JA09 - Informant Data

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

1          K:         kugatsu muika . JA zero nine . thank you uh thank you for helping me with my research . first I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself . and feel free if you would like to ask me any question about myself at the same time . after that we are going to do uh we we are going to look at same pictures . and ask each other question . does it wound all right?

2          R:         yes

3          K:         ok . first . first ey when did you you know come to Australia?

4          R:         to here june

5          K:         this year nine two thousand

6          R:         this year yes

7          K:         is it is it your first time to come to Australia?

8          R:         no second

9          K:         second time . first time when did you come here?

10        R:         three years ago

11        K:         three years ago?

12        R:         yes it's in . not not Sydney

13        K:         what did you do in Melbourne?

14        R:         it just . sightseeing

15        K:         sightseeing?

16        R:         yes

17        K:         did you come to you know uh did you go uh did you go to Melbourne with you friend?

18        R:         yes

19        K:         how long did you stay at . how long did you travel in Melbourne?

20        R:         I stayed two weeks

21        K:         two weeks .

22        R:         yes

23        K:         that's a long

24        R:         long ah yes

25        K:         ok did you enjoy travelling?

26        R:         yes

27        K:         oh good so when you uh when you know first time when you come came to Australia how old were you?

28        R:         it was only first

29        K:         twenty ok thank you . your English is pretty good

30        R:         no

31        K:         where did you learn English? when . ah sorry where did you learn English?

32        R:         where?

33        K:         where yeah

34        R:         ah

35        K:        in Japan? or in Australia?

36        R:         yeah yeah of course in Japan

37        K:         in Japan? how long did you learn English?

38        R:         I studied English . junior high school . so

39        K:         junior high school how old were you?

40        R:         fifteen or fourteen years old

41        K:         uh?

42        R:         umm

43        K:         how long did you actually learn Eng study English?

44        R:         when I was high school I also studied English but . after graduate high school I I

45        K:         ok

46        R:         so it's difficult to explain but

47        K:         ok maybe six years or so

48        R:         six years

49        K:         ok . did you learn English in Australia?

50        R:         yes

51        K:         how long?

52        R:         just three months

53        K:         just three months

54        R:         three months

55        K:         so where did you learn?

56        R:         uh in language college school

57        K:         in . in the city

58        R:         in the city yes

59        K:         ok . oh what do you feel about you know the language school?

60        R:         it's school is pretty good but uh very difficult for me

61        K:         what is the most difficult thing?

62        R:         speaking

63        K:         speaking?

64        R:         specially speaking yes . I don't have . uh I don't have enough vocabulary . so sometimes I k can't . I can't speak any more

65        K:         oh have you ever travelled you know any other country other than you know other countries other than Australia? in the like a US or England?

66        R:         yes

67        K:         where did you go?

68        R:         America . and Singapore

69        K:         yeah? some

70        R:         Canada

71        K:         um

72        R:         Chile

73        K:        wow . so you must like travelling

74        R:         yeah

75        K:         ok and when you were in Japan .

76        R:         uh huh

77        K:         what did you do?

78        R:         I'm nurse in Japan . nurse

79        K:         nurse . wow

80        R:         uh

81        K:         you are nurse

82        R:         yes

83        K:         so I heard that nobody works you know 24 hours you know shift

84        R:         ah yes yes . shi shift worker . yes

85        K:         did you quit this job?

86        R:         yes 

87        K:         oh

88        R:         just at the in . near medicals to come to here

89        K:         and are you going to study nursing you know

90        R:         yes . but it's not . registered nurse . just assistant nurse

91        K:         so how long did you work in Japan?

92        R:         three years

93        K:         so . where did you work?

94        R:         work . in Tokyo

95        K:         by the way do you have any siblings?

96        R:         yes I have one older brother

97        K:         ah

98        R:         hh

99        K:         what is he doing now?

100     R:         he is journalist

101     K:         journalist? wow

102     R:         hhh . and TV company

103     K:         oh does he play . rugby or any other you know sport?

104     R:         oh yes . boat . rowing . yes . he sport

105     K:         yeah do you normally see your brother?

106     R:         um yes . um

107     K:         what do you when you see each other?

108     R:         uh sorry? what what do you

109     K:        what do you do when you see you know your brother?

110     R:         ah . so . uh . shopping . and ah

111     K:         typical brother

112     R:         yes hh and .. go to cinema

113     K:         how about your parents? where does do they live?

114     R:         in Tokyo yes

115     K:         in Tokyo

116     R:         Tokyo

117     K:         what does you father do? . father

118     R:         ah my father sorry . my father worked . in . his company . yeah

119     K:         oh he owns his own company

120     R:         yes

121     K:         oh good . how about your mother

122     R:         my mother is just a housewife

123     K:         do you have any pet? no .. do you have any car?

124     R:         because I I don't have drives drive licence

125     K:         oh so you have any question about myself?

126     R:         yes when did you come to Australia?

127     K:         oh because you know wanted to change my life

128     R:         oh . hh . that's good . and can . can you change your life?

129     K:         yes . because I was a you know junior high school teacher in Japan

130     R:         um junior high school ?

131     K:         yeah

132     R:         wh what what kind of subject

133     K:         I work you know homesience and X

134     R:         years?

135     K:         yeah I worked you know for high school for X and I came to . how about your Australian uh life in Australia? are you enjoying?

