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[User]
weather change is also affecting the way people eat, this is because it depends with the season when it is spring we have lots of milk and meat because there is a lot of grasses so cow food is not a problem, but during summer it is dry so even the availability of milk is very low so we find other type of food to eat.

Also health wise, when we go to see doctors we a being advised to eat health food like fish, vegetables , fruits and other food rather than only meat and milk.

[Assistant] What about changes in a way of living does this also make you eat different kind of food from the past?

[User]
Yes also that because in the past we were doing livestock keeping only, but now we a mixing livestock and crop cultivation. Therefore we sell our cows to get other food and cultivate for our home use.

another effect or reason is a change in economy, now a days we don’t have many cow as before due to this reason we have to find other ways of finding food by growing crops and sell some and some we use as food at home, and once we get money we buy other kind of food that are not available at home like sugar, tomato, vegetable, rice and others

[Assistant] Is there any change of responsibilities between men and women?

[User] Not realy, just like in the past women have the duty of taking care of kids and house and they just do small growing of crops at home and move around to sell eggs, and sweet bananas. But men are the main people who taking care of the cow and find money and food for their families. So there are just some few adjustments to women.

[Assistant] what about the change in food price does this affect the change in consumption of a certain type of food?


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[User]
Yes also that because in the past we were doing livestock keeping only, but now we a mixing livestock and crop cultivation. Therefore we sell our cows to get other food and cultivate for our home use.

another effect or reason is a change in economy, now a days we don’t have many cow as before due to this reason we have to find other ways of finding food by growing crops and sell some and some we use as food at home, and once we get money we buy other kind of food that are not available at home like sugar, tomato, vegetable, rice and others

[Assistant] Is there any change of responsibilities between men and women?

[User] Not realy, just like in the past women have the duty of taking care of kids and house and they just do small growing of crops at home and move around to sell eggs, and sweet bananas. But men are the main people who taking care of the cow and find money and food for their families. So there are just some few adjustments to women.

[Assistant] what about the change in food price does this affect the change in consumption of a certain type of food?

[User] yes this goes back to the issue of weather change there are time that a certain food is available in a very high amount which causes even the price of that food to be low and so the consumption becomes higher and for other seasons some foods are very expensive because of its availability there for even its consumption becomes very minimal.

[Assistant] what kind of food that most people in your community don’t eat them and when some do other members of your community dislike that?


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[User] Not realy, just like in the past women have the duty of taking care of kids and house and they just do small growing of crops at home and move around to sell eggs, and sweet bananas. But men are the main people who taking care of the cow and find money and food for their families. So there are just some few adjustments to women.

[Assistant] what about the change in food price does this affect the change in consumption of a certain type of food?

[User] yes this goes back to the issue of weather change there are time that a certain food is available in a very high amount which causes even the price of that food to be low and so the consumption becomes higher and for other seasons some foods are very expensive because of its availability there for even its consumption becomes very minimal.

[Assistant] what kind of food that most people in your community don’t eat them and when some do other members of your community dislike that?

[User]
Food like fish most of Masai we don’t eat fish and even when one eat fish we usually laugh and asks why a they are eating fish.

And also most of us we don’t use cooking oil because we know oil is not good for health.

[Assistant] what type of food that Maasai are proudly when they eat them?


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[User] yes this goes back to the issue of weather change there are time that a certain food is available in a very high amount which causes even the price of that food to be low and so the consumption becomes higher and for other seasons some foods are very expensive because of its availability there for even its consumption becomes very minimal.

[Assistant] what kind of food that most people in your community don’t eat them and when some do other members of your community dislike that?

[User]
Food like fish most of Masai we don’t eat fish and even when one eat fish we usually laugh and asks why a they are eating fish.

And also most of us we don’t use cooking oil because we know oil is not good for health.

[Assistant] what type of food that Maasai are proudly when they eat them?

[User] we maasai we usually feel proud when we eat Meat, Milk and animal Blood

[Assistant] Let us do a small activities, we have mentioned many reasons on the things that causes the change in food intake, so among them, lets differentiate three things that have high effect on the change and three that have low effect on the change of food intake in our society


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[User]
Food like fish most of Masai we don’t eat fish and even when one eat fish we usually laugh and asks why a they are eating fish.

And also most of us we don’t use cooking oil because we know oil is not good for health.

[Assistant] what type of food that Maasai are proudly when they eat them?

[User] we maasai we usually feel proud when we eat Meat, Milk and animal Blood

[Assistant] Let us do a small activities, we have mentioned many reasons on the things that causes the change in food intake, so among them, lets differentiate three things that have high effect on the change and three that have low effect on the change of food intake in our society

[User]
Three things or reasons that bring a huge effect on change are, Education, Weather change and Decline of Economy.

Three things that contribute less on a change are: marriage-because few are married outside our tribe and even when our sisters are married to another tribe are not allowed to come back home or even other members of the family to go visit them.

Doctors advice-because we Maasai we still using our traditional medicine very few go the hospital

Mixed up with others –still most of maasai are living in the forest so this contribute less.

[Assistant] Section two on our discussion concern the importance of Milk to Maasai, why milk? What is the importance of milk to your tribe?


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[User] we maasai we usually feel proud when we eat Meat, Milk and animal Blood

[Assistant] Let us do a small activities, we have mentioned many reasons on the things that causes the change in food intake, so among them, lets differentiate three things that have high effect on the change and three that have low effect on the change of food intake in our society

[User]
Three things or reasons that bring a huge effect on change are, Education, Weather change and Decline of Economy.

Three things that contribute less on a change are: marriage-because few are married outside our tribe and even when our sisters are married to another tribe are not allowed to come back home or even other members of the family to go visit them.

Doctors advice-because we Maasai we still using our traditional medicine very few go the hospital

Mixed up with others –still most of maasai are living in the forest so this contribute less.

[Assistant] Section two on our discussion concern the importance of Milk to Maasai, why milk? What is the importance of milk to your tribe?

[User]
since past to us the only thing that we were doing is livestock keeping, that is why we usually eat meat and drink milk

so, from birth after few months a child is being introduced to cow milk.

milk is very important to reduce fat in the body, building health body, remove poison milk is also health with lots of vitamins

also milk is business we sell milk we get money and use to buy other things, also in our cultural believes we use milk mixed with natural medicine and sprite or drink, and this is done when a person needs a blessing or when something bad had happened by doing so it remove those bad curse so milk is used in some ritual activities.

[Assistant] How important is milk to you now? Can you compare the importance of milk from the past and now?


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[User]
Three things or reasons that bring a huge effect on change are, Education, Weather change and Decline of Economy.

Three things that contribute less on a change are: marriage-because few are married outside our tribe and even when our sisters are married to another tribe are not allowed to come back home or even other members of the family to go visit them.

Doctors advice-because we Maasai we still using our traditional medicine very few go the hospital

Mixed up with others –still most of maasai are living in the forest so this contribute less.

[Assistant] Section two on our discussion concern the importance of Milk to Maasai, why milk? What is the importance of milk to your tribe?

[User]
since past to us the only thing that we were doing is livestock keeping, that is why we usually eat meat and drink milk

so, from birth after few months a child is being introduced to cow milk.

milk is very important to reduce fat in the body, building health body, remove poison milk is also health with lots of vitamins

also milk is business we sell milk we get money and use to buy other things, also in our cultural believes we use milk mixed with natural medicine and sprite or drink, and this is done when a person needs a blessing or when something bad had happened by doing so it remove those bad curse so milk is used in some ritual activities.

[Assistant] How important is milk to you now? Can you compare the importance of milk from the past and now?

[User]
in the past milk was very important and this is because there were no any other food than milk and meat. But now we eat different variety of foods.

so now even elders are used to eat other type of food rather than meat and milk only.

[Assistant] section three concerned about drinking animal Blood, why do you drink animal blood?


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[User]
since past to us the only thing that we were doing is livestock keeping, that is why we usually eat meat and drink milk

so, from birth after few months a child is being introduced to cow milk.

milk is very important to reduce fat in the body, building health body, remove poison milk is also health with lots of vitamins

also milk is business we sell milk we get money and use to buy other things, also in our cultural believes we use milk mixed with natural medicine and sprite or drink, and this is done when a person needs a blessing or when something bad had happened by doing so it remove those bad curse so milk is used in some ritual activities.

[Assistant] How important is milk to you now? Can you compare the importance of milk from the past and now?

[User]
in the past milk was very important and this is because there were no any other food than milk and meat. But now we eat different variety of foods.

so now even elders are used to eat other type of food rather than meat and milk only.

[Assistant] section three concerned about drinking animal Blood, why do you drink animal blood?

[User]
We drink animal blood because it has lots of benefits to the body. Animal blood helps to reduce heart beats when you run fast, also drinking animal blood is in our culture.

also blood is given to pregnancy women so as it helps to increase the volume of blood so it can help them during delivery

[Assistant] So do people now drink blood as in the past?


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[User]
in the past milk was very important and this is because there were no any other food than milk and meat. But now we eat different variety of foods.

so now even elders are used to eat other type of food rather than meat and milk only.

[Assistant] section three concerned about drinking animal Blood, why do you drink animal blood?

