GVU's Cultural Issues Questionnaire


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How long have you been using computers?
What is your native language (i.e. the first language you wrote/read as a child)?
Is this the language you currently speak most of the time (i.e. your primary language)?
Please rate your degree of fluency or understanding in any of the following languages (including your native and primary languages)?
                Speak                    Read

Arabic
Chinese
Japanese
Russian
English
French
German
Spanish
Dutch
Italian
Greek
Portuguese
Hebrew
Hindi
Bengali
Other

Are you able to get/use the software needed to display web pages written in your native language?
What percentage of the web sites you access are non-English sites?
Please indicate your agreement/disagreement with the following statement:
In order to bring new people onto the web, it will be necessary to provide web sites written in their native or primary language.
What percentage of web sites you visit are written in a language in which you are not fluent?
How do you usually respond when you encounter a web site that is written in a language in which you are not fluent?
Do you think that having more web sites which are designed for your language and culture will make you more willing to use the web?
What do you find to be the biggest problems in using web sites that are written in languages in which you are not fluent?
(Please check all that apply.)
Which of these problems do you think is the most important?
Should organizations provide multiple language translations of their web sites?
(Please check all that apply.)
What color do you prefer the links on web pages to be?
What color do you prefer the background of web pages to be?
Do you know anyone who could not learn to use a computer or the Internet because of language difficulties?
Do you know anyone who would not learn to use a computer or the Internet because of cultural objections?
Please indicate your agreement/disagreement with the following statement:

Generally, I like web pages with many pictures and graphics


Generally, I like web pages with bright colors


Generally, I like web pages that are primarily text


Generally, I like web pages with audio/sound


Generally, I like web pages with video/movies



Do you think that presenting pictures, icons, symbols, etc. which depict "American" scenes, faces, architecture, customs, etc. ...
(Please check all that apply.)

Please add any comments here.

This questionnaire was developed by:
GVU's WWW User Survey Team & Dr. Al Badre, Georgia Tech