Master's Dissertation First Full Draft

Appendices

Appendix A – Ethics clearance certificate

Appendix B – GDE permission to conduct research

Appendix C – Demographic questionnaire

Demographic Questionnaire

Age					Today’s date		201 / /
Birth year					Grade
Gender	Male		Female
Do you take any of the following subjects at grade 10–12 level? (please tick all applicable boxes) English Home Language (HL) Physical Science English First Additional (FAL) Life Sciences Mathematics History Mathematical Literacy Geography Information Technology Computer Applications Technology (CAT) Please create a unique code to anonymise yourself: This code will allow us to identify your responses without us knowing your name or any of your personal information. Please ask the researchers for help if you are unsure what to do. Please write down the last three letters of your first name and the last three letters of your surname, followed the day of the month that your birthday is on and your group number e.g. John Donne born on 31 March in Group 1A becomes: OHN-NNE-31-1A Sipho Mabuse born on 6 February in Group 3C becomes: PHO-USE-06—3C
Please write your code here:

Please list all of the languages that you know. For each language, please tick whether you can speak, understand or read in that language.

	Language	I can …… this language (please tick) You may tick all three options if applicable
1.		Speak	Understand	Read
2.		Speak	Understand	Read
3.		Speak	Understand	Read
4.		Speak	Understand	Read

Which language is your most dominant (i.e. language which you know the best)? Please write down the languages you know in order of dominance, with your most dominant language first.

1. (Most dominant language)
2.
3.
4.

In what order did you learn the languages that you know? Please list all the languages you know in order of acquisition, with your first language or mother tongue first.

1. (Mother tongue/first language)
2.
3.
4.

How often are you exposed to each language that you know? Please write down what percentage of the time you are, on average, exposed to each language (your percentages should add up to 100%).

	1	2	3	4
Language
Percentage

(Together, your percentages should add up to 100%)

What language (or languages) are spoken at home? Please list the language and the percentage of the time that you are exposed to each language while at home (your percentages should add up to 100%).

	1	2	3
Language
Percentage

(Together, your percentages should add up to 100%)

What language (or languages) are spoken with your friends? Please list the language and the percentage of the time that you are exposed to each language while with friends (your percentages should add up to 100%).

	1	2	3
Language
Percentage

(Together, your percentages should add up to 100%)

What was the language of instruction at your primary school? (i.e. what language were most of your subjects were taught in?).

What is the language of instruction at your high school? (i.e. what language were most of your subjects are taught in?).

For each item, please tick yes or no as applicable.

Do you own or have access to a laptop?	Yes	No
Do you own or have access to a desktop computer (PC)?	Yes	No
Do you own or have access to a tablet/iPad?	Yes	No
Do you own or have access to a smartphone? (e.g. Android, iPhone, Nokia, Blackberry)	Yes	No
Do you own or have access to an e-reader? (e.g. Kindle, Kobo etc.)	Yes	No

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How often do you make use of the following devices? Please tick the appropriate options (or most appropriate option).

Laptop	Never	Once a month	Once a week	About 3 times a week	Every day
Desktop Computer (PC)	Never	Once a month	Once a week	About 3 times a week	Every day
Tablet / iPad	Never	Once a month	Once a week	About 3 times a week	Every day
Smartphone	Never	Once a month	Once a week	About 3 times a week	Every day
E-reader	Never	Once a month	Once a week	About 3 times a week	Every day