136     R:         yes very enjoying

137     K:         oh when you have a free time what do you what do you normally do?

138     R:         yeah um just relax . go to park . and around city and shopping

139     K:         do you have lots of friends?

140     R:         not lots of hh

141     K:        ok . how about you know this house? how how many people in this house here?

142     R:         four people

143     K:         four people . how about you know any

144     R:         (ai y years to) because shaamait has a

145     K:         three adults and one child

146     R:         yes

147     K:         by the way you have a nice TV is that

148     R:         no hh

149     K:         whose is that?

150     R:         they're owners TV

151     K:         owner's TV

152     R:         uh huh

153     K:         how about this bed? this bed is also gorgeous

154     R:         yes hh it's too large for me but yes it's owner's bed the all furnitures

155     K:         oh yeah

156     R:         I don't need to buy any

157     K:         how about your owner . what do they do?

158     R:         ah . they are

159     K:         what about the husband?

160     R:         chef? . I'm not sure

161     K:         Japanese chef?

162     R:         no no  because that ss shaamait is (years) ?

163     K:         do they sometime cook you know Korean food for you?

164     R:         yes it's very nice

165     K:         oh what is your favourite Korean food

166     R:         um my favourite food . hokki do you know hokki is very spicy . hokki made from rice

167     K:         Also I can see nice photos over there

168     R:         ah

169     K:         yeah how many photos actually you know

170     R:         ah just two . it's yeah over there just two

171     K:         how about you know this room is pretty XX house is very modern

172     R:         um

173     K:         how many bathrooms . bathrooms

174     R:         barthroom? ah just one ah no no ah sorry . bathroom is two

175     K:         uh huh

176     R:         yeah . bathroom is

177     K:         ok and how about kids in here

178     R:         uh?

179     K:        oh one kid

180     R:         uh huh

181     K:         how old is is X

182     R:         she is five years old

183     K:         oh X what does he does she do?

184     R:         ah

185     K:         normally you know

186     R:         she's going

187     K:         it's ok every day

188     R:         ah she's go to . the preschool ? X

189     K:         preschool year?

190     R:         yeah

191     K:         at home?

192     R:         at home she's . she likes drawing so everytime she drawing something and yeah

193     K:         thank you very much . so let's move onto you know second task

194     R:         uh huh

195     K:         the picture task

196     R:         uh huh

197     K:         for there are two pictures here

198     R:         uh

199     K:         could you take one? . whichever you want

200     R:         ah ok I can choose

201     K:         yeah . ok they look very similar

202     R:         uh?

203     K:         but there are some differences here so let's find some differences . so could you ask mine out some differences

204     R:         four

205     K:         there are eleven people in

206     R:         eleven?

207     K:         yes

208     R:         one two XX ten?

209     K:         uh huh?

210     R:         ten people

211     K:         ok there is one difference

212     R:         trees are there in your picture?

213     K:         four five six

214     R:         four . four . two

215     K:         is it ok in that case another difference

216     R:         uh

217     K:        do you have any boy in your

218     R:         yes .

219     K:         what

220     R:         two boys

221     K:         two boys?

222     R:         what what he doing?

223     K:         yes what did what are they doing?

224     R:         ah he is oh he . to more balls?

225     K:         yes

226     R:         and another boy is playing playing ball?

227     K:         oh yes the same as my picture

228     R:         is there any cats?

229     K:         yes

230     R:         under the tree?

231     K:         yes there are two cats in my picture

232     R:         two cats? ah . my picture there are one . so

233     K:         good . is somebody eating ice cream in picture?

234     R:         no nobody eats

235     K:         hh

236     R:         um riding a bicycle?

237     K:         yes . two people are you know riding on a bike

238     R:         ah ah

239     K:         you got you know white dog? ah sorry black dog?

240     R:         no umm black dog . I have one . white dog

241     K:         you have

242     R:         any spiders?

243     K:         spiders

244     R:         maybe it's . I think it's spiders but hh do you have

245     K:         do you have ducklings . yellow birds?

246     R:         ah yes

247     K:         yeah how many duc

248     R:         four four ducks .. is newspaper?

249     K:         yes a guy reading a newspaper

250     R:         is she wearing a hat? X couple?

251     K:         that's right . any ball in your picture

252     R          ball?

253     K:         yes

254     R:         yes . I have . what

255     K:         what's that colour

256     R:         ah red . red colour

257     K:         just one colour?

258     R:         yeah yes . just

259     K:         ah I have three colours

260     R:         ah

261     K:         ok . the ball consist of three consist three

262     R:         um

263     K:         yellow red and blue . uh?

264     R:         um . there . um . drink . bin . bottle pet bottle I don't know on the bench

265     K:         oh no there anything

266     R:         ah it's a different yes um

267     K:         so we find X difference good thank you.

268     R:         thank you

um one was drink coffee

all is bounding

girl hit by . the girl was hit by boy

cat play with girl girl

banana was ate by monkey

a flower was bought by someone

bird was shot

the man s catch wants to catch hh woman . offi

a boy playing with dog

mouse follow mouse was follow to by cat?

the saw was broken

the look after dog

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