COMENIUS QUESTIONNAIRE
The first activitiy within our project was realisation of the questionaire. Its purpose was to find out the level of communication between the pupils and between the pupils and teachers as well as the level of using of the body language and using various means of communication. Every school realised the same questionnaire which was made out by the school coordinators together. Every school realised it on a sample of 30 pupils and teachers, did analysis and worked out the results.
Here it is:
OUR SILENT EXPRESSION : BODY LANGUAGE
OUESTIONAIRE – COMMUNICATION LEVEL
Knowing Your Body Language
The purpose of this self-assessment questionaire is to generate discussion an find out the communication level between the pupils and the teachers and also between the pupils as well to find out the level of knowing and using body language
I am A male A female
I am
o 10 – 12 years old
o 12 – 15 years old
o 16 – 19 years old
o 19 – 30 years old
o 30 years old and more
1. It is important to read between the lines in communication, and this means keeping a firm eye on other people's body language.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
2. I can usually understand what other people are thinking and how they are feeling by listening closely to the things they are saying.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
3. I can ususally tell when people I meet are unhappy or angry about something.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
4. It is important to look people in the eye when talking to them: avoiding eye contact usually means you have something to hide.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
5. It is important not to have too much silence in a conversation.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
6. It is important not to touch people in professional situations, particularly if you do not know them very well.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
7. Laughter and smiling almost always indicate that people are in a positive frame of mind.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
8. Demonstrating interest and a positive attitude will come across well in any cultural environment.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
9. You usually communicate with your friends using
o Social networks or Internet
o whatsapp
o mobile phones
o text messages
o emails
o face to face
o other ___________________________________________________________
10. The communication „face to face“ is very important among the family members
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
11. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your workmates
o E-mail
o Whatsapp
o Internet, social networks
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o others________________________________________________________________
12. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students
o whatsapp
o Internet, social networks
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o Email
o others __________________________________________
13. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students´parents
o whatsapp
o Internet
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o Email
o others________________________________________________________
14. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
ONLY PUPILS: Communication within my class is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY PUPILS : Communication between my schoolmates and the teachers is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my workmates is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my pupils is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my pupils´s parents is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
15. Body language is an important part of communication
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
16. I am able to express my feelings using body language
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
17. In my communication, I use body language
Always often sometimes never
18. People in my culture normally touch each other when they speak
Yes No
19. Are there any typical gestures used in your country for insulting?
Yes No
20. You use body laguage more often when you communicate in English
Yes It doesn´t matter No
COMENIUS CORNER
Every school set up its Comenius corner, which will be used as a notice board where the basic information about the project, activities, outcomes will be placed to be visible for everybody at school as well as for the parents and visitors.
POSTER - MY BODY IS TALKING
Every school was supposed to make a poster which represents body language. The poster was made by children and a reponsible teacher was helping them. In our school it was Mrs. Alenka Vaňková.
PROJECT LOGO COMPETITION
The logo competition was realised in every school to chose the best one which will become the project logo, will represent our school and the topic of the project - Our Body Language. Every school chose the bet one in their school, then sent it to the others which placed all he logos in the Comenius corner, put numbers next to each of them and then the project voting was realised. There are the results of the vote:
Slovak logo had the most of the votes, so it became the winner and as well as the project logo. Its author is Daniela Tomašovičová, 6 A class.
Slovak winning logo
PROJECT T-SHIRTS
Bulgaria was responsible for making the project T - shirts. They made them for every school, printed with the project logo and brought them to the project meeting in Slovakia. We wore them during some of the activities to be able to feel the aim of the project more properly. We will
wear them during all the activities doing within
the project, not only during the project
meetings.
PROJECT MASCOT
One of the project tasks is to make a project mascot. We decided to make it during the first visit in Slovakia in February. Every country made its own mascot - but every one was the same, made from the same material. The mascot will go along with us during all our activities or project meetings and it will represent our project.
OUR SILENT EXPRESSION : BODY LANGUAGE
OUESTIONAIRE – COMMUNICATION LEVEL
ANALYSIS – TEACHERS
The number of teachers : 21 ( 19 females, 2 males )
AGE : from 30 years old
1. It is important to read between the lines in communication, and this means keeping a firm eye on other people's body language – the most of respondents agree or wholy agree
2. I can usually understand what other people are thinking and how they are feeling by listening closely to the things they are saying - the most respondents agree or wholy agree
3. I can ususally tell when people I meet are unhappy or angry about something - the most respondents agree or wholy agree
4. It is important to look people in the eye when talking to them: avoiding eye contact usually means you have something to hide - the most respondents agree or wholy agree
5. It is important not to have too much silence in a conversation - the most respondents agree or they think it depends on circumtances
6. It is important not to touch people in professional situations, particularly if you do not know them very well – the most respondents agree, some of them think it depends on circumstances and some of them don´t agree
7. Laughter and smiling almost always indicate that people are in a positive frame of mind - the most respondents agree, some of them think it depends on circumstances and only two of of them don´t agree
8. Demonstrating interest and a positive attitude will come across well in any cultural environment – most of the respondents think it depends on circumstances, some of them don´t agree and only a small number agree
9. You usually communicate with your friends using – the most respondents communicate face to face, then using mobile phones, emails, social networks and SMS, and only a small number communicate using whatsup
10. The communication „face to face“ is very important among the family members – the most respondents agree and only a small number think it depends on circumstances
11. You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your workmates - the most respondents communicate face to face, then using mobile phones, emails, social networks and SMS, and only a small number communicate using whatsup
12. You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students - the most respondents communicate face to face, and only a small number use communication using mobile phones, emails and social networks .
13. You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students´parents - the most respondents communicate face to face, then using mobile phones, emails, social networks and SMS
14. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Communication with my workmates is good - the most respondents agree and only
a small number think it depends on circumstances
Communication with my pupils is good - the most respondents agree and only
a small number think it depends on circumstances
Communication with my pupils´s parents is good - the most respondents agree and
the same number think it depends on circumstances
15. Body language is an important part of communication – the most respondents agree and the rest think it depends on circumstances
16. I am able to express my feelings using body language - the most respondents agree and the rest think it depends on circumstances
17. In my communication, I use body language – the most respondents use it very often, the rest sometimes and only a small number use it always
18. People in my culture normally touch each other when they speak – the most of respondents think that people do not touch
19. Are there any typical gestures used in your country for insulting? – all the respondents gave the answer yes
20. You use body laguage more often when you communicate in English - the most respondents don´t mater the language of communication
Photo Album
Pictures which show the body language signals are presented and collected in a photo album in an electronic form. In our school, children presented the body language signals on their own. They learned a lot and at the same time, we had a lot of fun. Maybe they haven´t realised so far, how often they normally use body language and that body language is an important part of our communication.
personal zone, 45 - 120 cm - family, close friends
arms crossed behind the body - fear, uncertainty
MY BODY LANGUAGE - STUDENTS´PICTURES
In April the kids were responsible for making some pictures which reflect their inner world and silent expression. Then, comparing the body language of different cultures, language variations and gestures in cultures which differ from West to East will be done. Slovak students used an internet web page www. tondoo.com to draw their pictures. They tried to express their feelings and at the same time they have improved their ICT skills as well as using body language. Here you can see the pictures.
A silent film
includes body language signs and was shown during the Europa´s Day and during the visit in Bulgaria as well. All the silent films should have been a kind of story. Every country sent its film to other partners. The main "silent actors" were the kids form participating schools.
