAL.
The teaching notes are easy to understand.
The teaching notes are appropriate to my role.
8.How easy do you find it to use the Foundation's resources in your setting? Please indicate on the scale below (1 – very difficult; 5 – very easy).
Very difficult
Very easy
9.Overall, how do you think the resources can be improved? If applicable, please specify to which resource your comment relates.
10.Any additional comments?
11.Your contact details (for the prize draw)
Leave empty if you do not wish to enter the prize draw.