Being requested to complete a survey
I've got a message from a person who claims himself to be a student studying applied linguistic in Oxford. He wants to understand the difficulty in English pronunciation for non-native English speakers. What he needs me to do is to complete a 10 minutes survey and then listen to a mp3 file to see how well I can understand the contents. At first I thought this could be a swindle or fraud or something like that. Forgive me for being suspicious, but this world is really not so safe. But then it occurred to me that in abroad it seems very common that people like students or professors conduct surveys to get information. This person also leaves his contact information in the very formally written message. I'm curious. So, I opened the link and completed the survey. I will wait and see what comes next. I am not sure how to confirm this person's identity. Hope what he says is true.
Search from various English teachers...
Corrections · 4
0
A request to complete a survey
I've got a message from a person who claims himself to be a student studying applied linguistics in Oxford. He wants to understand the difficulty in English pronunciation for non-native English speakers. What he needs me to do is to complete a 10 minute survey and then listen to an mp3 file to see how well I can understand the content. At first I thought this could be a swindle or fraud or something like that. Forgive me for being suspicious, but this world is really not so safe. But then it occurred to me that abroad it seems very common that people like students or professors conduct surveys to get information. This person also leaves his contact information in the very formally written message. I'm curious. So, I opened the link and completed the survey. I will wait and see what comes next. I am not sure how to confirm this person's identity. Hope what he says is true.Very well written! I think the survey is genuine. There are many researchers out there.
0
Thanks very much Norman for your suggestion. It is wise to be prudent about something that may have a risk. The said person contacted me via ITALKI. The e-mail address after @mark is education.ox.ac.uk. I googled the education department of Oxford and it seems that the e-mail address is trust-worthy. But anyway I plan to consult the department for the person's identity.
0
I never just click on links I am not 100% sure of.
Maybe it is prudent to contact the student first and ask how they got your details in the first place.
Also look at the email address it is sent from, and the standard of English in the email.
Want to progress faster?
Join this learning community and try out free exercises!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!
Start Learning Today
