Questions I am asking my former ESL highschool friend who is now attending college:

1. What methods helped you the most in preparing you for college writing?

        a. What methods did not help you feel prepared for college writing?

2. Were your highschool teachers bilingual?

3. Did you take any extra classes or participate in any programs which helped you learn English? (What were they?)

        a. How about to improve your writing?

        b. How about to prepare for college?

4. What were your difficulties in college?

        a. What is easy for you in college?

        b. What were your difficulties in highschool?

        c. What was easy for you in highschool?

5. What areas do you need more help with now that you are in college?

        a.  How about when you were in highschool?

6. Did your parents encourage/help you go to college? How?

7. If you were to switch places with your highschool teachers what aspect of their teaching would you change?

8. How comfortable did you feel taking NECAP?

9. Are your professors and/or highschool teachers easy to approach for help?

10. What are your resources in college to help you with your writing and/or language comprehension?

11. Did you feel as if your highschool teachers were culturally rounded?

12. At what age/grade did you come to America?

13.  What were your reasons in migrating here?

These are just some questions to get the conversation flowing. If more questions pop up in my head I will ask them.  I just did not want to draw a blank at the interview and make sure I was prepared.