A survey is conducted to obtain the necessary data for this study. The subjects in this survey are Hsinchu City public school system's English educators, students, and parents of the students. Questionnaires in the survey were designed to gather information on the study subjects' satisfaction level with the city's English education program and their general perception of the program's effectiveness, influence, and future directions. Additional feedback is collected from the chief and assistant chief of HCEB as well as several English teachers, some parents, and two professors at National Hsinchu University of Education through a semi-structured interview process, in which face-to-face interview is conducted using a list of pre-determined questions. Information collected from these interviews is organized to supplement the initial findings from the survey to form a complete dataset, which is analyzed to arrive at the conclusion and recommendations laid out in the next two paragraphs
