Piloting

I piloted my revised test today. Overall, it went well, but I think I need to leave more time for students to type their responses--apparently I type much faster than them!

I'm hoping to revise the test tomorrow, and test it with a lower level late this week or early next week. Then I'll send it out to a wider test group.

so far so good

I have done the pretest, two treatment sessions, and the immediate posttest (today).

So I have at least some things to say (I have not checked their answers yet, though).

The delayed posttest will be done next Monday.

On the same day, the pretest for the other class begins.

interview data.

So I've decided to consider my first three interviews with learners as a pilot, because I realized it's a lot more difficult to get the data that I want through asking questions and picture description.

I've transcribed the first three interview sessions-1 from each level (beg, int, adv). And now I'm going through the transcripts looking for some of the 'default' type errors that I was hoping to find.

After my review, I think I will end up changing/modifying my interview questions, and try to get at something deeper. I realized, based on learner responses, that most of my questions only elicit limited responses--1 sentence. I guess I thought that learners would automatically keep talking beyond this 'guide', but I'm having to push/interrogate a lot, so I need to create some better, more open-ended questions.

Either way, I expect to have a decent report/update when our class next meets! :)

I hope things are going well for everyone else!