Transcribing

Day 7, 5 April 2011
I am still transcribing, but one idea that has clearly emerged from our talk yesterday is that my colleague faces almost the same issues that I do even though we are teaching in different departments. While transcribing it, I realized that my participant teacher feels quite helpless in the given situation. According to her, it’s a very challenging task for the teacher to ensure that every student in the class participates in the speaking lessons. There were many issues that I hadn’t anticipated so I had to probe further. I think this interview will help me a great deal when I have the focus group interview with my students tomorrow. I am really looking forward to tomorrow’s group interview as students, who I believe are the real stakeholders as they are at the receiving end, should talk more about their feelings and expectations about the lessons in focus.