Hi and welcome back to another week! This week I want to introduce you to some of my sources. One of my testing methods is interviews. Over the summer I have been transcribing some audio interviews. This past week I went back to this document to revise and edit the conversations. I intended to get two sources from each category (ESL educators, family, and ESL students) to discuss the ESL experience. For each source, I provide background details, interview notes, and interview reflection. Each source was asked the same questions. These questions are discussed in previous post mentioned. Even so, I will include the questions below for your reference.
The Questions
- Please tell me about your experiences in an ESL classroom?
- What is your greatest challenge being in an ESL classroom?
- How important is the ESL classroom in the school?
- Do you believe family involvement is important for English learning students?
- Do you believe students learn language through interacting with other learners?
- How important is the educational background of an ESL teacher? and how does it affect the classroom?
- Do you believe all immigrant students need ESL learning?
I originally had a total of 12 questions but omitted a few to keep the interviews within a time limit and relevant for each source.
Meet The Sources
Mildred is a young Nigerian American woman who grew up in Tampa Florida with her parents and two siblings Kinsey and Kellie. She is bilingual, speaking both English and Yoruba. Both Mildred’s parents grew up in Nigeria and migrated to America when she was young to create a better life for her and her siblings. Mildred and her family are very business-minded and value education. She received her bachelor of science in Biology at the University of Florida, she is currently attending Rutgers University where she is completing a masters degree there and studying to be an RN nurse. Growing up Mildred participated in the ESL program and graduated with high honors in both grade school and middle school. Besides school, Mildred likes to do photography and visit museums in her free time. In the future, she plans to marry her current boyfriend and relocate back to Florida.
Gertrude after coming to America so late, my mother did not feel that she needed to learn a whole new language. She is only able to communicate in her native language (Haitian-Creole).
- This interview was conducted entirely in Haitian creole and I translated the interview into English for this study.
- Also some questions were omitted from this interview because they were insignificant for this interviewee.
James attends Rosa Parks elementary school in Orange, NJ. He and his parents are my neighbors. James agreed to participate in my research project because I offered to tutor him for the rest of the school year if he would answer questions about his experience in his class. James is 10 years old and he is from Puerto Rico. He speaks some English however, he is not fluent and still needs help learning the language.
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