Please respond to the following questions as truthfully as possible. There is no right or wrong answer.
Circle your answers.
1. I interact regularly with university students from other countries. Yes/No
2. I have studied or traveled abroad. Yes/No
a. Place(s):
b. Indicated the length of time abroad:
3. I am taking this course because (you may circle/more multiple options):
a. I need the credits for this course.
b. The course was recommended to me.
c. I want to know what it is like to communicate online with peers abroad.
d. I want to improve my English language skills.
e. I want to learn about other cultures and contexts of education.
f. I want to gain knowledge and skills I might use in the future.
g. Other (please specify) __________
In response to the following questions, indicate whether you Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Neither
Agree nor Disagree (N), Disagree (D), or Strongly Disagree (SD).
4. I regularly read about world news and events to learn about people in other countries/cultures.
SA A N D SD
5. I am reluctant to visit other countries, especially when I cannot understand the language.
SA A N D SD
6. Knowledge of other cultures will help me to better understand my own.
SA A N D SD
7. Learning to collaborate cross-culturally will prepare me for the global workforce.
SA A N D SD
8. I have a hard time communicating with individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
SA A N D SD
9. I don’t want to study or travel internationally because I prefer staying at home.
SA A N D SD
10. I appreciate the value of different cultural perspectives on issues in the world.
SA A N D SD
11. I am more comfortable studying with students who look and talk like me.
SA A N D SD
12. It is important to communicate in more than one language.
SA A N D SD
13. I have a hard time communicating with people who do not speak or write in my own language
clearly.
SA A N D SD
14. I have a hard time communicating with people who do not speak or write English clearly.
SA A N D SD
15. I like to work with other people on group projects.
SA A N D SD
16. I am very comfortable communicating through the Internet with people from other
countries/cultures.
SA A N D SD
Please respond with a few sentences to the following items to let us know what you expect from the
course. Use the space below.
17. What do you think will be your biggest challenge with the upcoming collaboration?
18. What do you think could be the greatest reward of the upcoming collaboration?
19. Which aspects concerning the culture of your collaboration partners are you most interested
in?
20. Which issues of your culture would you especially like to discuss with your collaboration
partners?
21. Identify at least one learning outcome you hope to achieve for yourself during this
collaboration.
Thank you for your responses!
This survey in its initial form was developed and used in the COIL collaborations of Susan Coultrap-McQuin, SUNY Oswego, and Ina Pfeifer Issa,
Empire State in Lebanon, 2012-2014.