Blog 17: Final Interview protocol

Hello, my name is Kelsee Martin and I appreciate your time in allowing me to interview you. I am eventually going to be a certified Elementary Education teacher and this project will help me to have more background knowledge before I enter the classroom. The research that I am doing is how children that come from "Non-standard English" homes are affected in traditional English classrooms.

Demographic Information

Name:
Current Occupation:
Previous Occupations:
Nationality:
Race:

Immediate Family Members and Ages:

If you do not mind, could you describe your family circumstances?

Income Level:
Growing Up:
Now:

Were you taught to value literacy?

Can you tell me a little about yourself? Where were you born? What is your family like?

Where did you live?
Growing Up:
Now:

Do you remember which elementary, middle, high school, and college you went to?

In school when you were younger, was your home language a good match for the classroom?

Early Exposure To Literacy

Can you tell me how and when you learned to read and write?


At Home

What language did you speak at home when you were young? Explain

What groups did you use this language with? Church groups? Community groups?

How did your parents deal with how you spoke out in public and in the home?

Do you remember your first reaction to students that came from "non-standard English" homes?

Did you and your siblings react the same to these students?

Early School experience

How did your teacher and the other students talk in school? Did you feel included?

How did the teacher work with these students?

How was the teacher's attitude toward these students? Students' attitude toward other others?

At School

Describe how you felt about these students?

Did you have to work with the students that did not come from traditional English speaking homes?

How did your teacher work with these students?

Do you know of any friends know students that come from "non-standard English" homes?

Teacher experience

What was the school's attitude toward these students? Mother's attitude?

What methods did she use to teach? What would she do then and now?

Do you believe that a students’ language is a part of their identity? Please Explain.

Current Exposure

Does the students' attitude about language change over time?

How do you think our methods should change?

Do you still have contact with any of these students?

Do you react to them the same way you did years ago or differently?

Do any of your current friends still have contact with the students?

Also

For what purpose do you collaborate with students that come from "non-standard English" homes?

What values does the educational system currently place on these students?

How/when/where/why do you see yourself collaborating with these students in the future?

Is there anything more you would like to say about students that come from "non-standard English" homes?