I: Um, so tell me a little bit about, the, the students in your class, um, is there a um, a mix of domestic and heritage or is it primarily one or the other do you think?
LT: Yeah, there’s a mix, domestic and heritage
I: And how do you um, perceive the interactions between the groups of students to be?
LT: (2) um (6) um,
I: Do you perceive, u:m, any differences between the groups? Or are there more similarities?
LT: (2) I think there are more similarities (2) cause even though some of them are heritage they grew up here and they use English a lot, and um not much different from the domestic students
I: Not much different
LT: Yeah
I: And in terms of how the teacher teaches, do you think she makes a distinction between heritage and domestic?
LT: No
I: So, you’re all pretty similar then in terms of, of language learners
LT: Yeah
I: And do you feel, because I:: I’m assuming you’ve been together now for, this is your second semester with them, um, (2) do you feel, more familiar with the, with the students than say as last semester, are there differences between last semester and this semester
LT: Yeah, I do feel more familiar
I: And does that help learning, or does that make no difference
LT: Um, yeah, I think that helps me
I: How so?
LT: Cause um you’re more, you’re more able to speak up, then do better in Korean class, since you know more people,
I: Maybe you don’t feel so inhibited, I guess, right?
LT: Yeah
I: Yeah, Yeah, h::m, do you think that, so you think that that familiarity helps you learning Korean
LT: Yeah |