Saram Martin, Executive Liaison Officer, CDC Srey Chan, Director of Persons with Disability Rights Unit, Disability Action Council Secretariat Other donors: Rapson, New Zealand Embassy Bangkok Ms Sirikarn Thammawijit, Development Programme Administrator, New Zealand Embassy Bangkok Jay R. Raman, Public Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Socheat Ou, Public Affair Specialist, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Po Eng, Information Resource Specialist, Public Affairs Section, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Australia Awards Scholarship Awardees: Intensive Pre-Departure Training participants Australia Awards Scholarships Alumnus ANNEX 5: Focus Group Discussion Plans Focus Group Discussion 1 Questions Audience: Pre-departure students in Intensive program (12 months). Students have almost completed the course and will undertake their IELTS test at the end of August. They are scheduled to depart for Australia in Jan 2016. Introduction Purpose of the and focus group. Their confidentiality will be respected, with no names recorded of focus group participants. Question area one (Eval Qu 1.2) Based on your understanding of what study and life will be like in Australia how well do you think the pre-departure training program has prepared you for this: To adjust to a new academic environment Social and cultural adjustment English language ability Probe with questions about what they think will be the hardest part of adjusting to study and life in Australia? Are they ready? Question area two (Eval Qu 2.1) Do you think the length and content of the training was appropriate? components of the PDT do you think could be increased/ decreased?
Saram Martin, Executive Liaison Officer, CDC Srey Chan, Director of Persons with Disability Rights Unit, Disability Action Council Secretariat Other donors: Rapson, New Zealand Embassy Bangkok Ms Sirikarn Thammawijit, Development Programme Administrator, New Zealand Embassy Bangkok Jay R. Raman, Public Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Socheat Ou, Public Affair Specialist, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Po Eng, Information Resource Specialist, Public Affairs Section, Embassy of the United States of America, Phnom Penh Australia Awards Scholarship Awardees: Intensive Pre-Departure Training participants Australia Awards Scholarships Alumnus ANNEX 5: Focus Group Discussion Plans Focus Group Discussion 1 Questions Audience: Pre-departure students in Intensive program (12 months). Students have almost completed the course and will undertake their IELTS test at the end of August. They are scheduled to depart for Australia in Jan 2016. Introduction Purpose of the and focus group. Their confidentiality will be respected, with no names recorded of focus group participants. Question area one (Eval Qu 1.2) Based on your understanding of what study and life will be like in Australia how well do you think the pre-departure training program has prepared you for this: To adjust to a new academic environment Social and cultural adjustment English language ability Probe with questions about what they think will be the hardest part of adjusting to study and life in Australia? Are they ready? Question area two (Eval Qu 2.1) Do you think the length and content of the training was appropriate? components of the PDT do you think could be increased/ decreased?
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