ภาควิชาภาษาต่างประเทศ Dept.

of Foreign Languages,
คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล Faculty of Science, Mahidol University,
ถนนพระราม 6 เขตราชเทวี กรุงเทพฯ 10400 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

June 21, 2004

Dear Staff Member,

I am conducting a Master degree’s thesis in Applied Linguistics that explores teaching

behaviors of native and non-native EFL teachers in a Thai university context. My aim is to
gather data that clarify what is going on in classrooms and how EFL university teachers
perceive their teaching, and how their perceptions affect their teaching behaviors.

In doing so, I need various pieces of information in order to clarify teaching behaviors. To
collect this information, I will use triangulation method for ensuring research validity. The
three data collection tools are individual interviews, classroom observations, and focus group
interviews. The individual interviews will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes depending on
the answers and the data for interviews is needed to be filled out below. For classroom
observstions, the researcher will observe teachers in their classrooms with the permission
from the teachers. The last tool is focus group interviews. This discussions will take
approximately 45 minutes to one hour depending on the informants, and the date for
discussions will be asked later.

If you are willing to participate in this study, please complete the form attached and put it in
your mailbox at the Department of Foreign Languages at your earliest conveneince. It is
important to note that participation in this study is completely voluntary and anonymous, and
the participants are free to withdraw from the study at anytime.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study, please feel free to contact me at
(05) 1324688 or at darikabh@lycos.com.

Thanking you in advance for your contribution to this research. I am looking forward to
meeting you throughout the process of data collection.

Yours faithfully,

Darika Bhakdikul Chantarath Hongboontri, Ph D.

M.A. Student Thesis Advisor
ภาควิชาภาษาต่างประเทศ Dept. of Foreign Languages,
คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล Faculty of Science, Mahidol University,
ถนนพระราม 6 เขตราชเทวี กรุงเทพฯ 10400 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

Please complete this form and return in your mailbox at the Department of Foreign
Languages at your earliest convenience.

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Please put a tick (/) to choose the research methods you consent to be a participant in the
study of teaching behaviors.

---- I would like to participate in the individual interview on ___ August or

___ September, 2004.

---- I would like to participate in the classroom observations on ___ August

and/or ___ September, 2004.

---- I would like to participante in the focus group interview on ___ September
or ___ October, 2004.

__________________________
(Signature)

__________________________
(Printed name)

__________________________________________________
(E-mail or telephone number for contact)
ภาควิชาภาษาต่างประเทศ Dept. of Foreign Languages,
คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล Faculty of Science, Mahidol University,
ถนนพระราม 6 เขตราชเทวี กรุงเทพฯ 10400 Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

I am conducting a Master degree’s thesis in Applied Linguistics that explores teaching

behaviors of native and non-native EFL teachers in a Thai university context. My aim is to
gather data that clarify what is going on in classrooms and how EFL university (both native
and non-native English speaking) teachers perceive their teaching, and how their perceptions
affect their teaching behaviors.

In doing so, I need various pieces of information in order to clarify teaching behaviors. To
collect this information, I will use triangulation method for ensuring research validity. The
three data collection tools are individual interviews, classroom observations, and focus group
interviews. The individual interviews will provide the participants with opportunities to
express their perceptions of teaching. This method will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
Then the classroom observations will help the researcher document what really happens in
the classrooms, including teaching behaviors of the teachers in their classrooms. For focus
group interviews, the participant can discuss and share ideas with other teachers in different
topics in relation to issues under an investigation. Each discussion will take approximately 45
minutes to one hour.

It is important to note that participation in this study is completely voluntary and anonymous,
and the participants are free to withdraw from the study at anytime. Moreover, their
participation will not interfere with the teachers’ teaching hours.

To conduct a study in this institute, I am writing to request for your permission. Your
contribution is valuable and highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Darika Bhakdikul Chantarath Hongboontri, Ph D.

M.A. Student Thesis Advisor