Interview Consent Form
Dear Participants,
I am a PhD candidate with the Department of Foreign Language Education at Eastern Mediterranean
University. I am conducting this research as a fulfilment for my PhD requirement. I am currently
carrying out a study titled “An Exploration of University Students’ Attitudes and
Motivation towards Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in a Multilingual
and Multicultural Context.” I kindly invite you for an interview of about 20 minutes. I do not
anticipate that there are any risks associated with your participation, but you have the right to
stop the interview or withdraw from the research at any time. This consent form is necessary
for us to ensure that you understand the purpose of your involvement and that you agree to
the conditions of your participation. Please read the information and then sign this form to
certify that you approve the interview will be recorded and a transcript will be produced.
Access to the interview transcript will be limited to me and my supervisor with whom we
collaborate as part of the research process. Furthermore, any summary interview content, or
direct quotations from the interview, which are made available through academic publication
or other academic outlets will be anonymized so that you cannot be identified, and care will
be taken to ensure that other information in the interview that could identify yourself is not
revealed. Finally, the actual recording will be kept.
It will not in any way affect your academic grade in whatever manner, it is only for the
fulfilment of the course requirements. Your participation is equally voluntary please. You are
not compelled in any manner. Therefore, you are free to withdraw from the study at any time.
Please feel free to contact my PhD thesis supervisor or me.
Thank you very much in advance for your participation and contribution.
John Peter WAPPA
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ilkay GILANLIOGLU
Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Thesis Supervisor
Department of English Language Teaching
Department of English Language Teaching
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education
Eastern Mediterranean University
Eastern Mediterranean University
E-mail: wappajp@gmail.com
E-mail: ilkay.gilanlioglu@emu.edu.tr
05338861368
CONSENT FORM
I, the undersigned, declare that I voluntarily agreed to sign this consent form as an agreement
to participate in this interview and I can stop the interview at any time. I do not expect to
receive any benefit or payment for my participation in the project. I agree to participate in
this research study on a voluntary basis.
Name and Surname (Optional): ______________________________________________________
Student No (Optional): _____________________________________________________________
Signature: ________________________________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________________________________
Semi-structured Interview
1. How do you feel about learning English?
2. How much time do you spend on learning and improving your English daily?
3. Why are you learning English? Do you have a particular objective?
4. Does anyone in your family and friends motivate you to learn English?
5. What are the advantages of learning English in your opinion?
6. If you do not learn English, what will be its impact on your career and life?
7. What are your views about the people and culture of English speaking countries?
8. What is the importance of English in today’s world?
9. In your opinion, how confident are you when you speak English in front of other people?
10. Do you like the media in English (e.g., magazines, newspapers, radio and television, the
Internet)?
11. Do you think that the knowledge of English language is necessary for your country to
benefit from the scientific developments in the world?
12. Do you think that English-speaking countries are advanced and developed nations?
Why/why not?
13. Do you think it is important for you to know English for your future career? Why/why
not?
14. Do you feel like a different person sometimes when you use English? What languages do
you feel comfortable using and what identities can they reveal (culture, ethnicity, religion,
nationality, shame of mother tongue interference, can you communicate very well in your
language?). Do you consider yourself as multilingual/bilingual & multicultural?