[User]
We drink animal blood because it has lots of benefits to the body. Animal blood helps to reduce heart beats when you run fast, also drinking animal blood is in our culture.

also blood is given to pregnancy women so as it helps to increase the volume of blood so it can help them during delivery

[Assistant] So do people now drink blood as in the past?

[User] No most people now they don’t drink blood only pregnancy women are given.

[Assistant] why suddenly a change of not drinking animal blood?


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[User]
We drink animal blood because it has lots of benefits to the body. Animal blood helps to reduce heart beats when you run fast, also drinking animal blood is in our culture.

also blood is given to pregnancy women so as it helps to increase the volume of blood so it can help them during delivery

[Assistant] So do people now drink blood as in the past?

[User] No most people now they don’t drink blood only pregnancy women are given.

[Assistant] why suddenly a change of not drinking animal blood?

[User]
there are some reasons that lead to that change, education-people are getting education on the effects of drinking animal blood e.g. bacteria that a available in un cooked blood

Also religious believes stopped us from drinking blood.

[Assistant] We talked a lot about food changes in your community so what are the effects of those changes to youth?


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[User] No most people now they don’t drink blood only pregnancy women are given.

[Assistant] why suddenly a change of not drinking animal blood?

[User]
there are some reasons that lead to that change, education-people are getting education on the effects of drinking animal blood e.g. bacteria that a available in un cooked blood

Also religious believes stopped us from drinking blood.

[Assistant] We talked a lot about food changes in your community so what are the effects of those changes to youth?

[User]
Some of the effects of the food change to our community are most youth loses their ability to run in a long distance because they no longer drink blood like in the past.

Also now there a lot of different diseases that affects many because of the kind of food that people are eating .e.g. heart diseases due to the use of oil in food.

Also, sugar is bad to the health

[Assistant] Do this change affect the inter relationship between the Maasai?


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[User]
there are some reasons that lead to that change, education-people are getting education on the effects of drinking animal blood e.g. bacteria that a available in un cooked blood

Also religious believes stopped us from drinking blood.

[Assistant] We talked a lot about food changes in your community so what are the effects of those changes to youth?

[User]
Some of the effects of the food change to our community are most youth loses their ability to run in a long distance because they no longer drink blood like in the past.

Also now there a lot of different diseases that affects many because of the kind of food that people are eating .e.g. heart diseases due to the use of oil in food.

Also, sugar is bad to the health

[Assistant] Do this change affect the inter relationship between the Maasai?

[User] Yes because before there were different food for a certain tribe but now we a eating different food and ignore or forget the roots of our culture/tribe and follow/adopt other culture. And this means we break our own rules n believes.

[Assistant] Another issue we are going to discuss is about Food choices, what might be the reason for choosing a certain type of food and not the other?


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[User]
Some of the effects of the food change to our community are most youth loses their ability to run in a long distance because they no longer drink blood like in the past.

Also now there a lot of different diseases that affects many because of the kind of food that people are eating .e.g. heart diseases due to the use of oil in food.

Also, sugar is bad to the health

[Assistant] Do this change affect the inter relationship between the Maasai?

[User] Yes because before there were different food for a certain tribe but now we a eating different food and ignore or forget the roots of our culture/tribe and follow/adopt other culture. And this means we break our own rules n believes.

[Assistant] Another issue we are going to discuss is about Food choices, what might be the reason for choosing a certain type of food and not the other?

[User]
There are some reasons for this Might be the food that you see more often attracts you more e.g. chips

Also you get tired of eating same kind of food everyday thus why you change and eat something else. Sickness can make you have appetite for different kind of food you are used too

Sometimes it’s just a craving for a certain food. Friends influence

Money (when you have money you can buy anything you want)

The smell of the food can make you want to eat that food.

The look of the food.

[Assistant] what are the main three reasons from those above contributes more on choosing food?


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[User] Yes because before there were different food for a certain tribe but now we a eating different food and ignore or forget the roots of our culture/tribe and follow/adopt other culture. And this means we break our own rules n believes.

[Assistant] Another issue we are going to discuss is about Food choices, what might be the reason for choosing a certain type of food and not the other?

[User]
There are some reasons for this Might be the food that you see more often attracts you more e.g. chips

Also you get tired of eating same kind of food everyday thus why you change and eat something else. Sickness can make you have appetite for different kind of food you are used too

Sometimes it’s just a craving for a certain food. Friends influence

Money (when you have money you can buy anything you want)

The smell of the food can make you want to eat that food.

The look of the food.

[Assistant] what are the main three reasons from those above contributes more on choosing food?

[User]
The main reasons that contribute more are the appearance of the food (when you see it is attractive you buy)

The food that your used to eat

Money

[Assistant] What are the things that contribute less on food choices


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[User]
There are some reasons for this Might be the food that you see more often attracts you more e.g. chips

Also you get tired of eating same kind of food everyday thus why you change and eat something else. Sickness can make you have appetite for different kind of food you are used too

Sometimes it’s just a craving for a certain food. Friends influence

Money (when you have money you can buy anything you want)

The smell of the food can make you want to eat that food.

The look of the food.

[Assistant] what are the main three reasons from those above contributes more on choosing food?

[User]
The main reasons that contribute more are the appearance of the food (when you see it is attractive you buy)

The food that your used to eat

Money

[Assistant] What are the things that contribute less on food choices

[User]
Some things/reason contribute less to the food choices some are tired of eating same food for long at home-this contribute less because it depends with what your parents condition poor or can afford change of food

Sickness –this contribute low because not every time people get sick

Friends influence- you can be influenced but it depends with your pocket (money)

[Assistant] Other part of discussion is about, how does school contributes to the youth participation in the community activities?


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[User]
The main reasons that contribute more are the appearance of the food (when you see it is attractive you buy)

The food that your used to eat

Money

[Assistant] What are the things that contribute less on food choices

[User]
Some things/reason contribute less to the food choices some are tired of eating same food for long at home-this contribute less because it depends with what your parents condition poor or can afford change of food

Sickness –this contribute low because not every time people get sick

Friends influence- you can be influenced but it depends with your pocket (money)

[Assistant] Other part of discussion is about, how does school contributes to the youth participation in the community activities?

[User]
To us the maasai the majority participants of home activities are youth, activities like taking care of livestock and other a done by youth so when they went to school they leave a very big gap.

and also for those who reaches from A level to high learning, they become less to the participation of home activities once they done with school, because most of them are looking for other things to do like job, but if you fail and stay at home you will have to work had so as you can compensate all the expenses that were used when you went to school.

[Assistant] On our last part of discussion we want to know; where do youth get education or information concerning health food and nutrition and all kind of good food that will improve their health?


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[User]
Some things/reason contribute less to the food choices some are tired of eating same food for long at home-this contribute less because it depends with what your parents condition poor or can afford change of food

Sickness –this contribute low because not every time people get sick

Friends influence- you can be influenced but it depends with your pocket (money)

[Assistant] Other part of discussion is about, how does school contributes to the youth participation in the community activities?

[User]
To us the maasai the majority participants of home activities are youth, activities like taking care of livestock and other a done by youth so when they went to school they leave a very big gap.

and also for those who reaches from A level to high learning, they become less to the participation of home activities once they done with school, because most of them are looking for other things to do like job, but if you fail and stay at home you will have to work had so as you can compensate all the expenses that were used when you went to school.

[Assistant] On our last part of discussion we want to know; where do youth get education or information concerning health food and nutrition and all kind of good food that will improve their health?

[User]
We have a dispensary here at our village where we a going and get education (only once we a sick)

At home our parents teaches us some of the importance of good food

[Assistant] how does the education from dispensary helps to eat health meal?


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[User]
To us the maasai the majority participants of home activities are youth, activities like taking care of livestock and other a done by youth so when they went to school they leave a very big gap.

and also for those who reaches from A level to high learning, they become less to the participation of home activities once they done with school, because most of them are looking for other things to do like job, but if you fail and stay at home you will have to work had so as you can compensate all the expenses that were used when you went to school.

[Assistant] On our last part of discussion we want to know; where do youth get education or information concerning health food and nutrition and all kind of good food that will improve their health?

[User]
We have a dispensary here at our village where we a going and get education (only once we a sick)

At home our parents teaches us some of the importance of good food

[Assistant] how does the education from dispensary helps to eat health meal?

[User] It does help because when u get advice from a doctor you will start eating health so as you can get better

[Assistant] How will education/ information about food and health will have positive effect in your society?


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[User]
We have a dispensary here at our village where we a going and get education (only once we a sick)

At home our parents teaches us some of the importance of good food

[Assistant] how does the education from dispensary helps to eat health meal?

[User] It does help because when u get advice from a doctor you will start eating health so as you can get better

[Assistant] How will education/ information about food and health will have positive effect in your society?

[User] It will help a lot because we all know that when someone is in good health he /she can work very hard and have a better life.

[Assistant] How can we make that information to be of a good effect in the society?


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[User] It does help because when u get advice from a doctor you will start eating health so as you can get better

[Assistant] How will education/ information about food and health will have positive effect in your society?

[User] It will help a lot because we all know that when someone is in good health he /she can work very hard and have a better life.

