Appendixes

Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E | Appendix F | Appendix G

Appendix B

General Information about the Participants in Wave Two

Participant A. She was 18 (turned 19 during our class) years old and had no children. She attended five out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was a single girl who came to the class with a friend from the Basic English skills class. She was a rather quiet, shy student who always seemed happy when she was there, yet not anxious to talk too much. She was the youngest of all the class participants and this may have contributed to her quietness. She read with her nieces and nephews.

 

Participant B. She was 30 years old and had one child. She attended nine out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was really getting excited about learning, and would often stay after class to share with me what she’d been doing at home with her daughter, or to ask more questions. She was one of the participants that were not also enrolled in the Basic English skills class; she expressed in enrolling during the summer. She was anxious to be learning and improving in her English abilities, as well as in her abilities to help her daughter at home. (She appears as Leticia in my journal entries.)

 

Participant C. She was 24 years old and had one child. She attended eight out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was also a very shy student, yet seemingly excited to be there. She came with her sister-in-law who was enrolled in the Basic English skills class; she, however, was not enrolled in that class. She often showed up slightly late after coming on foot, with her friend and their children on bikes and/or scooters.

 

Participant D. She was 26 years old and had one child. She attended five out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was also enrolled in the Basic English skills class and was responsible for recruiting her sister-in-law (see participant C) to participate in our class as well. Ironically, her sister-in-law attended much more consistently than she did herself. She was always willing to contribute and participate while in class and seemed more outgoing than her sister-in-law.

 

Participant E. She was 30 years old and had three children. She attended six out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was not a member of the Basic English skills class. She heard about our class the very first night we began Wave Two from the After School/Evening program coordinator. She immediately came to that first class, and even had to leave early because she’d left a pot boiling on the stove. She enjoyed our classes very much, and even brought a friend on the next to last day. That thrilled me because it meant she’d been discussing our class with her friends. (She appears as Dolores in my journal entries.)

 

Participant F. She was 29 years old and had two children. She never came after our first class session. She expressed on her first day survey that in order to learn English she uses a dictionary and watches a lot of television in English.

 

Participant G. She was 33 years old and had four children. She attended six out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was also enrolled in the Basic English skills class and employed at a local fast food restaurant. Often when she missed class it was because she was at work; otherwise, she almost always came to class excited to learn, and still in her work clothes. She repeatedly commented on how much she needed to learn still, and she was anxious to put forth the effort to do so. (She appears as Sofia in my journal entries.)

 

Participant H. He was 28 years old and had no children. He attended ten out of the thirteen class sessions offered. Each time he came to the class with his wife, traveling from Spanish Fork, Utah (about 20 minutes away). He was also enrolled in the Basic English skills class. Although he had no children, and he was the only male in the class, he was always sincere in his comments and his participation. He spoke of reading with his niece. He was very capable and well educated in his native Spanish. (He appears as David in my journal entries.)

 

Participant I. She was 28 years old and had no children. She attended ten out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She, like her husband (see participant H), also attended the Basic English skills class faithfully. She came from Spanish Fork, Utah each day and was always prepared and anxious to participate. She had no trouble reading in front of the class and sharing experiences with us. She also spoke of reading with her niece. She, like her husband, was also very capable and well educated in her native Spanish. (She appears as Maria in my journal entries.)

 

Participant J. She was 25 years old and had one child. She attended eleven out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was the most faithful of all the class participants. She came with her 74-year-old sister-in-law (who never returned her “before” or “after” surveys); she shared openly and often. She took my challenges to the students very seriously and always came back to class with an experience to share. She was also enrolled in the Basic English skills class. (She appears as Amelia in my journal entries.)

 

Participant K. She was 40 years old, single, and had no children. She attended seven out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was another student who was also enrolled in the Basic English skills class and she often missed class due to her graveyard shift job at a home for troubled youth. When she did come, she was quiet, tired, and yet seemingly very happy to be there. She came with a friend of hers from the Basic English skills class and spoke often of reading with her nieces and nephews. (She appears as Soledad in my journal entries.)

 

Participant L. She was 54 years old and had eight children and five grandchildren. She attended eight out of the thirteen class sessions offered. She was enrolled in the Basic English skills class, and most often would show up in a nice dress, coming directly from being with her grandchildren. She spent part of almost everyday with them, tending them while their parents were at work. She read often with them and would share some of these experiences with us as a class. She was very apologetic whenever she missed a class; you could tell she took learning seriously and respected the entire concept of school and education. (She appears as Teresa in my journal entries.)