You are about to become a participant in the project “English proficiency and approaches to teaching when English is the medium of instruction”. In numerous higher education contexts around the world, the practice of using English to teach academic subjects (so-called English-medium instruction/EMI) has quickly grown in scope and prominence. Despite its popularity, the consequences of EMI with respect to education impact are poorly understood.
EMI teachers’ ability to engage with students in English is arguably a key factor in this regard, since intelligible interaction in English is likely to be a central condition for effective learning in EMI. This project studies the relationship between the teaching approaches of teachers working in EMI and aspects of their English proficiency.
We request your consent to us processing your personal data under the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The project collects personal data in the form of English proficiency test scores and responses to an online questionnaire. The data will be kept solely accessible to the research team and will be anonymized in the process of analysis and any future reports.
Your consent to the processing of personal data is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any point by contacting the primary investigator Hans Malmström or +46 70 910 86 29.
In this project, informed consent is obtained electronically. By completing and submitting the online questionnaire, you confirm your consent for Chalmers University of Technology to register and process your personal data (test scores and questionnaire responses) in the abovementioned research project, with the following conditions:
- You give consent to your personal data being used in an anonymized form in a scientific publication.
- You give consent to your personal data being used in an anonymized form in a scientific presentation.
- You give consent to your personal data being stored in a GDPR-complying repository after the end of this project.