[Assistant] How can we make that information to be of a good effect in the society?

[User] There are different ways to do so, education for all

[Assistant] How can that education be provided


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[User] It will help a lot because we all know that when someone is in good health he /she can work very hard and have a better life.

[Assistant] How can we make that information to be of a good effect in the society?

[User] There are different ways to do so, education for all

[Assistant] How can that education be provided

[User]
Education can be provided through; Advertisement (it can be done through those advertising cars may be after every 3 months)

Meetings (can be done into small groups either at school or in the village)

Billboards (they should contain words and pictures for those who can’t read then they can understand through pictures)

Encouragement between villagers and also that education can be provided by Doctors, village leaders, tribe leaders

[Assistant] Do you have any question or suggestion?


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[User] Okay.

[Assistant] Okay. Maybe you want to elaborate what has been good for you, what’s not so good for you?

[User] I think the lessons, the length period are okay, like suitable.

[Assistant]
Okay, it’s suitable. Can you describe to me one most memorable lesson? Maybe I help you so that it’s not memory work, help y’all recall. So y’all had a descriptive compo, no sorry you had a writing a speech to persuade classmates to set up a booth during Green Fest.

Then y’all also did an expository composition. And then a personal recount about jobs, and then y’all ended off with descriptive compo. It’s also about jobs, I’m not quite sure what it is all about. So out of all these which one did you like most or dislike most, which was the most memorable for you?

[User] I think the personal recount regarding the jobs.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Why?


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[User] I think the lessons, the length period are okay, like suitable.

[Assistant]
Okay, it’s suitable. Can you describe to me one most memorable lesson? Maybe I help you so that it’s not memory work, help y’all recall. So y’all had a descriptive compo, no sorry you had a writing a speech to persuade classmates to set up a booth during Green Fest.

Then y’all also did an expository composition. And then a personal recount about jobs, and then y’all ended off with descriptive compo. It’s also about jobs, I’m not quite sure what it is all about. So out of all these which one did you like most or dislike most, which was the most memorable for you?

[User] I think the personal recount regarding the jobs.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Why?

[User] Because I plan it like maybe next year Sec 4 I get part time job during June holiday.

[Assistant] I see. So it’s useful, this thing that you’re learning. I notice you nodding your head so thank you so much. What about Serene? Just now you had a smiley face, so what has been memorable for you in this CDAC tuition program?


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[User] I think the personal recount regarding the jobs.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Why?

[User] Because I plan it like maybe next year Sec 4 I get part time job during June holiday.

[Assistant] I see. So it’s useful, this thing that you’re learning. I notice you nodding your head so thank you so much. What about Serene? Just now you had a smiley face, so what has been memorable for you in this CDAC tuition program?

[User] Writing with Scribo and learning stuff? And doing stuff with the other classmates.

[Assistant] Ah so I see that you like doing stuff with them. So you say “learning”, can you tell me what is the thing that you learn most in these few weeks? In this CDAC?


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[User] Because I plan it like maybe next year Sec 4 I get part time job during June holiday.

[Assistant] I see. So it’s useful, this thing that you’re learning. I notice you nodding your head so thank you so much. What about Serene? Just now you had a smiley face, so what has been memorable for you in this CDAC tuition program?

[User] Writing with Scribo and learning stuff? And doing stuff with the other classmates.

[Assistant] Ah so I see that you like doing stuff with them. So you say “learning”, can you tell me what is the thing that you learn most in these few weeks? In this CDAC?

[User] The comprehension.

[Assistant] Okay, so what did you..because last year you didn’t have the comprehension part right? So what was the lesson that you remembered most and why did you remember it?


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[User] Writing with Scribo and learning stuff? And doing stuff with the other classmates.

[Assistant] Ah so I see that you like doing stuff with them. So you say “learning”, can you tell me what is the thing that you learn most in these few weeks? In this CDAC?

[User] The comprehension.

[Assistant] Okay, so what did you..because last year you didn’t have the comprehension part right? So what was the lesson that you remembered most and why did you remember it?

[User] I think maybe the “ironic” part? It’s quite unique because I never really exactly know what ironic really means even though I see examples and things. When I see the cher using it and in a comprehension, then it makes me understand the comprehension more. Then I know when it’s coming out and stuff.

[Assistant] Ah I see so the question was something about “ironic” is it? It kind of tests on “ironic”. So what is it that Ms O did that helped you understand that word?


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[User] The comprehension.

[Assistant] Okay, so what did you..because last year you didn’t have the comprehension part right? So what was the lesson that you remembered most and why did you remember it?

[User] I think maybe the “ironic” part? It’s quite unique because I never really exactly know what ironic really means even though I see examples and things. When I see the cher using it and in a comprehension, then it makes me understand the comprehension more. Then I know when it’s coming out and stuff.

[Assistant] Ah I see so the question was something about “ironic” is it? It kind of tests on “ironic”. So what is it that Ms O did that helped you understand that word?

[User] Not sure, that time...because most of the lessons for “ironic” at that time was the other tutor that was teaching.

[Assistant] Sorry? It wasn’t Ms O is it?


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[User] I think maybe the “ironic” part? It’s quite unique because I never really exactly know what ironic really means even though I see examples and things. When I see the cher using it and in a comprehension, then it makes me understand the comprehension more. Then I know when it’s coming out and stuff.

[Assistant] Ah I see so the question was something about “ironic” is it? It kind of tests on “ironic”. So what is it that Ms O did that helped you understand that word?

[User] Not sure, that time...because most of the lessons for “ironic” at that time was the other tutor that was teaching.

[Assistant] Sorry? It wasn’t Ms O is it?

[User] Yeah, but I mean I don’t remember, but I mean there’s other stuff that are fun also, that are unique as well.

[Assistant]
Okay, I’ll come back to you Serene, right now you try to recall what was it that the teacher did, was it by giving examples, or was it because of the discussions since you...alright? So you think about that and then you can even type it in the chat if you remember it.

And you don’t want to forget you can type it in the chat. Okay so Samantha, talk to me about your most memorable lesson so far.


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[User] Not sure, that time...because most of the lessons for “ironic” at that time was the other tutor that was teaching.

[Assistant] Sorry? It wasn’t Ms O is it?

[User] Yeah, but I mean I don’t remember, but I mean there’s other stuff that are fun also, that are unique as well.

[Assistant]
Okay, I’ll come back to you Serene, right now you try to recall what was it that the teacher did, was it by giving examples, or was it because of the discussions since you...alright? So you think about that and then you can even type it in the chat if you remember it.

And you don’t want to forget you can type it in the chat. Okay so Samantha, talk to me about your most memorable lesson so far.

[User] I think the most memorable one is the peer...the peer where they can give feedback, the peer feedback. So we will do a compo I think, then we’ll give each other peer feedback, so that we know where’s our weakness.

[Assistant] Okay, peer feedback was something that was done last year right, unlike Serene talking about comprehension? Last year didn’t have comprehension. But peer feedback, how is it same or different from last year?


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[User] Yeah, but I mean I don’t remember, but I mean there’s other stuff that are fun also, that are unique as well.

[Assistant]
Okay, I’ll come back to you Serene, right now you try to recall what was it that the teacher did, was it by giving examples, or was it because of the discussions since you...alright? So you think about that and then you can even type it in the chat if you remember it.

And you don’t want to forget you can type it in the chat. Okay so Samantha, talk to me about your most memorable lesson so far.

[User] I think the most memorable one is the peer...the peer where they can give feedback, the peer feedback. So we will do a compo I think, then we’ll give each other peer feedback, so that we know where’s our weakness.

[Assistant] Okay, peer feedback was something that was done last year right, unlike Serene talking about comprehension? Last year didn’t have comprehension. But peer feedback, how is it same or different from last year?

[User] This year, the way they ask the questions about whether this compo is good...they increased the questions compared to last year.

[Assistant] Oh, they gave y’all question prompts right? Okay. Were y’all using the rubrics to give feedback?


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[User] I think the most memorable one is the peer...the peer where they can give feedback, the peer feedback. So we will do a compo I think, then we’ll give each other peer feedback, so that we know where’s our weakness.

[Assistant] Okay, peer feedback was something that was done last year right, unlike Serene talking about comprehension? Last year didn’t have comprehension. But peer feedback, how is it same or different from last year?

[User] This year, the way they ask the questions about whether this compo is good...they increased the questions compared to last year.

[Assistant] Oh, they gave y’all question prompts right? Okay. Were y’all using the rubrics to give feedback?

[User] I think so.

[Assistant]
Okay. Because I see here “review your partner’s essay using the rubrics”, but it’s for the content. So I suppose Scribo takes care of the language part, the mechanics, the grammar, then y’all can give feedback for the content. Yeah so that’s great!

Serene so have you been able to remember what was it that the teacher did to help you understand irony?


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[User] This year, the way they ask the questions about whether this compo is good...they increased the questions compared to last year.

[Assistant] Oh, they gave y’all question prompts right? Okay. Were y’all using the rubrics to give feedback?

[User] I think so.

[Assistant]
Okay. Because I see here “review your partner’s essay using the rubrics”, but it’s for the content. So I suppose Scribo takes care of the language part, the mechanics, the grammar, then y’all can give feedback for the content. Yeah so that’s great!

