The results of the Polish questionnaire
Class 6a from Primary School no 10 in Krakow, Poland created a 10 questions’ questionnaire. Students from the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Albania took part in the survey. The Czech students are 11-12 years old, the Bosnian students are 13-14 years old and the Albanian students are 12-13 years old.
Here are the results of the survey:
- How many students are there in your class? How many boys and girls?
Our Czech friends said there are 29 students in their class (19 boys and 10 girls). Our Bosnian friends said there are 22 students (8 boys and 14 girls) in their class. There are around 30-35 students in our Albanian friends’ class.
- Do you have to wear school uniforms?
Our Czech, Bosnian and Albanian friends don’t have to wear school uniforms.
- How many lessons do you have a day?
Our Czech and Bosnian friends have 5-6 lessons a day. Our Albanian friends have 6-7 lessons a day.
- What subjects do you consider most interesting and most difficult?
For our Czech friends the most interesting subject is Physical Education, but the most difficult subject is the Czech language. The Bosnians consider Geography the most interesting and Maths and Physics the most difficult. Our Albanian friends find History, Foreign languages and Maths the most interesting, but Science is the most difficult for them.
- What is special about your school?
Our Czech friends said that their high school is the biggest in the Czech Republic. It has 3 sections. They have a large school canteen and it is star-shaped. The school of our Bosnian friends has got a very long tradition. The school of our Albanian friends celebrated its 60th anniversary on March, 7th.
- What equipment do you have in your English classroom?
The English classroom in the Czech Republic has a CD player, an interactive board and a DVD. Our Bosnian and Albanian friends said there is a CD player in their English classroom.
- How many breaks from school do you have and how long are your summer holidays?
The Czechs have 5 breaks from school and the summer holidays last 2 months there. The Bosnians have 2 breaks from school and the summer break is 3 months long. In Albania the summer holidays are around 3 months from June to September, 15th.
- What do you usually do at weekends?
At the weekend the Czechs usually do work for school, do housework, do sports and sleep in. They simply relax. The Bosnians study, meet with friends, learn English and German, do sports and visit their grandparents. The Albanians go out with friends, relax and have family time.
- What are the tourist attractions in your city/town?
The Czech city Olomouc is beautiful!!! Its main square has a UNESCO site, an astronomical clock and many fountains. Around the city center there are fortress walls and parks. In Olomouc there are around 20 churches. It is a university town. You can go to Šantovka (a huge shopping mall) and to the ZOO outside the town. When it comes to Tulza in Bosnia and Herzegovina there are Pannonian Salt Lakes and a Square.
- How much is a loaf of bread, a bar of chocolate and milk in euro in your country?
In the Czech Republic a loaf of bread costs 1.16 euro, a bar of chocolate costs 1.55 euro, and a litre of milk costs 0.62 euro. In Bosnia and Herzegovina bread costs 0.50 euro, chocolate – 1 euro and milk – 0.70 euro. In Albania bread, chocolate and milk cost around 1 euro.
To summarize, the classes of our Bosnian and Albanian friends are bigger than the average Czech and Polish classes. We all have a similar number of lessons a day (5-7) and none of us have to wear school uniforms. We are all interested in different subjects but it seems that Maths and Science are more difficult for us all. Our schools are special because of tradition (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Poland), size (the Czech Republic) and Young Learners Resource Center that is located there (Poland). When it comes to school equipment, the Czech and Polish classrooms appear to be better-equipped than other classrooms. Bosnians and Albanians have 3 months’ summer break from school, whereas in Poland and the Czech Republic students have 2 months’ summer holidays. In all countries students spend time studying, doing sports or relaxing with their families and friends at the weekend. Besides, the cost and standard of living varies from country to country. Finally, there are a lot of tourist attractions in every town or city our friends live in and go to school.
The results of the Czech questionnaire
Class 1A8 from eight-year secondary school Gymnazium Olomouc-Hejcin in Olomouc, Czech Republic created a 10 questions’ questionnaire. Students from Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina took part in the survey. The Polish students are 11-12 years old, the Bosnian students are 13-14 years old. Thank you for your answers! From what you wrote we learned that:
- Do you like your school? Why? Why not?
most students like their school, mainly because of their friends, some like it for the learning and challenges it offers, a few don’t like their school
- How many students are there in your normal class?
the number of students in classes differ (from 18 to 33)
- How many boys and girls?
the proportion of boys and girls is very different
- Are you divided into groups for English classes?
It is interesting that Polish and Czech students are divided into groups for English lessons but Bosnian students are not
- What was the average of marks in your whole class for the first semester?
the numbers for average marks is a bit confusing for us. In the Czech Republic the scale is 1-5 (1 is the best score, 5 is the worst). We deduce that it is different for Poland, Serbia and Albania and we need to find out more information
- What sport(s) do you do? Do you do sports at school?
students do many sports at school and also after school – ball sports (football, basketball, volleyball, handball) as well as tennis, table tennis, swimming and athletics. Our class is happy to see that there are also chess players J
- Do you play any musical instrument(s)?
half of the pupils don’t play any musical instruments and one half plays, for example, the guitar, the piano, drums, the violin, the flute, etc.
- How many siblings do you have?
most people have one sibling, the second largest group are students with no siblings
- What is your dream job?
there is a wide variety of dream jobs among students – programmers, scientists, doctors, actors, footballers, architects, orthodonists, artists, …
- How much is 250g of butter in € ?
butter in Bosnia costs 2 euro
- How much pocket money do you get in €?
most Bosnian students get pocket money – around 2 euro a day, Polish students get money based on their current needs, no regular pocket money or up to 25 euro a month
- How often do you go to the seaside?
most people from Poland and Bosnia go to the seaside once a year for a holiday
- Have you ever been to the Czech Republic?
vast majority have not been to the Czech Republic – which means that you must come one day!
To sum up, as pupils of similar ages and schools, we have many things in common – we mostly like the education we get and the institutions we go to, we do sports and do some music, too. We have families with siblings, however, some are only children. We go to the seaside – usually once a year for a summer holiday. We have big dreams about our future. Most people haven’t visited the Czech Republic (yet). Of course, there are differences, too. The amount of pocket money is different even within individual countries but it seems that on average Bosnian students get more pocket money than the others. The size of classes are very different, the Czech classes with 30 students are rather big, some Bosnian and Polish classes have less students (e.g.18). Polish and Czech students are divided into two groups for language (English) lessons, Bosnian students are not.
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