I wrote to Dr. Bryan yesterday and told her that I was not able to use the learners' interview data (solely-b/c of the language barrier) and that I want to add a focus group(s). I would like to perhaps still use some of this interview data that I already got but also add some focus groups. Perhaps one for the teachers and one for the learners. I would ask a neutral person (not a BCL English Cafe teacher) with ESOL teaching experience preferrably to translate.
Also what about adding a protocol where I interview family members of learners who are in the program, to further assess the sociocultural supporting element? I would do this in a focus group with the criteria that family members must be speakers of English. Or I would have on hand a bilingual translator? Would this person need to take the CITI training and be designated as a co-researcher?
See Chavez dissertation (USC, 2005)
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