Interview practice: check, code and export

Four steps

1. 1

   Compare the texts

   Open the reference and draft in a text editor on your computer. Find an incorrect frequency and a sentence whose meaning has been reversed. Use the reference to check both errors. You do not need an account for this step.

   Check your corrections

   The study group meets twice a week, not three times. The student cannot always change their shift at work at short notice; the draft incorrectly says they always can.

2. 2

   Correct and save locally

   Correct both errors in the draft and save the corrected text as a TXT file. Rename the heading to “Corrected fictional practice text” and remove the statement that it contains two deliberate errors. Keep the note that the material is fictional. Do this before importing: a project text source is not edited like an audio transcript.

   Sign up with your university email

   You can download and correct the files without an account. Importing, coding and exporting require an account. Seven free audio hours per month become available after confirming an eligible university email address in one of 13 European countries. The page language does not determine eligibility. This text exercise uses no audio hours.

3. 3

   Import and code manually

   Sign in and choose + New project. Fill in Name and choose Create project. Open Documents → + Add files and add your corrected TXT file. Open the file, choose Codes → Add code and create the example code below. Close the Codes drawer, select the whole answer about planning and choose your code from the Apply code menu. Explain your choice in one sentence.

   Example code

   Planning study time: select the whole answer about knowing room availability two days before the meeting and not always being able to change a work shift. Explain how those two constraints affect planning. Other well-supported codes are possible.

   Does your code describe the quotation, or add an assumption? One fictional interview does not establish a pattern among students.

4. 4

   Download and check Word

   Choose Download on the text source. Under Format, choose Word (.docx), turn on Include codes and choose Download. Open the file and check the quotation, code and note that the material is fictional.