JA07 - Informant Data

Interviewer: K         
Informant: MO (Japanese L1, English L2)

1          K:         hachi gatsu san juu nichi pikuchaa tasuku ja nakatta … jei ei zero sebum hai hajimemasu .. thank you for helping me with my research . first I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself . feel free if you'd like to ask me any question about myself at any time and after that we are going to looked at look at same pictures . and ask each other some questions . is it ok?

2          MO:     um

3          K:         uh huh first . ok . so . when did you come to Australia?

4          MO:     ah this April

5          K:         this April . ok  april 2008?

6          MO:     yeah

7          K:         ok . and how old were you when you arrived at Australia?

8          MO:     ah thirty one XX

9          K:         thirty one years old ok thank you . and you speak English every day?

10        MO:     yee um most of every day . yeah

11        K:         ok . when did you learn English?

12        MO:     at school . univers um not university junior high and high school

13        K:         high school and junior high school

14        MO:     um

15        K:         ok so how long did you learn English . in total?

16        MO:     yes eight to ten years

17        K:         eight to ten years

18        MO:     um

19        K:         ok . and do you speak English at at home?

20        MO:     no . nothing

21        K:         nothing? (not now) . which language do you speak at home?

22        MO:     Japanese

23        K:         Japanese Japanese only?

24        MO:     yeah

25        K:         ok . and currently . what are you doing?

26        MO:     I'm working

27        K:         working . what do you which kind of job are you doing?

28        MO:     aah system engineer

29        K:         wow great . oh and you live in uh live with your . wife

30        MO:     huh

31        K:         who cooks every day?

32        MO:     she . my wife cooks every day

33        K:         what does he does she cook?

34        MO:     aah now she is learning ah some dish from other country . um so . like

35        K:         uh huh for example . give me some examples?

36        MO:     like uh Thai food and Korean food (and) others

37        K:         ok how do you describe you know her cooking? is she a good cook?

38        MO:     I think so

39        K:         you think so? . good . lucky you . and in Japan . when you were in Japan what did you do?

40        MO:     uh same things

41        K:         same thing?

42        MO:     work as engineer . yeah

43        K:         oh all right and so what did you study at university?

44        MO:     uh computer studies

45        K:         computer studies . and you like travel?

46        MO:     no

47        K:         no? XX

48        MO:     sometimes um

49        K:         what's your hobby?

50        MO:     hobbies? . ah playing sports

51        K:         playing sports . which kind of sports do you play?

52        MO:     ah any sports

53        K:         any sports

54        MO:     any sports . I especially baseball

55        K:         baseball

56        MO:     baseball . yeah

57        K:         oh did you watch you know uh Bejing Olympic games?

58        MO:     ah no ah we can't see as a because I'm in Australias . ah . I could watch on the TV .  so that just I looked at internet and then I gets the information but only that

59        K:         oh ok

60        MO:     um

61        K:         and by the way . do you have any brothers and sisters?

62        MO:     yes I have one younger brother

63        K:         one younger bro . what does he do?

64        MO:     ah . um . working . ah the ah .  like to sell the house

65        K:         wow to sell the house

66        MO:     um

67        K:         good . good job . ok . by the way in your you know office in the office how many you know Japanese peoples . in your office?

68        MO:     ah there is three

69        K:         three

70        MO:     ah three ah four include me

71        K:         four people . how about Australian you know staff

72        MO:     ah staff?  staff means co-workers?

73        K:         yes

74        MO:     yeah

75        K:         your colleagues

76        MO:     ah colleagues are . there is few Australian . colleagues and most of ah others come from the other countries

77        K:         (Asian) ountries

78        MO:     I think there's two Australian

79        K:         two Australian

80        MO:     yeah

81        K:         good . and the there's lots nice you know items here goods in this room

82        MO:     um

83        K:         and I can see you know some nice you know tapestry over there . yeah. the tapestry . is that yours?

84        MO:     um that's us yeah

85        K:         yours

86        MO:     yeah we bought it . Peru

87        K:         Peru?

88        MO:     um

89        K:         did you go to Peru?

90        MO:     yeah

91        K:         when did you go?

92        MO:     uh three years ago

93        K:         ah

94        MO:     as a honeymoon

95        K:         as a honeymoon? hh as the honeymoon you went to Peru? . any other countries?

96        MO:     ah like like . went around ah south America .

97        K:         south America

98        MO:     it's ah ah start from Mexico

99        K:         uh huh

100     MO:     and then ah peru and then Argentine and back to peru and then ah Mexico and gone back to Japan

101     K:         why did you choose these  you know ah south American's coun America countires?

102     MO:     ah

103     K:         because it's unusual

104     MO:     yeah unusual but ah in Japan's hard to take holiday

105     K:         um

106     MO:     but in that time I have ah ex . ah I can say so I want to have long holiday because we got just married so that it was good time to like have day off long time . that ah . if I . that's . south America is very far from Japan so that we decided to go there at first so the other place ah we can go . within a like six days or so . but ah there's no tour or six days or seven days to south America . choose

107     K:         oh so how many days did you travel around that area?

108     MO:     sevvv …. more like one mon mon month . nearly one month

109     K:         wow . that's sounds good . by the way did you see you know her mobile phone your wife's mobile phone?

110     MO:     it's my mobile phone

111     K:         your mobile phone . how about . you . if . it's a very unique mug . is that yours or you know .who whose you know mug cup? . whose is it?

