Statement (in bold) and reactions to it |
Gnutzmann & Kiffe (1993) |
Ondrakova, Tesar, Pavlikova (2017) |
“If a teacher makes errors which I myself can recognize, I consider this situation as embarrassing because teachers should master the language better than their learners.” |
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a) I do not agree – teachers are justified to make errors because they are human beings who just cannot know completely everything, |
16.5 % |
53.90 % |
b) I agree – teachers should have an exemplary knowledge of the language. |
35.4 % |
28.57 % |
c) I am not sure about that. |
48.1 % |
17.53 % |
“Teachers are usually not native speakers of the taught language; their errors are thus acceptable.” |
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a) I agree – also teachers are continuously learning the language. |
29.3 % |
65.58 % |
b) I am not sure about that. |
48.9 % |
25.97 % |
c) I do not agree – I am not willing to accept teachers´ errors. |
21,8 % |
8.44 % |
“Sometimes I am made amused by especially stupid mistakes made by teachers.” |
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a) I agree. |
34.6 % |
42.86 % |
b) I am not sure about that. |
? |
31.17 % |
c) I do not agree. |
? |
25.97 % |
“Mistakes made by teachers should be corrected by their students.” |
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a) I agree – under the condition that students are not persecuted due to that. |
69.9 % |
66.23 % |
b) I am not sure about that. |
22.6 % |
23.38 % |
c) I do not agree. |
7.5 % |
10.39 % |