I haven't heard from Aida re: getting together to go over her transcript (member checking). So I called Mimose Tuesday morning and she said that, due to Election day, they would not be having class. (so therefore she couldn't talk with Aida). She suggested that I call or email Teacher Nancy. I decided that I had best not because the study is voluntary and participants are told that they can drop out at any time. I need to respect that.
I haven't heard from Jimena yet either about some follow-up questions I have for her from our interview. If nec., I will wait till we get together again to do the member-checking.
On Fri. 10/29/10, after my interview with Guy at WR, I took the following notes:
These students represent several different constructs in the literature on adult ELLs:
Celina (60): the undereducated, unemployed, married end of the spectrum of adult ELLs.
Elida (60): the educated, employed, married end of the spectrum of adult ELLs.
Mimose (64): the unemployed, educated, and divorced end of the spectrum of adult ELLs.
Ernesto (65) & Olga (55): the educated, retired/unemployed, married partof the spectrum; also represent two different ends of this age cohort.
Graciela (65): educated, retired, married part of the spectrum of adult ELLs.
Aida: (58) educated, underemployed, divorced part of the spectrum of adult ELLs.
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