112     MO:     XX it's my wife's one so .  but probably my wifes doesn't (use X)

113     K:         it's your wife's ok . very cute . and now do you have any question about me? about myself?

114     MO:     ummm . do I need something to ask?

115     K:         yeah . it would be nice if you asked me some questions

116     MO:     ah yeah . so are you enjoying staying in Australia?

117     K:         yes very much .

118     MO:     and .  when when did you come to Australia?

119     K:         eighteen years ago . it was nine years . almost yeah nineteen ninety one

120     MO:     then . study in what some

121     K:         first I studied in English and I went to X university . to study applied linguistics

122     MO:     app . applied linguistics

123     K:         applied linguistics mean ooyoo gengogaku

124     MO:     I see . then finish uni then then you got that job which you have right now?

125     K:         yes

126     MO:     I see

127     K:         yeah thank you very much for asking questions . now let's move on to picture task . ok?

128     MO:     ok

129     K:         so could you take one you know picture? . which ever you want

130     MO:     so is it . di any different?

131     K:         yes . look they look similar but there are some differences which one would you like to take?

132     MO:     which one did you take?

133     K:         it's ok . it's ok .  they look very similar both of them look similar

134     MO:     oh yeah

135     K:         but there are some differences so let's find out the differences between you know your picture and my picture ok? so could you ask some questions to find some differences?

136     MO:     um um ah what's the colour of the road?

137     K:         road?

138     MO:     road

139     K:         grey

140     MO:     grey

141     K:         it's grey

142     MO:     it's dark ah it's black . um um

143     K:         black? ok good one difference . great

144     MO:     what's colours bicycles?

145     K:         uuh it ah I have two bicycle

146     MO:     yeah

147     K:         and they are black

148     MO:     umm

149     K:         ah yeah?

150     MO:     ok . and there's two person who rides the bicycle?

151     K:         uh huh

152     MO:     and what's the ah colour of their wears?

153     K:         yes one one girl is wearing pink you know sweat suit . the other one is a red

154     MO:     ah

155     K:         uh huh

156     MO:     aah above the those persons there is a ah road . what's around the road? I I probably oh yeah

157     K:         very you know beige yellowish light brown

158     MO:     ah around the road is black

159     K:         black?

160     MO:     yeah

161     K:         ok that's a difference

162     MO:     and then there's ah two car on the road . ah would you tell me those cars?

163     K:         I don't have any cars in my ca in my pictures

164     MO:     there's two cars yeah

165     K:         really? . ok . do you have any you know uh two X?

166     MO:     ko no ah no ah no zen baaz

167     K:         two dogs

168     MO:     two dogs but four dogs

169     K:         sorry?

170     MO:     four four d ah two dogs and two cat

171     K:         ok dogs and two cat . I have one dog and one cat . ok that's a difference thank you . um

172     MO:     there is two . bench?

173     K:         uh huh

174     MO:     sitting then ah . there are two person sitting there

175     K:         uh huh

176     MO:     then ah one person's reading newspaper

177     K:         uh huh

178     MO:     and the other person is licking ah sweets

179     K:         in my picture no body is eating ah ice cream . ok .

180     MO:     um

181     K:         so there another pic ok another difference there . good . how many d ah ducklings you know ducks . do you have in your picture?

182     MO:     duck?

183     K:         ducks

184     MO:     there . there is no duck

185     K:         ok no duck ok

186     MO:     (eight) duck are . then are pond?

187     K:         um

188     MO:     there's one two three four five . all . bird

189     K:         all bird

190     MO:     there is . um

191     K:         ok X is there any . any (mass)?

192     MO:     there's a two person who is playing with ball

193     K:         uh huh yes two people are playing you know with ball XX so seven differences thank you

194     MO:     thank you

(only Moriyuki-san's utterances)

ah z that the lady's ah moving the X

the girl is kiss by man

the car is carried by a carry car

um the man ah is licked by dog

the girl is ah pushed by ze man

cat ah the um that such z ah the head of the statue was hit by the ball

present is given . to girl

an is broke coffee served . by the lady

man trying to catch ah butterfly

X (the) girl is the small toy

card is ah shown to the doctor

the bus is earing accident

the lady's holding cat

s thunder she was given ah the present is given lady froms

1. red fish ate the gray one
2. er red fish is was eaten
3. green er green fish was eaten
4. green fish was eaten by the pink
5. er purple fish ate the white one
6. er pink fish was eaten by the black one
7. black fish.. ate the um yellow one
8. black fish was eaten by the er red one
9. red fish ate the green one
10. red fish was eaten by the green one
11. blue fish was eaten by the green one
12. green fish was eaten by the pink one
13. purple fish ate the white one
14. er purple fish ate the black one
15. er purple fish ate the yellow one
16. pink fish was eaten by the er red one
17. red fish was eaten by the green one
18. gray fish was eaten by the blue one
19. blue fish ate the green one
20. blue fish was eaten by the pink one
21. pink fish was eaten by the white one
22. white fish is. was eaten by the black one
23. black fish ate the yellow one
24. black fish.. ate the red one
25. black fish was eaten by the green one
26. gray fish ate the blue one
27. the gray fish ate the green one
28. the gray one ate the pink one
29. the gray fish was eaten by the white one
30. the white one ate the black one
31. white fish ate the yellow one
32. white fish ate the red one