Teachers:
Guy seemed to find some of the questions fuzzy, especially those about the two-prong questions about motivators and barriers. I think the questions were asked in combination, and maybe if I had broken the questions into two separate distinct questions, it would have been clearer. Also I think that Dr. G. may have confused me when she wanted me to distinguish between motivators in getting to class vs. motivators in keeping them in class.
Ann had asked me for the questions ahead of time because she is very conscientious. I found that it did help since she had already thought about her answers and come up with the basis of her responses before we actually sat and did the interview.
Learners:
All of the interviews were challenging for me, and I believe the learners as well. Because their English was more limited than mine and I did not speak Spanish, it made for communication difficulties. I used a lot of repetition of the questions and rephrasing of their responses. A recommendation is to conduct this study in Spanish with the learners (not the teachers). Although the learner interview process was difficult, I felt I got substantial answers. Holding the interviews with the teachers did help to validate the learner responses. Another reco is to interview family members.
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