2278|FEBRUARY 1998 BAROMETER

• Degree of importance that the interviewee attaches to the knowledge of foreign languages.
• Opinion on the degree of importance given in teaching in Spain to the study of foreign languages. Degree of importance that was given when I was ten or twelve years old.
• Level of knowledge and place of learning of English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian and other foreign languages. Assessment of the degree of difficulty in learning these languages.
• Language you are currently studying. Main reason to study this language.
• Language I would like to learn. Main reason for this desire.
• Agreement with phrases on the difficulty of language learning.
• Making a trip abroad. Frequency with which you usually travel abroad and main reasons for such trips.
• Opinion on the most important problem you would have in the event of having to move to live abroad.
• Opinion on the most important factor to find work today and the one that was most important ten years ago.
• Possession of children between the ages of 7 and 18.Language(s) he/she studied and improvement system(s) he/she uses in the learning of said language(s).
• Assessment of the current political situation in the country, forward-looking and one-year expectations.
• Scale of trust in fundamental institutions of Democracy.
• Opinion on the equality of Spaniards before the Justice.
• Assessment of the current functioning of the courts of justice in Spain and retrospective to two or three years.
• Opinion on the adequacy of human and material resources of the courts of justice.
• Opinion on the degree of confidence that the judge inspires.
• Assessment of the current degree of independence of Spanish judges.
• Evolution of the interviewee's opinion regarding judges in the last three years.
• Degree according to different sentences on the functioning of Justice.
• Evaluation of the criminalization of crime in Spain. Responsible for insufficient punishment of offenders.
• Assessment of the country's current economic situation, outlook and one-year expectations.
• Ideology scale of the interviewee.
• Remembrance of vote in the general elections of March 1996.
• Voting fidelity in general elections of March 1996.
• Electoral volatility in general elections in March 1996.
• Employment and unemployment expectations.

TO THOSE WHO HAVE CHILDREN BETWEEN 7 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE:
- Foreign languages studied in their school.
- Use of other reinforcements to perfect the language you study at the school or to study a different language.