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I'm a PhD candidate at The University of Manchester. My research focuses on the experiences of visible ethnic minorities who are native English speaking teachers (VEM-NESTs for short). I mostly blog about the messy process of 'doing' research in my field. I also write about other aspects of being a doctoral student, such as teaching university level courses or learning how to use social networking tools. All views expressed are my own.
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Recent Blog Posts
- Day 68: Trying out 2 different writing activities 05/20/2013
- On making writing progress: Day 81 05/07/2013
- Working towards a full draft: Day 89 04/29/2013
- Working towards a full draft: Day 97 04/22/2013
- TESOL 2013 Conference Experiences 04/15/2013
Category Archives: Doing Data (Generation and Analysis)
The hard, cold slog of processing data
I’ve been working with my data for the past few weeks and one of the most painful yet (hopefully) rewarding activities I’ve had to manage is the act of processing the data. Before you can even being to analyse your … Continue reading
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Tagged @eljeejavier, analysis, Eljee Javier, Phdthesis, processing data, VEM-NEST study
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Transcribing for 30 days, everyday (almost but not quite)!
On the 1st of March, 2012 I started on a new 30 day challenge to kick start my data preparation process into high gear by setting what I thought was an attainable goal: transcribe for 15 minutes a day, for … Continue reading
Going to a joint supervision with the mess called “methodology” is a good idea.
Having two supervisors can be an amazing plus, particularly if they work well together and yet have very different views on your PhD. However, it can be rather unnerving to have a joint supervision meeting with two academics in the … Continue reading
