Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / Centro de Educación y Docencia en Educación

Escuela de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje / División de Educología
Investigadores: Abigail Arguedas, Irina Chin Wo, Melanie Gamboa, Marcela Quesada
Laptop-based Survey:
The Effectiveness of Using Laptops in an EFL Secondary Education Classroom in Terms of
Writing Skills
Note: The following survey is for research and academic purposes. Therefore, the information
provided is completely confidential.
1. Personal information of the participant:
Academic Level: ________
Age: ______
Sex: ______

2. Questions:
Instructions: Read each question carefully and prepare your answers according to your own
criteria.
3. Have you ever used laptops as a study tool before?
( ) Yes
( ) No

4. Do you consider the use of computers in class a useful too?

( ) Yes
( ) No

5. Justify your previous answer:

_________________________________________________
6. Did you use any autocorrect, dictionary or application to help you with the development
of the written activity?
( ) Yes
( ) No

7. If positive, indicate which one(s):

( ) Grammarly
( ) Google translate
( ) Dictionary
( ) Ginger
Other: __________
8. What level of importance do you give to word suggestions?
( ) I always correct them without checking,
( ) I consider them if they apply correctly
( ) I ignore them.
9. What aspects represented a challenge during the development of the activity?
( ) topic
( ) grammatical structure (future going to)
( ) the use of the computer
( ) time
( ) extension
( ) instructions
( ) surroundings
( ) distractors (non-academic websites / apps)
other:__________

10. What aspects facilitated the development of the activity?

( ) topic
( ) grammatical structure (future going to)
( ) the use of the computer
( ) time
( ) extension
( ) instructions
( ) surroundings
( ) autocorrect tools
( ) dictionaries / translators
other:__________

11. Do you consider that the use of the laptop in written activities has any advantage?
Mention which one(s)
__________________________________________________________________

12. Do you consider that the use of the laptop in written activities has any disadvantage?
Mention which one(s)
__________________________________________________________________