Dear parents,


I'm Tang Xin Ning, a student from NTU majoring in Linguistics & Multilingual Studies, and currently I'm doing a research study investigating how the school a student is from may influence his/her language.

As such, I need 3 Secondary 3 students from Maris Stella High School to participate in this study. I am here to appeal to parents of current Maris Stella Sec 3 boys, to consent to your child's participation in my study.

The procedure is really simple and would only take 10 minutes: the participant will first be asked to read a short story aloud, after which he will be asked to give directions in a particular scenario. He will be audio-recorded in both tasks. Following which, he will be asked to fill in a short survey with his personal particulars, as well as details of his language use. Each participant will remain anonymous and all data collected will remain confidential. The recording will be done in a quiet environment. Should you agree to let your child participate, I would gladly accommodate his/your schedule and meet him at any convenient location (or just outside MSHS) and timing to record him. I understand that it's Term 4 and students would be very busy right now, so I will try to minimize any disruption to their schedule.

Would any kind parents be willing to let your child participate, pretty please? I would really x 10000 appreciate your help in this, as this project is for my thesis.

Please? If you're interested, please drop me a private message asap! And if you have any concerns or queries about me, the research study, or anything, before you consider consenting, I'd be very happy to answer them.

And to everyone: Thank you so much for reading through this! I sincerely apologize for the long post.

Dear parents,


I'm Tang Xin Ning, an old girl from RGS (batch of '06), and a student from NTU majoring in Linguistics & Multilingual Studies. Currently, I'm doing a research study investigating how the school a student is from may influence his/her language.

As such, I need 3 Secondary 3 students, and 3 Secondary 4 students from RGS to participate in this study. I am here to appeal to parents of current RGS Sec 3 and 4 girls, to consent to your child's participation in my study.

The procedure is really simple and would only take 10 minutes: the participant will first be asked to read a short story aloud, after which she will be asked to give directions in a particular scenario. She will be audio-recorded in both tasks. Following which, she will be asked to fill in a short survey with her personal particulars, as well as details of his/her language use. Each participant will remain anonymous and all data collected will remain confidential. The recording will be done in a quiet environment. Should you agree to let your child participate, I would gladly accommodate her/your schedule and meet her at any convenient location (or just outside RGS) and timing to record her. I understand that it's Term 4 and students would be very busy right now, so I will try to minimize any disruption to their schedule.

Would any kind parents be willing to let your child participate, pretty please? I would really x 10000 appreciate your help in this, as this project is for my thesis.

Please? If you're interested, please drop me a private message asap! And if you have any concerns or queries about me, the research study, or anything, before you consider consenting, I'd be very happy to answer them.

And to everyone: Thank you so much for reading through this! I sincerely apologize for the long post.

P.S. If it helps, since I'm a relatively recent graduate of RGS and RI (JC) I can also try to help and answer any questions regarding the school, if anyone needs a student's perspective?

Dear parents,


I'm Tang Xin Ning, a student from NTU majoring in Linguistics & Multilingual Studies, and currently I'm doing a research study investigating how the school a student is from may influence his/her language.

As such, I need 3 Year 3 students, and 3 Year 4 students from RI to participate in this study. I am here to appeal to parents of current RI Year 3 and 4 boys, to consent to your child's participation in my study.

The procedure is really simple and would only take 10 minutes: the participant will first be asked to read a short story aloud, after which he will be asked to give directions in a particular scenario. He will be audio-recorded in both tasks. Following which, he will be asked to fill in a short survey with his personal particulars, as well as details of his language use. Each participant will remain anonymous and all data collected will remain confidential. The recording will be done in a quiet environment. Should you agree to let your child participate, I would gladly accommodate his/your schedule and meet him at any convenient location (or just outside RI) and timing to record him. I understand that it's Term 4 and students would be very busy right now, so I will try to minimize any disruption to their schedule.

Would any kind parents be willing to let your child participate, pretty please? I would really x 10000 appreciate your help in this, as this project is for my thesis.

Please? If you're interested, please drop me a private message asap! And if you have any concerns or queries about me, the research study, or anything, before you consider consenting, I'd be very happy to answer them.

And to everyone: Thank you so much for reading through this! I sincerely apologize for the long post.

P.S. If it helps, I'm a recent graduate of RGS and RI (JC) so I can also try to help and answer any questions regarding the school, if anyone needs a student's perspective?

Dear parents,


I'm Tang Xin Ning, a student from NTU majoring in Linguistics & Multilingual Studies, and currently I'm doing a research study investigating how the school a student is from may influence his/her language.

As such, I need 3 Secondary 3 students, and 3 Secondary 4 students from CGS to participate in this study. I am here to appeal to parents of current CGS Sec 3 and 4 girls, to consent to your child's participation in my study.

The procedure is really simple and would only take 10 minutes: the participant will first be asked to read a short story aloud, after which she will be asked to give directions in a particular scenario. She will be audio-recorded in both tasks. Following which, she will be asked to fill in a short survey with her personal particulars, as well as details of his/her language use. Each participant will remain anonymous and all data collected will remain confidential. The recording will be done in a quiet environment. Should you agree to let your child participate, I would gladly accommodate her/your schedule and meet her at any convenient location (or just outside CGS) and timing to record her. I understand that it's Term 4 and students would be very busy right now, so I will try to minimize any disruption to their schedule.

Would any kind parents be willing to let your child participate, pretty please? I would really x 10000 appreciate your help in this, as this project is for my thesis.

Please? If you're interested, please drop me a private message asap! And if you have any concerns or queries about me, the research study, or anything, before you consider consenting, I'd be very happy to answer them.

And to everyone: Thank you so much for reading through this! I sincerely apologize for the long post.