Final assessment of the activities

Today, in my last lesson with the 4rth grade students, I’ve given to the 18 of them a list of 6 questions to answer anonymously, so that they could assess and give their opinion about the activities that I‘ve carried out in class. These questions are:

1. What do you think about the activities we have done in class (Game, Bingo and Story)?

Everybody (18/18) has answered that they have liked them a lot, basically because they were funny and entertaining. Here we can see some of the answers that summarize this general point of view:

"Very cool"

"Very funny"

"I liked them a lot because they are very funny, and I've had a great time"

"I found them very funny and entretaining, and what I've liked the most is that they are to learn"

2. Which one do you liked the most? Why?

Here, we find different opinions. The Bingo has been the most voted (7/18), and here are some of the reasons they have given:

"The Bingo, because I can learn English"

"The Bingo, because is very funny"

"The Bingo because most of us like it"

5 students prefer the Story-Writing activity, and their arguments are:

"The tale because we are in YouTube. We will be famous!"

"The tale because it teach us to read better in English"

"The tale because all of we have participated in it"

2 out of 18 prefer the Game in groups because…

"I liked the game with the cards and the dice because  we played it in teams"

"The game because I've learned a lot and it's funny"

Finally, 2 students have answered that they've liked all the activities, and another 2 haven’t understood the question.

"I like them all: the game, the bingo and the tale because they are very funny"

3. Which do you like least? Why?

Here, 5 have answered that the activity they like least is the Game.

"The game because I was embarrassed to go out in public"

"The game because we played it in teams"

"The game because it was a little bit difficult for me"

Also 5 don’t like a lot the Bingo.

"The Bingo because I like more the game, as we play it in groups, we do activities..."

"The Bingo, because we already knew the words"

Only 2 of them don’t like the Story-Writing activity, but they haven’t given reasons.

Finally, 5 students have answered that they have liked all the activities, and one student hasn’t understood the question.

4. Do you prefer doing the textbook activities or this kind of activities?

13 out of 18 prefer the activities that I have organized.

Only two students prefer textbook activities.

"I like more the textbook activities"

3 students haven’t understood the question.

5. Do you think that you can learn English doing this kind of activities?

All the students think that it's possible to learn English this way.

"Yes. A lot"

"Yes. The truth is that I've learned more this way"

6. What words have you learned doing these activities?

The previous questions were mainly focused on knowing students’ motivation and opinions about theactivities, while this last one is for me to know to what extent they have learned new English vocabulary. I can say that I’m very happy with the results, because they have learned a lot.