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class?Eight students thought students should be given more opportunities to ask questionsin class. For example, one of them said, “Every student should be givenopportunities if time allows”. Ten students think that they have already had enoughtime to ask questions. They do not need more. For example, one of them said, “Nowe get plenty of opportunities, but many of the international students are too shy toask”. Two students said they do not care about the opportunities to ask questions.(6) Do you think it is important that students should actively engage in classroomdiscussions?Nineteen students thought it was important that students should actively engage inclassroom discussions. For example, one student said, “I think so, internationalstudents need encouragement to participate though as they are a bit shy”. Only onestudent said it is not important to him.(7) Have you been involved in many group assignments since you started yourcourse at this university?There were 18 students who had had many opportunities to do group assignments.However, one of them said, “There were opportunities to do group assignments, butI chose not to do it”. There were only two students who never had groupassignments. One of them said, “I did not do any group assignment before…”(8) Do you prefer to choose your own group members or do you want the lecturer toassign them for you?Sixteen students wanted to choose group members by themselves. For example,one of them said, “We want to choose someone who is known well by us ...” Therewere only 4 students who wanted the lecturer to assign group members for them.For example, one of them said, “I think the lecturer should choose the group …”(9) Would you like to have more group assignments? Or do you think there were toomany?There were 11 students who thought that they had enough group assignments anddid not need more. For example, one of them said, “Only one group assignment in aunit because the group assignments take a lot of time”. Four students wanted fewergroup assignments. For example, one of them said, “I do not want the university toprovide me any chance to do a group assignment”. Four students would like moregroup assignments. One of them said, “I feel it is necessary to do more groupassignments … I felt group assignments are very necessary to students, before theywork in a social environment”.(10) What problems have you encountered in group assignments?The answers to this question varied a great deal. Some respondents thought thatcooperation was hard in group assignments. For example, one students said, “… weare not getting to do them with others and sometimes a team member does not workwell and the others have to do most of the work and contribute more”. Anotherstudent said, “The problems involve the time organisation, differing peoplepersonalities, and the problem of language communication”. One student worriedabout the language problem, saying “The language is the main problem”.(11) Do you think you get better results in group assignments than in individualassignments?There were 5 students who said they would get the same results regardless ofindividual or group assignments. Four students said it should depend on the groupmembers. One of them said, “It depends on the quality of your group ... nice andresponsible, you will get better results … not diligent, you may get lower marks”.Nine students thought that they could get higher marks when doing groupassignments. For example, one student said, “So far, yes. We haven’t had anyconflict with group assignment; we have been able to overcome all problems”. Only74