Understanding the Importance of English Education in South Korea and Exploring the Reasons Why South Korean Students Come to a University in the Midwest

Appendix A 
 
Emails (3) Sent to UNK Korean Students 
 
 
 
 
 

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Subject: First Invitation to Participate in the Study’s Interview Process 
 
Dear UNK Korean students, 
 
Greetings!  I hope you had a productive spring semester and are enjoying some well-
deserved relaxation time during this summer.   
 
I am writing to ask if you would agree to be interviewed by me for a research project 
entitled “Understanding the Importance of English Education in South Korea and 
Exploring the Reasons Why South Korean Students Come to a University in the 
Midwest.”  I am hoping to collect information from you to discover the perceptions about 
South Korean students who study at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK).  Your 
participation will help me find the reasons why South Korean students choose to come to 
UNK and what kinds of challenges Korean students encounter both before they come to 
UNK and after they come to UNK.  
 
I will only recruit 30 participants for this study.  In other words, not everyone who 
volunteers to participate will be included in this research.  The interview will last about 
one or two hours. Our discussion will be recorded on an iPad to help me accurately 
capture your insights in your own words.  All records will be kept confidential in my 
secure possession.  In addition, no individual responses will be shared with other parties.    
 
If you agree to participate, please send an email to me using the following address: 
[e-mail]
.  After I receive your email responses, I will respond to your email and 
send an invitation for the study’s interview process via email.  
 
If you have any questions regarding this interview and study, please feel free to contact 
me.  You can reach me at 308-865-8141 or 308-224-6575.  
 
I appreciate your participation and the time you have given me. 
 
Sincerely,  
Jaekeun Cho 
Graduate Student  
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln  
 
 
 

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Subject: Second Invitation to Participate in the Study’s Interview Process 
 
 
Dear UNK Korean Students, 
 
Greetings! I really appreciate that you are interested in being a participant in this study by 
responding to my first email.  Your support will help me develop this research study 
significantly.   
 
Based upon the criteria of recruiting 30 samples for this study, I would like to let you 
know that you were selected as a participant for this study.   
 
The next step you need to take is to contact me about the date, time, and place (Welch 
Hall or Calvin T. Ryan Library) when you are available for an interview.  If you would 
like another location other than the options listed above, feel free to notify me.  We will 
definitely find more suitable location for the interview.   
 
I appreciate your participation and the time you have given me. 
 
Sincerely,  
Jaekeun Cho 
Graduate Student  
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Subject: Third Invitation to Participate in the Study’s Interview Process 
 
 
Dear UNK Korean Students, 
 
 
Greetings! I really appreciate that you informed me about the date, time, and place for 
our interview.  
 
Next, please open the attached file, the informed consent form.  
 
The informed consent form includes the following information: title, purpose of the study, 
procedures, benefits, risks and/or discomforts, confidentiality, and so forth.  Please read 
this document and be ready to sign the form when we first meet for the interview.  
 
If you have any questions regarding this interview and study, please feel free to contact 
me.  You can reach me at 308-865-8141 or 308-224-6575.  
 
I appreciate your participation and the time you have given me. 
 
 
Sincerely,  
 
 
Jaekeun Cho 
Graduate Student  
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln 
 
 
 

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