Serene so have you been able to remember what was it that the teacher did to help you understand irony?

[User] The cher teached me irony by reading us, showing us the comprehension...?? then she pointed out the important parts and stuff.

[Assistant]
Okay, so it’s very much guided. At this point I want y’all to tell me, all these things that you’re telling me, peer feedback, comprehension, then with Simon the personal recount and all, how is this same or different from what y’all are doing at Sec 3 at school?

So maybe we start with Simon, are you shaking your head or is it because you...it’s very different is it? Or is it the same?


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[User] The cher teached me irony by reading us, showing us the comprehension...?? then she pointed out the important parts and stuff.

[Assistant]
Okay, so it’s very much guided. At this point I want y’all to tell me, all these things that you’re telling me, peer feedback, comprehension, then with Simon the personal recount and all, how is this same or different from what y’all are doing at Sec 3 at school?

So maybe we start with Simon, are you shaking your head or is it because you...it’s very different is it? Or is it the same?

[User] It’s quite different.

[Assistant] How so?

[User] Because usually at school, regarding to the academic subjects, we all usually do on paper, as opposed to the Scribo we usually do on the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Is that good or bad?


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[User] It’s quite different.

[Assistant] How so?

[User] Because usually at school, regarding to the academic subjects, we all usually do on paper, as opposed to the Scribo we usually do on the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Is that good or bad?

[User] Good.

[Assistant] Wait sorry which one is good? The writing on paper is good?


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[User] Because usually at school, regarding to the academic subjects, we all usually do on paper, as opposed to the Scribo we usually do on the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh, okay. Is that good or bad?

[User] Good.

[Assistant] Wait sorry which one is good? The writing on paper is good?

[User] No, the one where we use the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh why is that? Leceh isn’t is? I mean you have to open your computer and all that. It’s troublesome-


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[User] Good.

[Assistant] Wait sorry which one is good? The writing on paper is good?

[User] No, the one where we use the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh why is that? Leceh isn’t is? I mean you have to open your computer and all that. It’s troublesome-

[User] I feel it’s more easier to type rather than having to write on the paper.

[Assistant] Oh I see, it’s easier to type. Can you tell me why it’s easier to type? I mean for some students they tell me it’s because they can cut and paste, but in paper you have to use the correction tape. Can you tell me the reason why it’s easier?


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[User] No, the one where we use the Scribo platform.

[Assistant] Oh why is that? Leceh isn’t is? I mean you have to open your computer and all that. It’s troublesome-

[User] I feel it’s more easier to type rather than having to write on the paper.

[Assistant] Oh I see, it’s easier to type. Can you tell me why it’s easier to type? I mean for some students they tell me it’s because they can cut and paste, but in paper you have to use the correction tape. Can you tell me the reason why it’s easier?

[User] One of the reasons is one of those that you said, like you don’t need to use your correction tape whenever you make a mistake as opposed to use the Scribo platform. You can just select the word that you want to replace or delete, and you can type a new word in replacement of the word.

[Assistant] I see. I know that Scribo also can recommend the corrections right? Okay. Is that good or bad?


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[User] I feel it’s more easier to type rather than having to write on the paper.

[Assistant] Oh I see, it’s easier to type. Can you tell me why it’s easier to type? I mean for some students they tell me it’s because they can cut and paste, but in paper you have to use the correction tape. Can you tell me the reason why it’s easier?

[User] One of the reasons is one of those that you said, like you don’t need to use your correction tape whenever you make a mistake as opposed to use the Scribo platform. You can just select the word that you want to replace or delete, and you can type a new word in replacement of the word.

[Assistant] I see. I know that Scribo also can recommend the corrections right? Okay. Is that good or bad?

[User] It’s good.

[Assistant] Why? Isn’t it irritating to have this thing telling you what to do?


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[User] One of the reasons is one of those that you said, like you don’t need to use your correction tape whenever you make a mistake as opposed to use the Scribo platform. You can just select the word that you want to replace or delete, and you can type a new word in replacement of the word.

[Assistant] I see. I know that Scribo also can recommend the corrections right? Okay. Is that good or bad?

[User] It’s good.

[Assistant] Why? Isn’t it irritating to have this thing telling you what to do?

[User] No, because as opposed to when you write on the paper, usually you have to show the teacher, and if you don’t understand anything, you have to go the teacher personally and ask. But then for Scribo you can just sit down and do, it will help you check. And then if...yeah that’s one of the plus points.

[Assistant] I see. So I guess it’s not just Scribo checking but Scribo can also give you immediate feedback right? Okay. Thank you Simon, I think that’s a very good point. What about Serene? How do you feel about what you’re doing in CDAC compared to school?


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[User] It’s good.

[Assistant] Why? Isn’t it irritating to have this thing telling you what to do?

[User] No, because as opposed to when you write on the paper, usually you have to show the teacher, and if you don’t understand anything, you have to go the teacher personally and ask. But then for Scribo you can just sit down and do, it will help you check. And then if...yeah that’s one of the plus points.

[Assistant] I see. So I guess it’s not just Scribo checking but Scribo can also give you immediate feedback right? Okay. Thank you Simon, I think that’s a very good point. What about Serene? How do you feel about what you’re doing in CDAC compared to school?

[User]
I wouldn’t say much of a difference, other than in CDAC we use Scribo app, and then in school we use Word Document. I would say the difference is that using Word Document still only help you to change the grammar, punctuation mistakes and stuff.

But they won’t give you comments about what mistake or...they’ll just help you change those grammar and spelling and stuff. But Scribo they will check everyone detail, and then they’ll give you a scoring system to see how well you do, to show what you missed out and stuff.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. I was just wondering do y’all use Scribo in school? Since you already typing into...no? Why not? Not allowed to, or you don’t want to, or what?


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[User]
I wouldn’t say much of a difference, other than in CDAC we use Scribo app, and then in school we use Word Document. I would say the difference is that using Word Document still only help you to change the grammar, punctuation mistakes and stuff.

But they won’t give you comments about what mistake or...they’ll just help you change those grammar and spelling and stuff. But Scribo they will check everyone detail, and then they’ll give you a scoring system to see how well you do, to show what you missed out and stuff.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. I was just wondering do y’all use Scribo in school? Since you already typing into...no? Why not? Not allowed to, or you don’t want to, or what?

[User] I didn’t know we could use Scribo for our school stuff.

[Assistant]
Oh, actually I checked with C, the nice lady I forgot her surname. She says can, and you guys are strongly advised to because it’s paid for already. So that’s why I’m like “Huh? Y’all have the platform, go and use it!”

That’s one thing y’all should be mindful of because unlike Simon who’s still submitting paper and pen, in your case, using Word Document anyway, I hear that soon they’ll put it as a add-on in SLS. Scribo. For everybody nationwide.

So you guys are the first movers, you all are the very first people to be using Scribo, so please make use of it. Thank you so much for that. What about Samantha, how is this same or different from school?

[User] I think it’s different, because using Scribo is like virtual learning, then for school it’s more on the physical side. And I think on the virtual side you can actually understand more about what went wrong, but in school you can’t really focus at your errors.

[Assistant] Okay, that’s a very interesting point. What is it that helped you understand more in this CDAC program?


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[User] I think it’s different, because using Scribo is like virtual learning, then for school it’s more on the physical side. And I think on the virtual side you can actually understand more about what went wrong, but in school you can’t really focus at your errors.

[Assistant] Okay, that’s a very interesting point. What is it that helped you understand more in this CDAC program?

[User] Example if like compo, using Scribo when you do this wrongly, then maybe you can improve it more. But in school, sometimes if the teacher are busy or something, then you can’t actually focus in what you’re weak at.

[Assistant]
I see. So what I’m hearing from you is almost like what Simon said earlier on, there’s that immediate check and feedback, rather than wait for teacher. Okay so that’s a good...I’m glad that that helped. So based on what y’all have told me, we will go a little more specific since we’ve been talking about Scribo.

We will go a little more specific into Scribo itself. So what I hear from you all is that it can tell you mistakes and stuff like that. I just want to understand more, whether you all understand the feedback given by Scribo? Or are there times you scratch your head and sort of like “Huh? What is it talking about?”

Maybe again we’ll start with Simon? What helps you understand the feedback from Scribo?

[User] The explanation whenever you use the “check” feature, like if you have to replace a word with something they’ll usually give you an explanation of why you must replace the word, or the suggested words that they give you.

[Assistant] Oh they actually explain? Can you give me an example?


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[User] Example if like compo, using Scribo when you do this wrongly, then maybe you can improve it more. But in school, sometimes if the teacher are busy or something, then you can’t actually focus in what you’re weak at.

[Assistant]
I see. So what I’m hearing from you is almost like what Simon said earlier on, there’s that immediate check and feedback, rather than wait for teacher. Okay so that’s a good...I’m glad that that helped. So based on what y’all have told me, we will go a little more specific since we’ve been talking about Scribo.

We will go a little more specific into Scribo itself. So what I hear from you all is that it can tell you mistakes and stuff like that. I just want to understand more, whether you all understand the feedback given by Scribo? Or are there times you scratch your head and sort of like “Huh? What is it talking about?”

