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00 I Yeah, er Why did you take up er English and maths as your AS?
07 S Mmm ... erm ... I guess why I chose English is because it I erm ... I mean, why I chose English when I came into NIE
15 is because I think I will, it, I think being a teacher I need to be able to speak well, write well in English,
24 so as to communicate with my students, so that's why I chose English as ... the first AS, yah, to do in NIE,
33 then for maths, I guess I did A-Level maths so ... erm it'll be easier for me to do maths, yah,
43 at NIE, as compared to taking up geography or history or literature which I had little, erm ...
50 knowledge of ... yah, so I chose maths and ... maths basically is about doing tutorials, and erm
58 it's a very systematic way in in doing the modules ... yah, so ... I'm comfortable with the, with the method lah ...
66 the way of erm ... yah ... so that's why I chose these two ... modules ... yup ... these two AS ... mmm ...
79 yah, then later on, I decided to choose English as the one to major rather than maths ... it's because ...
87 I feel that English, again I feel that English is more ... useful ... in daily life, so erm ... that's why I chose English
97 and not maths, because maths is getting more and more abstract ... yah, and erm ... if I'm going to teach
103 in a primary school I feel that maybe English would be more appropriate ... to ... major in than maths ... yah ...
111 then another thing is ... that choosing English as ... my major, I'll have fewer modules to do ... yah
118 er, yah ... that's why ... erm ... yah, that's another reason ah ... mmm ... then ...
127 I So is there any possibility that they're going to post you in secondary schools?
131 S Mmm ... so far ... I mean everyone have beens talk- have beens ... talking about it, whether you'll be posted to
139 secondary school or JC ... well I guess ... there could be ... erm ... yah, it it may, I may be posted
148 to secondary school, but erm ... see how, I guess, if I decided to teach in a primary school I may, I may erm ...
156 go and approach a school, a few schools ... to talk to the principal and see whether I could teach
161 in that school or not ... yah, so as to get a place ... for myself lah in primary school, rather than secondary school ...
168 because I guess I'm still a bit wary about teaching English in secondary school, yah ... maybe teaching maths is ...
177 OK ... for secondary school maths ... yah, but English ... I'm still not confident in ... in yah in teaching English,
188 I mean, not confident in teaching English in primary s- er in secondary school ... mmm.
193 I So will you request to go back to Princess E?
197 S Erm ... mmm going back to Princess Elizabeth ... that's the primary school I'm posted to, right ... er ...
204 I don't know ... seriously, I I guess I don't know, now ... at the moment, I feel that I won't want, I
211 likelihood I would not request ... to go back ... er the other time I didn't request,
216 after my degree programme I didn't actually request to any primary school but I was posted to Princess E ...
222 erm after that ... so um, this time round, I guess I likelihood I would not request back again ...
230 because there may be change of plans, I may be um ... I may be getting married (ha ha),
237 so likelihood I may not, I may not be staying in the west ... yah, so by requesting back, it's like erm,
244 you have to stay at the school for five years, I guess ... and I don't think it's very nice to erm,
250 after, I mean, after teaching there for a year and you request for a change ... yah ... so I guess
256 I'll rather not request back there ... mmm though I do, will miss the teachers there lah, I mean ...
262 most of the teachers there are very helpful and nice ... nice people ... mmm ... yah.
267 I When you mentioned that, if the need arise, you will request for a primary school ...
271 so which school are you interested?
273 S So far I have not erm ... really l- think about it ... but I guess I will, when times come maybe in January
280 I will talk to a few of my friends who were already posted out ... teaching in schools ...
286 then er, in the north side, likelihood, I will erm ask them about how, how are their schools ah ...
291 then erm, maybe if I really want to I will go down and ... see them and talk to the principal, yup.