cool

i just finished interviewing someone for my pilot, and this guy was very helpful because he too is using questionnaires for his research (in aeronotical engineering) and so knew of my challenges and problems. that was nice. other than that, i've talked to 2 people yesterday and 2 today, which means that i have had 7 interviews, which is good. i am thinking of doing a REAL big pilot next fall, instead of the real study, with one IEP (like BYU), with real ESL students and over time. because the more i talked with my interviewees, the more i realize they are really not like my real participants. i mean, i got tons and tons of helpful comments but it's be nice to see how real esl students in iep would respond to the questionnaires.

other than that, i need to see how different the answers were between students of native and students of nonnative teachers. good thing i got 20 of each!!!

i don't think that i'll graduate next summer. so the pilot in the fall would be nice and then the real thing in the winter... and then i'd have a year to write it all up. plus i have to teach 108 and 002 next fall, two new classes i've never taugh before... so... there! plus i want to teach 227 or 505 once before i graduate. whatever. that's all folks.