Maybe again we’ll start with Simon? What helps you understand the feedback from Scribo?

[User] The explanation whenever you use the “check” feature, like if you have to replace a word with something they’ll usually give you an explanation of why you must replace the word, or the suggested words that they give you.

[Assistant] Oh they actually explain? Can you give me an example?

[User] For the grammar, they will tell you why you have to replace this word, or why it’s wrong.

[Assistant] Okay, can you remember one mistake which you commonly made until you made use of Scribo? And then now you know why that’s wrong?


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[User] The explanation whenever you use the “check” feature, like if you have to replace a word with something they’ll usually give you an explanation of why you must replace the word, or the suggested words that they give you.

[Assistant] Oh they actually explain? Can you give me an example?

[User] For the grammar, they will tell you why you have to replace this word, or why it’s wrong.

[Assistant] Okay, can you remember one mistake which you commonly made until you made use of Scribo? And then now you know why that’s wrong?

[User] Maybe the wrong usage of “was” and “were”, and “r”s and “m”s those words at the wrong timing.

[Assistant] Okay so you mean “was” and “were” is it? Was that the example that you gave me?


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[User] For the grammar, they will tell you why you have to replace this word, or why it’s wrong.

[Assistant] Okay, can you remember one mistake which you commonly made until you made use of Scribo? And then now you know why that’s wrong?

[User] Maybe the wrong usage of “was” and “were”, and “r”s and “m”s those words at the wrong timing.

[Assistant] Okay so you mean “was” and “were” is it? Was that the example that you gave me?

[User] Yeah something like that, something similar.

[Assistant] Okay, so why is it wrong to use “was” ?


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[User] Maybe the wrong usage of “was” and “were”, and “r”s and “m”s those words at the wrong timing.

[Assistant] Okay so you mean “was” and “were” is it? Was that the example that you gave me?

[User] Yeah something like that, something similar.

[Assistant] Okay, so why is it wrong to use “was” ?

[User] I cannot really remember what....

[Assistant] Okay. Fair. When you can remember you type it into the chatbox then you let me know about it. Maybe Serene was there something in Simon’s case where you didn’t know something was wrong, and then through using Scribo you understand it better? Do you have an example?


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[User] Yeah something like that, something similar.

[Assistant] Okay, so why is it wrong to use “was” ?

[User] I cannot really remember what....

[Assistant] Okay. Fair. When you can remember you type it into the chatbox then you let me know about it. Maybe Serene was there something in Simon’s case where you didn’t know something was wrong, and then through using Scribo you understand it better? Do you have an example?

[User]
Sticky sentences. In my every comprehension there’s always sticky sentences causing my whole paragraph to become very huge. Then Scribo will help me to reduce- rephrase the sticky sentences, remove some unnecessary words.

Then after that this will reduce the number of words in the paragraph. Then it might reach to the normal levels of words that I’m supposed to write. Then it improves my grades when I do things, and grammar mistakes and stuff.

[Assistant] Okay, so there are 2 parts. Can you explain to me what sticky sentence is? Imagine your classmate “Serene, what is sticky sentence?”


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[User] I cannot really remember what....

[Assistant] Okay. Fair. When you can remember you type it into the chatbox then you let me know about it. Maybe Serene was there something in Simon’s case where you didn’t know something was wrong, and then through using Scribo you understand it better? Do you have an example?

[User]
Sticky sentences. In my every comprehension there’s always sticky sentences causing my whole paragraph to become very huge. Then Scribo will help me to reduce- rephrase the sticky sentences, remove some unnecessary words.

Then after that this will reduce the number of words in the paragraph. Then it might reach to the normal levels of words that I’m supposed to write. Then it improves my grades when I do things, and grammar mistakes and stuff.

[Assistant] Okay, so there are 2 parts. Can you explain to me what sticky sentence is? Imagine your classmate “Serene, what is sticky sentence?”

[User] It’s like a whole sentence, it can be a normal sentence but then I add in a lot of unnecessary words to make it difficult for the reader to understand.

[Assistant] I see, okay. Then second part you were saying that it increased your grade, are you talking about Scribo score or generally back in school?


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[User]
Sticky sentences. In my every comprehension there’s always sticky sentences causing my whole paragraph to become very huge. Then Scribo will help me to reduce- rephrase the sticky sentences, remove some unnecessary words.

Then after that this will reduce the number of words in the paragraph. Then it might reach to the normal levels of words that I’m supposed to write. Then it improves my grades when I do things, and grammar mistakes and stuff.

[Assistant] Okay, so there are 2 parts. Can you explain to me what sticky sentence is? Imagine your classmate “Serene, what is sticky sentence?”

[User] It’s like a whole sentence, it can be a normal sentence but then I add in a lot of unnecessary words to make it difficult for the reader to understand.

[Assistant] I see, okay. Then second part you were saying that it increased your grade, are you talking about Scribo score or generally back in school?

[User] I meant by Scribo grades.

[Assistant] Ah okay so the Scribo score went up, I mean improved. Okay great. Later on we’ll talk about what are the improvements you all have experienced. Come Samantha, what about yourself? How has it been? How has Scribo helped you?


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[User] It’s like a whole sentence, it can be a normal sentence but then I add in a lot of unnecessary words to make it difficult for the reader to understand.

[Assistant] I see, okay. Then second part you were saying that it increased your grade, are you talking about Scribo score or generally back in school?

[User] I meant by Scribo grades.

[Assistant] Ah okay so the Scribo score went up, I mean improved. Okay great. Later on we’ll talk about what are the improvements you all have experienced. Come Samantha, what about yourself? How has it been? How has Scribo helped you?

[User]
I think example is maybe my sentences doesn’t make sense, then it help me improve it by maybe removing some words and add some words so that the whole sentence makes some sense.

Because sometimes my sentences sound very Singlish, I think. So maybe it helped me change to write the sentences to be more accurate.

[Assistant] Okay. So it changed from inaccurate expression to better expression. So Samantha do you make use of Scribo in your school work?


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[User] I meant by Scribo grades.

[Assistant] Ah okay so the Scribo score went up, I mean improved. Okay great. Later on we’ll talk about what are the improvements you all have experienced. Come Samantha, what about yourself? How has it been? How has Scribo helped you?

[User]
I think example is maybe my sentences doesn’t make sense, then it help me improve it by maybe removing some words and add some words so that the whole sentence makes some sense.

Because sometimes my sentences sound very Singlish, I think. So maybe it helped me change to write the sentences to be more accurate.

[Assistant] Okay. So it changed from inaccurate expression to better expression. So Samantha do you make use of Scribo in your school work?

[User] No.

[Assistant] No? Okay. So it seems as if it has helped you with your expression, so my next question is did your teacher notice any difference? Your teacher in school, not Ms O. Did your teacher back in school notice any difference in your writing?


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[User]
I think example is maybe my sentences doesn’t make sense, then it help me improve it by maybe removing some words and add some words so that the whole sentence makes some sense.

Because sometimes my sentences sound very Singlish, I think. So maybe it helped me change to write the sentences to be more accurate.

[Assistant] Okay. So it changed from inaccurate expression to better expression. So Samantha do you make use of Scribo in your school work?

[User] No.

[Assistant] No? Okay. So it seems as if it has helped you with your expression, so my next question is did your teacher notice any difference? Your teacher in school, not Ms O. Did your teacher back in school notice any difference in your writing?

[User] I don’t think so because teacher didn’t really notice some people...some compo maybe. So maybe she didn’t really notice my work.

[Assistant] Okay. But yourself, in your school work, did you see fewer circling, underlining by your teachers?


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[User] No.

[Assistant] No? Okay. So it seems as if it has helped you with your expression, so my next question is did your teacher notice any difference? Your teacher in school, not Ms O. Did your teacher back in school notice any difference in your writing?

[User] I don’t think so because teacher didn’t really notice some people...some compo maybe. So maybe she didn’t really notice my work.

[Assistant] Okay. But yourself, in your school work, did you see fewer circling, underlining by your teachers?

[User] Yeah. There’s fewer already.

[Assistant] Oh there’s fewer, how does that make you feel?


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[User] I don’t think so because teacher didn’t really notice some people...some compo maybe. So maybe she didn’t really notice my work.

[Assistant] Okay. But yourself, in your school work, did you see fewer circling, underlining by your teachers?

[User] Yeah. There’s fewer already.

[Assistant] Oh there’s fewer, how does that make you feel?

[User] I can do it better.

[Assistant]
Okay so you want to do better but it also shows that you have improved? Yeah? I don’t suppose it’s fair to ask, but did you see a change in your marks or anything like that? It’s okay if there’s no change, because English is like that, when it’s a more difficult topic, your marks can go down.

But did you see any change in your marks or anything like that?


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[User] Yeah. There’s fewer already.

[Assistant] Oh there’s fewer, how does that make you feel?

[User] I can do it better.

[Assistant]
Okay so you want to do better but it also shows that you have improved? Yeah? I don’t suppose it’s fair to ask, but did you see a change in your marks or anything like that? It’s okay if there’s no change, because English is like that, when it’s a more difficult topic, your marks can go down.

