Questionnaire analysis- primary data

I wrote a questionnaire that I gave to teachers of Shenfield High School asking them questions on their thoughts of different cultures, accents and ethnicities. Not all questions had to be answered depending on if the respondent felt comfortable with the questions being asked.

All of the people that I asked were adults and were all teachers from Shenfield High School. Many of them said similar answers to their thoughts of Ethnicity and the way in which people speak. All of my participants where White British and all had similar answers.
The vast majority of my respondents (80%) where in the same age category which was 31-40. All of the participants within this age group believe that there is a proper and correct way to speak and referred to this as Standard English. They all said that the best way to speak is to pronounce all words well and speak clearly to enable everyone to understand what you’re saying. They also all believe that the wrong to speak is with made up words, dropping letters and use of slang. I gave the example of a sense that said “I aint become a part of younger generation’s identity.


The other 20% of my respondents were the age group of 41-50 or I had two participants in the age group 51+ and one in the age group 20-30. The two teachers that were in the age group of 51+ both wrote similar responses and showed that their age made a difference to their thoughts as language has changed over the years that they have been living, they also correct the questions and both say what they would believe to be true. The one teacher I asked in the age group of 20-30 had slightly different views. I think that this because they are younger and follow more current views on things and seemed to struggle with answering some questions.