Aspire Generation - Surveying Local People to Identify Community Issues

This lesson is part of the Aspire Generation English Unit. Students examine public surveys as a text-type, a communication and research tool which focusses on strategies for framing questions and on interpersonal communication requirements in surveys. They select an issue and consider the information they would like to find out, then develop a survey that will help them collect this information. They practice interpersonal skills in a variety of situations, including face-to-face surveying, with an emphasis on building confidence in asking members of the local community in order to collect data. Students will then analyse and reflect on the strengths and limitations of public surveys as research and data collection tools.