But did you see any change in your marks or anything like that?

[User] Not really though, but there’s fewer mistakes.

[Assistant] Okay great. I would come back and talk about not just compo, but maybe editing, we will talk about that later on. Simon what about yourself, did your teacher in school notice any difference in your school work?


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[User] I can do it better.

[Assistant]
Okay so you want to do better but it also shows that you have improved? Yeah? I don’t suppose it’s fair to ask, but did you see a change in your marks or anything like that? It’s okay if there’s no change, because English is like that, when it’s a more difficult topic, your marks can go down.

But did you see any change in your marks or anything like that?

[User] Not really though, but there’s fewer mistakes.

[Assistant] Okay great. I would come back and talk about not just compo, but maybe editing, we will talk about that later on. Simon what about yourself, did your teacher in school notice any difference in your school work?

[User] I don’t think so.

[Assistant] Okay, but you yourself, what do you think?


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[User] Not really though, but there’s fewer mistakes.

[Assistant] Okay great. I would come back and talk about not just compo, but maybe editing, we will talk about that later on. Simon what about yourself, did your teacher in school notice any difference in your school work?

[User] I don’t think so.

[Assistant] Okay, but you yourself, what do you think?

[User] I think yeah, a bit.

[Assistant] It has improved? Can you give me an example of why you think it has improved a bit?


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[User] I don’t think so.

[Assistant] Okay, but you yourself, what do you think?

[User] I think yeah, a bit.

[Assistant] It has improved? Can you give me an example of why you think it has improved a bit?

[User] I feel like overall, for example writing composition, I feel like my sentences are more stronger compared to the ones that I wrote previously before I used Scribo.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. Simon do y’all have editing...part of comprehension... there’s a editing test right? You edit for grammar. How have you been doing in the editing one?


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[User] I think yeah, a bit.

[Assistant] It has improved? Can you give me an example of why you think it has improved a bit?

[User] I feel like overall, for example writing composition, I feel like my sentences are more stronger compared to the ones that I wrote previously before I used Scribo.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. Simon do y’all have editing...part of comprehension... there’s a editing test right? You edit for grammar. How have you been doing in the editing one?

[User] I feel like I’m doing so far okay. Much better with Scribo.

[Assistant] Oh you’re doing better. Okay that’s great! Congratulations. What about Serene? Did your teacher see any improvement or comment on any improvement?


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[User] I feel like overall, for example writing composition, I feel like my sentences are more stronger compared to the ones that I wrote previously before I used Scribo.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. Simon do y’all have editing...part of comprehension... there’s a editing test right? You edit for grammar. How have you been doing in the editing one?

[User] I feel like I’m doing so far okay. Much better with Scribo.

[Assistant] Oh you’re doing better. Okay that’s great! Congratulations. What about Serene? Did your teacher see any improvement or comment on any improvement?

[User] Nope.

[Assistant] But you yourself? What do you feel?


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[User] I feel like I’m doing so far okay. Much better with Scribo.

[Assistant] Oh you’re doing better. Okay that’s great! Congratulations. What about Serene? Did your teacher see any improvement or comment on any improvement?

[User] Nope.

[Assistant] But you yourself? What do you feel?

[User] I’m not sure but I think I improved a little bit on my comprehension?

[Assistant] Oh on comprehension. So what has helped in comprehension?


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[User] Nope.

[Assistant] But you yourself? What do you feel?

[User] I’m not sure but I think I improved a little bit on my comprehension?

[Assistant] Oh on comprehension. So what has helped in comprehension?

[User] I can understand for some passages in a easier way, I mean I can understand the comprehension passage easier now, better than last time.

[Assistant] Oh, that’s interesting. Was it anything to do with how CDAC teaches you to do comprehension? So you feel that you’ve improved, has it anything to do with what your teachers in school did, or what CDAC, Ms O did with you?


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[User] I’m not sure but I think I improved a little bit on my comprehension?

[Assistant] Oh on comprehension. So what has helped in comprehension?

[User] I can understand for some passages in a easier way, I mean I can understand the comprehension passage easier now, better than last time.

[Assistant] Oh, that’s interesting. Was it anything to do with how CDAC teaches you to do comprehension? So you feel that you’ve improved, has it anything to do with what your teachers in school did, or what CDAC, Ms O did with you?

[User] I would say both sides.

[Assistant] Okay. So can you point out specifically what is it that each side did to help you with your comprehension?


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[User] I can understand for some passages in a easier way, I mean I can understand the comprehension passage easier now, better than last time.

[Assistant] Oh, that’s interesting. Was it anything to do with how CDAC teaches you to do comprehension? So you feel that you’ve improved, has it anything to do with what your teachers in school did, or what CDAC, Ms O did with you?

[User] I would say both sides.

[Assistant] Okay. So can you point out specifically what is it that each side did to help you with your comprehension?

[User]
Ms O teach us different types of comprehension questions, like the inference questions...and a lot more. Then she’ll give us...I’m just flipping through the worksheet, just she’ll go according to the worksheet and she’ll teach us important things to master comprehension with.

And then for the school side, I think the cher teach us how to annotate the comprehension passage. Then I think the teacher also teach us editing and stuff to help us improve on grammar and everything.

[Assistant] I see. So this thing about sticky sentences, I’m just wondering about the fact that you were able to...it just occurred to me that the fact that you can break down long sentences, sticky sentences in your own work. Did it help you to break down long sentences in comprehension as well? For Serene?


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[User] I would say both sides.

[Assistant] Okay. So can you point out specifically what is it that each side did to help you with your comprehension?

[User]
Ms O teach us different types of comprehension questions, like the inference questions...and a lot more. Then she’ll give us...I’m just flipping through the worksheet, just she’ll go according to the worksheet and she’ll teach us important things to master comprehension with.

And then for the school side, I think the cher teach us how to annotate the comprehension passage. Then I think the teacher also teach us editing and stuff to help us improve on grammar and everything.

[Assistant] I see. So this thing about sticky sentences, I’m just wondering about the fact that you were able to...it just occurred to me that the fact that you can break down long sentences, sticky sentences in your own work. Did it help you to break down long sentences in comprehension as well? For Serene?

[User] I think maybe a little or maybe not.

[Assistant]
Okay. So we’ve talked about comparing school, as well as experiences with Scribo. Can I understand what generally happens in school after you get back your work, and then compare it with what you all do in Ms O’s class?

So as usual we start with Simon, so in school you hand up the paper, and then the teacher mark and then give it back to you. And then what happens after that?


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[User]
Ms O teach us different types of comprehension questions, like the inference questions...and a lot more. Then she’ll give us...I’m just flipping through the worksheet, just she’ll go according to the worksheet and she’ll teach us important things to master comprehension with.

And then for the school side, I think the cher teach us how to annotate the comprehension passage. Then I think the teacher also teach us editing and stuff to help us improve on grammar and everything.

[Assistant] I see. So this thing about sticky sentences, I’m just wondering about the fact that you were able to...it just occurred to me that the fact that you can break down long sentences, sticky sentences in your own work. Did it help you to break down long sentences in comprehension as well? For Serene?

[User] I think maybe a little or maybe not.

[Assistant]
Okay. So we’ve talked about comparing school, as well as experiences with Scribo. Can I understand what generally happens in school after you get back your work, and then compare it with what you all do in Ms O’s class?

So as usual we start with Simon, so in school you hand up the paper, and then the teacher mark and then give it back to you. And then what happens after that?

[User] Usually we do our corrections after she mark and give it back to us.

[Assistant] Does she stand in front of the board and say “okay this grammar is wrong”, does she generally explain the common mistakes?


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[User] I think maybe a little or maybe not.

[Assistant]
Okay. So we’ve talked about comparing school, as well as experiences with Scribo. Can I understand what generally happens in school after you get back your work, and then compare it with what you all do in Ms O’s class?

So as usual we start with Simon, so in school you hand up the paper, and then the teacher mark and then give it back to you. And then what happens after that?

[User] Usually we do our corrections after she mark and give it back to us.

[Assistant] Does she stand in front of the board and say “okay this grammar is wrong”, does she generally explain the common mistakes?

[User] Yeah usually.

[Assistant] Okay, and then for corrections, if you don’t know how to correct then what happens? So in school you’re asked to do corrections right? What if you don’t know how to correct?


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[User] Usually we do our corrections after she mark and give it back to us.

[Assistant] Does she stand in front of the board and say “okay this grammar is wrong”, does she generally explain the common mistakes?

[User] Yeah usually.

[Assistant] Okay, and then for corrections, if you don’t know how to correct then what happens? So in school you’re asked to do corrections right? What if you don’t know how to correct?

[User] We can usually ask the teacher then she’ll guide us if we do not know how to correct ourself.

[Assistant] Okay, but as Serene says, or is it Samantha who says that the teacher is very busy right, then how?


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[User] Yeah usually.

[Assistant] Okay, and then for corrections, if you don’t know how to correct then what happens? So in school you’re asked to do corrections right? What if you don’t know how to correct?

[User] We can usually ask the teacher then she’ll guide us if we do not know how to correct ourself.

[Assistant] Okay, but as Serene says, or is it Samantha who says that the teacher is very busy right, then how?

