Table 2 Open coding and categorisation of transcription data according to interview topic
Interview topic | Raw transcript data | Open code generated | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
Placement experience | “I think they’ve taught me a lot about the way I communicate” | IS teach me about the way I communicate | IS inform my teaching and practice |
“Trying to unpack what it was that I was doing differently, or what it was that I was doing, which was quite interesting for me to think about as well” | Interesting for me to think about unpacking what I was doing | ||
Competency development | “Communication was difficult because of their English as a second language issues. So I guess it was specific to them being international” | Communication issues related to ESL were specific to IS | English language competency |
“For me it’s about the quality of the English spoken” | Challenges re quality of the English language spoken |