The following document is one of the tools for data collection chosen by the Technical Pedagogical Committee for English in Vocational Training Centres regarding:
- the current situation of English teaching practices in vocational training centres.
- the potential areas for improvement.

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English taught in vocational training centres

	# questionnaires answered	Yes		No
General English	91	77	84,6%	14	15,4%
ESP	93	83	89,2%	10	10,8%
Both	90	66	73,3%
Only one	90	28	31,1%

Use of text book in training

Official vocational training text books	72,8%
Commercial text books	63,7%

Levels of the trainees

	# questionnaires answered	at beginning of the course		at end of the course
False Beginners	91	51	56,0%	3	3,3%
Elementary	91	54	59,3%	26	28,6%
Pre-intermediate	91	19	20,9%	37	40,7%
Intermediate	91	5	5,5%	45	49,5%

The Trainees Indexed Levels (TIL)

The Trainees Indexed Level (TIL) is a ratio calculated as the following: Assigning the value 1 to each level ticked and eventually a number between 0 and 1 corresponding to the percentage specified by the trainer, giving n1 for False Beginners, n2 for Elementary, n3 for Pre-intermediate and n4 for Intermediate. Afterwards calculating the following ratio:

The Trainees Indexed Level (TIL) is a mean representing the overall average level of trainees in a group or a classroom.

	Begin	End	Variation
0,5	0	0	5
1,0	28	1	44
1,5	18	1	9
2,0	28	16	19
2,5	7	6	7
3,0	10	19	4
3,5	0	9	0
4,0	0	33	0

Equipments

	# questionnaires answered	Yes
A White board	94	91	96,8%
A Cassette recorder	94	46	48,9%
A Classroom exclusive for English	94	46	48,9%
An Internet connection	94	45	47,9%
A Data show	94	42	44,7%
A Video recorder	94	30	31,9%
A DVD reader	94	25	26,6%
PC available in the English classroom	94	23	24,5%
Other	94	7	7,4%