[User] If we cannot then in the more rare cases we can arrange for...during recess we can meet her outside the staffroom for my school.

[Assistant] Okay so individual consultation kind of thing. Are you required to do peer assessment or self-assessment like what earlier on...


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[User] We can usually ask the teacher then she’ll guide us if we do not know how to correct ourself.

[Assistant] Okay, but as Serene says, or is it Samantha who says that the teacher is very busy right, then how?

[User] If we cannot then in the more rare cases we can arrange for...during recess we can meet her outside the staffroom for my school.

[Assistant] Okay so individual consultation kind of thing. Are you required to do peer assessment or self-assessment like what earlier on...

[User] Usually no. Unless for the self-assessment, if the teacher never come then they will usually give you the answer sheet for you to self-mark.

[Assistant] Okay. That’s for comprehension?


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[User] If we cannot then in the more rare cases we can arrange for...during recess we can meet her outside the staffroom for my school.

[Assistant] Okay so individual consultation kind of thing. Are you required to do peer assessment or self-assessment like what earlier on...

[User] Usually no. Unless for the self-assessment, if the teacher never come then they will usually give you the answer sheet for you to self-mark.

[Assistant] Okay. That’s for comprehension?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] So I take it that there’s been no peer assessment or self- assessment when it comes to compo?


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[User] Usually no. Unless for the self-assessment, if the teacher never come then they will usually give you the answer sheet for you to self-mark.

[Assistant] Okay. That’s for comprehension?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] So I take it that there’s been no peer assessment or self- assessment when it comes to compo?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] I’m just curious in compo does the teacher show y’all rubrics, or give y’all checklist?


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[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] So I take it that there’s been no peer assessment or self- assessment when it comes to compo?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] I’m just curious in compo does the teacher show y’all rubrics, or give y’all checklist?

[User] After we submit the assignment then after she mark and we do our corrections usually she will give it for my class.

[Assistant] But that’s after y’all...


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[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] I’m just curious in compo does the teacher show y’all rubrics, or give y’all checklist?

[User] After we submit the assignment then after she mark and we do our corrections usually she will give it for my class.

[Assistant] But that’s after y’all...

[User] For test usually, but then if it’s like homework she’ll show us beforehand and after.

[Assistant] Okay. So the question here is do you refer to the checklist while you’re doing your homework?


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[User] After we submit the assignment then after she mark and we do our corrections usually she will give it for my class.

[Assistant] But that’s after y’all...

[User] For test usually, but then if it’s like homework she’ll show us beforehand and after.

[Assistant] Okay. So the question here is do you refer to the checklist while you’re doing your homework?

[User] Usually yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Does it help? If it doesn’t help come help me understand.


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[User] For test usually, but then if it’s like homework she’ll show us beforehand and after.

[Assistant] Okay. So the question here is do you refer to the checklist while you’re doing your homework?

[User] Usually yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Does it help? If it doesn’t help come help me understand.

[User] It sort of helps so I know what to do, like what to write and what not to write.

[Assistant] Okay. I noticed that you’re talking about the content part. Obviously it’s not as helpful with the grammar.


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[User] Usually yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Does it help? If it doesn’t help come help me understand.

[User] It sort of helps so I know what to do, like what to write and what not to write.

[Assistant] Okay. I noticed that you’re talking about the content part. Obviously it’s not as helpful with the grammar.

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Okay, thank you very much. What about Serene and Samantha, do y’all have...what happens after your teacher returns your work? Maybe we start with Serene?


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[User] It sort of helps so I know what to do, like what to write and what not to write.

[Assistant] Okay. I noticed that you’re talking about the content part. Obviously it’s not as helpful with the grammar.

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Okay, thank you very much. What about Serene and Samantha, do y’all have...what happens after your teacher returns your work? Maybe we start with Serene?

[User] After the cher give out the work, the cher will just immediately talk about it. And on the exam paper, there will be comments and stuff, then the cher will take some examples from the students and show it to a screen, and teach everybody. This year, what my cher did.

[Assistant] Okay. Do you find that helpful? In what way is it helpful or not helpful?


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[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Okay, thank you very much. What about Serene and Samantha, do y’all have...what happens after your teacher returns your work? Maybe we start with Serene?

[User] After the cher give out the work, the cher will just immediately talk about it. And on the exam paper, there will be comments and stuff, then the cher will take some examples from the students and show it to a screen, and teach everybody. This year, what my cher did.

[Assistant] Okay. Do you find that helpful? In what way is it helpful or not helpful?

[User] I would say it’s kind of helpful because there’s real examples from real students, good ones and bad ones. Then I can see if these examples, if I made the same mistakes or have a similar thing. I can learn from it.

[Assistant] Okay, so that’s what happens in school. What about in Ms O’s class, when given work what happens after that? I mean when she returns y’all the work?


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[User] I would say it’s kind of helpful because there’s real examples from real students, good ones and bad ones. Then I can see if these examples, if I made the same mistakes or have a similar thing. I can learn from it.

[Assistant] Okay, so that’s what happens in school. What about in Ms O’s class, when given work what happens after that? I mean when she returns y’all the work?

[User] The Scribo one?

[Assistant] Yes.

[User]
Most likely when we finish absolutely everything then like...I don’t know if Ms O got really return us before but I think she did. But even if she did she will just use Scribo to teach us, she will let us use Scribo to do the corrections first.

Then she will check us one by one on her side to see. Then after that whoever has the most problems and need the most help, or need any help, can just text her, or she will just talk in the chat. Then just pull us out into a breakout room and teach us personally.

[Assistant] Okay. So it’s not just one technology, and I noticed you say she also texts y’all so there’s also that Whatsapp background to support. Thank you. What about Samantha, what happens in school after y’all handed in your work and its returned, compared to what happens in Scribo?


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[User] The Scribo one?

[Assistant] Yes.

[User]
Most likely when we finish absolutely everything then like...I don’t know if Ms O got really return us before but I think she did. But even if she did she will just use Scribo to teach us, she will let us use Scribo to do the corrections first.

Then she will check us one by one on her side to see. Then after that whoever has the most problems and need the most help, or need any help, can just text her, or she will just talk in the chat. Then just pull us out into a breakout room and teach us personally.

[Assistant] Okay. So it’s not just one technology, and I noticed you say she also texts y’all so there’s also that Whatsapp background to support. Thank you. What about Samantha, what happens in school after y’all handed in your work and its returned, compared to what happens in Scribo?

[User] For school, for example if I get back my worksheet and I find out there’s mistakes I don’t understand, I will ask my friends first, like my peers. Sometimes they are better in this subject so they can actually help us. Because sometimes our teachers not free, so instead of asking them we can ask our peers.

[Assistant] That’s great, you got good friends in your peers. Does your teacher ask y’all for corrections and all that?


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[User]
Most likely when we finish absolutely everything then like...I don’t know if Ms O got really return us before but I think she did. But even if she did she will just use Scribo to teach us, she will let us use Scribo to do the corrections first.

Then she will check us one by one on her side to see. Then after that whoever has the most problems and need the most help, or need any help, can just text her, or she will just talk in the chat. Then just pull us out into a breakout room and teach us personally.

[Assistant] Okay. So it’s not just one technology, and I noticed you say she also texts y’all so there’s also that Whatsapp background to support. Thank you. What about Samantha, what happens in school after y’all handed in your work and its returned, compared to what happens in Scribo?

[User] For school, for example if I get back my worksheet and I find out there’s mistakes I don’t understand, I will ask my friends first, like my peers. Sometimes they are better in this subject so they can actually help us. Because sometimes our teachers not free, so instead of asking them we can ask our peers.

[Assistant] That’s great, you got good friends in your peers. Does your teacher ask y’all for corrections and all that?

[User] Yeah we do do corrections, my teacher will always go through with us.

[Assistant] Okay, go through with y’all. How does the teacher going through with us compare with what Scribo does? I mean Scribo also goes through right, what are the advantages, disadvantages?


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[User] Yeah we do do corrections, my teacher will always go through with us.

[Assistant] Okay, go through with y’all. How does the teacher going through with us compare with what Scribo does? I mean Scribo also goes through right, what are the advantages, disadvantages?

[User]
I think for school one if they go through, sometimes you still don’t understand like what’s your mistakes. The teacher will actually go through quite fast so you won’t actually keep up with the path...like how teacher mark, go through the question.

But for Scribo it’s only focused on your assignment, so when it’s marked, the correction is more clearer example than the school one.

[Assistant]
I see. So it’s at a pace that’s comfortable to you, I mean teacher talks very fast, and...you can’t remember what she says also. But in Scribo it’s there for you all. So thank you very much for that. Now what we will do is...hi Samuel!

Okay so now we all listen to Samuel. We will give Samuel some time to settle in. Samuel later I’ll have one-to-one time with you.

But let me just ask the rest first, so Samantha Serene and Simon, if I were to compare your level of confidence in writing English essays before you started CDAC program with Scribo and now, what has been the change in your confidence level? If there’s any?

Is it a lot of change in confidence, a little bit of change, somewhat changed, or no change at all? Okay so let me repeat, I’m gonna type it. How much more confident are you in English composition?

