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Child Language Brokering in Linguistically Diverse Schools

Thank you very much for your interest in my doctoral research project!

With this survey, I intend to find out about how you communicate with parents who are not proficient in English. I am particularly interested in the use of pupils as ‘Child Language Brokers’ (i.e. children who translate and interpret for others) in parent-school communication.

This survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Thank you very much!

Sophie Munte

Consent to the online survey “Parent-School Communication in Linguistically Diverse Schools”

As a Sydney-based teacher you are invited to participate in the research project “Parent-School Communication in Linguistically Diverse Schools”. The online survey takes about 15 minutes to complete. Its aim is to gather insights on how you communicate with parents who are not proficient in English. The questions focus on occasions when you have had a student translate for their parents in school.

The survey is anonymous and no personal information will be retained with your survey responses.

Any information or personal details gathered in the course of the study are confidential, except as required by law. No individual will be identified in any publication of the results.

Participation in this study is entirely voluntary: you are not obliged to participate and if you decide to participate, you are free to withdraw at any time during the survey without having to give a reason and without consequence

Research data will be stored on servers provided by the University of Hamburg (Germany). The research project is part of a joint PhD project between Macquarie University and the University of Hamburg.

The ethical aspects of this study have been approved by the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee. If you have any complaints or reservations about any ethical aspect of your participation in this research, you may contact the Committee through the Director, Research Ethics & Integrity (telephone (02) 9850 7854; email ethics@mq.edu.au). Any complaint you make will be treated in confidence and investigated, and you will be informed of the outcome.

Please raise questions and concerns with Sophie Munte, PhD candidate sophie.munte@hdr.mq.edu.au

By clicking on 'yes' you are agreeing that you have read and understood the above information and agree to participate in the research. If you do not complete the survey, you will be understood to have withdrawn your consent, and your answers will not be used in the research.

HREC Project Number:	19595
Research Project Title:	Parent-School Communication in Linguistically Diverse Schools
Chief Investigator:	Professor Ingrid Piller Distinguished Professor of Applied Linguistics, Macquarie University
PhD Candidate	Sophie Munte Macquarie University, University of Hamburg

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