How much more confident are you now in English composition compared to before your start with Scribo? Maybe Simon you wanna get started to tell me?

[User] I think I got more confidence, maybe 30 to 40% more confidence.

[Assistant] Okay, that’s quite a bit, 20 to 30%. Why do you say that, about 30 40%?


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[User]
I think for school one if they go through, sometimes you still don’t understand like what’s your mistakes. The teacher will actually go through quite fast so you won’t actually keep up with the path...like how teacher mark, go through the question.

But for Scribo it’s only focused on your assignment, so when it’s marked, the correction is more clearer example than the school one.

[Assistant]
I see. So it’s at a pace that’s comfortable to you, I mean teacher talks very fast, and...you can’t remember what she says also. But in Scribo it’s there for you all. So thank you very much for that. Now what we will do is...hi Samuel!

Okay so now we all listen to Samuel. We will give Samuel some time to settle in. Samuel later I’ll have one-to-one time with you.

But let me just ask the rest first, so Samantha Serene and Simon, if I were to compare your level of confidence in writing English essays before you started CDAC program with Scribo and now, what has been the change in your confidence level? If there’s any?

Is it a lot of change in confidence, a little bit of change, somewhat changed, or no change at all? Okay so let me repeat, I’m gonna type it. How much more confident are you in English composition?

How much more confident are you now in English composition compared to before your start with Scribo? Maybe Simon you wanna get started to tell me?

[User] I think I got more confidence, maybe 30 to 40% more confidence.

[Assistant] Okay, that’s quite a bit, 20 to 30%. Why do you say that, about 30 40%?

[User] I do not really know but it’s just the mindset I think after the Scribo checks and everything, and I feel it helped me improve a lot. And I think the improving part is one of the factors for me having more confidence.

[Assistant] I see. Okay because there was some improvement, so that’s why you’re more confident. Are you writing more words in your essays now?


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[User] I think I got more confidence, maybe 30 to 40% more confidence.

[Assistant] Okay, that’s quite a bit, 20 to 30%. Why do you say that, about 30 40%?

[User] I do not really know but it’s just the mindset I think after the Scribo checks and everything, and I feel it helped me improve a lot. And I think the improving part is one of the factors for me having more confidence.

[Assistant] I see. Okay because there was some improvement, so that’s why you’re more confident. Are you writing more words in your essays now?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Even in schoolwork you’re writing more?


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[User] I do not really know but it’s just the mindset I think after the Scribo checks and everything, and I feel it helped me improve a lot. And I think the improving part is one of the factors for me having more confidence.

[Assistant] I see. Okay because there was some improvement, so that’s why you’re more confident. Are you writing more words in your essays now?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Even in schoolwork you’re writing more?

[User] Yeah school also.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. That’s for Simon, Serene what about yourself? Are you writing more words in your schoolwork?


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[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] Even in schoolwork you’re writing more?

[User] Yeah school also.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. That’s for Simon, Serene what about yourself? Are you writing more words in your schoolwork?

[User] The confidence I would say a little bit, little bit more. My EL is always not good, my foundation’s not good, then after getting help from Scribo I feel like I improved a little bit. But my sentence structure is still very very broken, so yeah but I still think my confidence boost a little bit.

[Assistant] Okay that’s good. At least it’s not the other way round right, at least you’re not worse off. Samantha what about yourself? More confident, less confident?


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[User] Yeah school also.

[Assistant] Okay that’s great. That’s for Simon, Serene what about yourself? Are you writing more words in your schoolwork?

[User] The confidence I would say a little bit, little bit more. My EL is always not good, my foundation’s not good, then after getting help from Scribo I feel like I improved a little bit. But my sentence structure is still very very broken, so yeah but I still think my confidence boost a little bit.

[Assistant] Okay that’s good. At least it’s not the other way round right, at least you’re not worse off. Samantha what about yourself? More confident, less confident?

[User]
I think I only built a bit of confidence, because some of the mistakes that I used to know I still continue it... Because I’m used to it already, so sometimes maybe for the Scribo I can only improve...

I do improve but for some, like the way that I structure the sentence, sometimes I might forget how to improve it. I will still actually get some of my mistakes that I used to have.

[Assistant]
Like what you’ve said, some grammar mistakes have become a habit so it’s very hard to change. Okay. With the 3 of you, Simon Serene and Samantha, this is my one last question, then you go to the main room while I have a one- to-one cozy chat with Samuel. Because I don’t want y’all to hear the questions all over again.

Can y’all describe to me how you go about doing your essay nowadays? What is your habit now when let’s say I ask y’all to write an essay? How do y’all go about doing it? Maybe Simon you start off?


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[User] The confidence I would say a little bit, little bit more. My EL is always not good, my foundation’s not good, then after getting help from Scribo I feel like I improved a little bit. But my sentence structure is still very very broken, so yeah but I still think my confidence boost a little bit.

[Assistant] Okay that’s good. At least it’s not the other way round right, at least you’re not worse off. Samantha what about yourself? More confident, less confident?

[User]
I think I only built a bit of confidence, because some of the mistakes that I used to know I still continue it... Because I’m used to it already, so sometimes maybe for the Scribo I can only improve...

I do improve but for some, like the way that I structure the sentence, sometimes I might forget how to improve it. I will still actually get some of my mistakes that I used to have.

[Assistant]
Like what you’ve said, some grammar mistakes have become a habit so it’s very hard to change. Okay. With the 3 of you, Simon Serene and Samantha, this is my one last question, then you go to the main room while I have a one- to-one cozy chat with Samuel. Because I don’t want y’all to hear the questions all over again.

Can y’all describe to me how you go about doing your essay nowadays? What is your habit now when let’s say I ask y’all to write an essay? How do y’all go about doing it? Maybe Simon you start off?

[User]
I think recalling from my recent WA2, usually for the essay I try to focus on 1 topic instead of focusing on 2 to 3 topics when they say you can choose more than one topic.

Then if I’m feeling confident like I can do another topic- but usually I don’t do 3, I do 2. Then after that I will write out the topics that I have chosen.

[Assistant] Okay, alright so when you write out, is there anything that you have learnt from Ms O’s class that you try to apply?


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[User]
I think I only built a bit of confidence, because some of the mistakes that I used to know I still continue it... Because I’m used to it already, so sometimes maybe for the Scribo I can only improve...

I do improve but for some, like the way that I structure the sentence, sometimes I might forget how to improve it. I will still actually get some of my mistakes that I used to have.

[Assistant]
Like what you’ve said, some grammar mistakes have become a habit so it’s very hard to change. Okay. With the 3 of you, Simon Serene and Samantha, this is my one last question, then you go to the main room while I have a one- to-one cozy chat with Samuel. Because I don’t want y’all to hear the questions all over again.

Can y’all describe to me how you go about doing your essay nowadays? What is your habit now when let’s say I ask y’all to write an essay? How do y’all go about doing it? Maybe Simon you start off?

[User]
I think recalling from my recent WA2, usually for the essay I try to focus on 1 topic instead of focusing on 2 to 3 topics when they say you can choose more than one topic.

Then if I’m feeling confident like I can do another topic- but usually I don’t do 3, I do 2. Then after that I will write out the topics that I have chosen.

[Assistant] Okay, alright so when you write out, is there anything that you have learnt from Ms O’s class that you try to apply?

[User] First it’s like don’t repeat the same words over and over again, then use stronger words and try not to make long sentences, and instead try and break them up into smaller sentences.

[Assistant] Ah okay so shorter sentences. Do you have a habit of checking through your grammar after you’ve finished?


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[User]
I think recalling from my recent WA2, usually for the essay I try to focus on 1 topic instead of focusing on 2 to 3 topics when they say you can choose more than one topic.

Then if I’m feeling confident like I can do another topic- but usually I don’t do 3, I do 2. Then after that I will write out the topics that I have chosen.

[Assistant] Okay, alright so when you write out, is there anything that you have learnt from Ms O’s class that you try to apply?

[User] First it’s like don’t repeat the same words over and over again, then use stronger words and try not to make long sentences, and instead try and break them up into smaller sentences.

[Assistant] Ah okay so shorter sentences. Do you have a habit of checking through your grammar after you’ve finished?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Previous to using Scribo and all that did you used to do that?


[System] Act as an information elicitation agent for academic interviews.

[User] First it’s like don’t repeat the same words over and over again, then use stronger words and try not to make long sentences, and instead try and break them up into smaller sentences.

[Assistant] Ah okay so shorter sentences. Do you have a habit of checking through your grammar after you’ve finished?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Previous to using Scribo and all that did you used to do that?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] You did as well, even previous? Ok so now you do check. Let’s hear from the ladies as well, so Serene what is your habit in writing of essays nowadays?


[System] Act as an information elicitation agent for academic interviews.

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] You do? Previous to using Scribo and all that did you used to do that?

[User] Yeah.

[Assistant] You did as well, even previous? Ok so now you do check. Let’s hear from the ladies as well, so Serene what is your habit in writing of essays nowadays?

[User] I’m not sure I haven’t really been writing essays. But habit is just...I just had the WA2 ? writing can I talk about that?

[Assistant] Yeah that will be great.