JA11 - Informant Data

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

1          K:         juu gatsu juu ichi nichi doyooobi juu ichi ji ju ppun intabyuu . thank you very much for helping me with your research . first I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself . feel free if you would like to ask me any question about myself and after that we are going to look at the same pictures ask each other question .does it sounds all right?

2          J:          ok

3          K:         ok first . so you are Japanese

4          J:          yes I'm Japanese

5          K:         so where were you born in Japan

6          J:          I was born Okinawa

7          K:         Okinawa?

8          J:          oh yes

9          K:         ok . and when did you come to Australia?

10        J:          I came to Australia . six months ago

11        K:         six months ago?

12        J:          yes

13        K:         ok . it's means . oh . which month?

14        J:          April

15        K:         April . six months

16        J:          yeah

17        K:         eh . ex . sorry for that . but when you arrive at Japan . eh sorry hh ok how old were you when you came it came to Australia?

18        J:          I was fourty

19        K:         ok good and . did you work in Japan?

20        J:          yes

21        K:         what did you do?

22        J:          I worked . eh . Japanese local government

23        K:         uh huh . at the moment in Australia do you working?

24        J:          just volunteer

25        K:         volunteer? what are you doing?

26        J:          I teach origami . at elementary school

27        K:         uh huh which elementary school?

28        J:          Camelei elementary school

29        K:         oh really?

30        J:          yes

31        K:         good . do you have ee do you have any family members here?

32        J:          no . ah . yes . yes . my husband

33        K:         your husband . do you have any children?

34        J:          no I ne have children

35        K:         ok how about do you have any brothers sis brothers and sisters?

36        J:          I have a three younger sisters

37        K:         oh three?

38        J:          yes

39        K:         three younger sister . what does they doing in Japan?

40        J:          all housewife

41        K:         uh huh

42        J:          but they do sometime eh part time job

43        K:         uh huh . how about your husband? what does he do here?

44        J:          he working at the Clair

45        K:         uh huh what does he normally do

46        J:          he go out eh shopping and go somewhere else

47        K:         uh huh do you have a car

48        J:          yes I have a car

49        K:         you have a car is it your car or his car

50        J:          yes  .. eh his car

51        K:         ah ok . your English is pretty good so when . oh when did you learn English?

52        J:          I was . high school student

53        K:         uh

54        J:          yes

55        K:         so you started to learn X . is that right?

56        J:          yes yes . that's right

57        K:         so how long you know did you learn English?

58        J:          learned twenty five years

59        K:         twenty five years .

60        J:          yeah

61        K:         good . do you speak English at home?

62        J:          yes I speak eh English with my husband

63        K:         god why? is your husband you know Australian? 

64        J:          no he's Japanese but I want to practise . English

65        K:         good how you know what what language . did you speaksat home . as a child

66        J:          Japanese

67        K:         Japanese .did you study any other languages . other than English?

68        J:          (four) . I studied um Spanish

69        K:         Spanish? how long did you study?

70        J:          very hard . that's why I quit

71        K:         good . how often do you you know go back to Japan? . do . eh did you go back to Japan since you came to Australia?

72        J:          no

73        K:         ok . have you ever been to any other countries . apart from Australia?

74        J:          I go to uh X but not yet

75        K:         where would you like to go?

76        J:          I want to . go United States . I want to . watch eh American baseball palying

77        K:         uh hh good . would you (send) me nice you know memorable experience in Australia

78        J:          when I go volunteer . 

79        K:         uh uh

80        J:          elementary school

81        K:         uh huh

82        J:          that children is very um fun make me laugh

83        K:         hhh

84        J:          I very enjoyed

85        K:         what do they do actually?

86        J:          uh uh I made . um . some cookies . and cakes . so they said to me Japanese

87        K:         hhh XX

88        J:          yes

89        K:         good . I need to . I'd like to ask about something about your your husband again

90        J:          yes

91        K:         um what is his hobby?

92        J:          the hobby is sports

93        K:         sports

94        J:          watching sports

95        K:         watching sports . what kind of sport?

96        J:          like tennis best

97        K:         uh huh

98        J:          baseball

99        K:         does he plays any sport?

100     J:          uh he want to play but he hurt his back . just watch sports

101     K:         ok . I think that's enough and let's move onto you know next task . ok? there're two pictures here

102     J:          uh huh

103     K:         they look very similar but there're some differences . ey so let's find some differences so could you take one of the (pitctures)? . good . oh . how many people oh sorry how many birds X?

104     J:          there are . eh seven birds . ss

105     K:         ok . I have eh X birds so the difference here

106     J:          ss it's difference

107     K:         yeah ask me some ques . to find eh

108     J:          do you have a spider?

109     K:         spider?

110     J:          yes

111     K:         no I don't have any spider . ok we have another difference . good

112     J:          can see cats? . black cats? under under the tree?

113     K:         uh huh . how many black cats are you talking about?

114     J:          just one

115     K:         just one .

116     J:          X

117     K:         I have two cats in my pic . good . (another diffrence)?

118     J:          and two girls riding on bicycles

119     K:         yes a same as mine

120     J:          two . old women talking on the . uh . chair

121     K:         uh huh .. yes they are talking to each other in my picture as well

122     J:          one man reading newspaper

123     K:         yes

124     J:          near the . near the young people drinking maybe beer . two beers

125     K:         oh . two beers?

126     J:          yes

127     K:         oh . no nobody is drinking beer here . that's a difference . do you have . how about . kangaroos?

128     J:          no here is no kangaroo

129     K:         no kangaroo

130     J:          yes

131     K:         ok . how many . how many dogs do you have?

132     J:          I have a just one dog

133     K:         you have a one dog . ok . what's the colour of the dog?

134     J:          eh . it's white?

135     K:         good ok

136     J:          girl and boy playing . they playing basketball . yeah

137     K:         my picture three . three people . three kids are playing a basketball . oh that a difference good

138     J:          near the lake . oh six pink flowers

139     K:         pink flowers?

140     J:          yes

141     K:         I have only . oh I have five flowers in my how about you know X ducks

142     J:          eh four ducks there

143     K:         four duck there?

144     J:          yes

145     K:         I have five ducks . good . could you ask X?

146     J:          how many trees . there?

147     K:         five trees

148     J:          yes same as mine

149     K:         ok good . you see any cars?

150     J:          no I can't see any cars

151     K:         you can't see any cars . uh huh

152     J:          um can you see building . um behind park?

153     K:         yes there are so many so many . about the dog?

154     J:          uh huh

155     K:         whose dog do you think?

156     J:          I think eh red one piece wearing girl

157     K:         uh huh

158     J:          it's her dog

159     K:         ok . umm …. I think that's enough . ok? thank you very much

160     J:          thank you

                         end of recording

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ball breaking by window

uh they catch to try butterfly

a girl pulling some toys

office having to her

girl falling down for by boy pushing

boy playing with dog

boy crying

banana fooding by monkey to doctor

present gave to some woman by old man

present received to girl

girl kissing to man

monkey gave to received flower

girl eating ice cream

credit card used by doctor

cats (receive) fish

some waitress give to coffee

man kissing with woman

pencil broken

woman receive flower

she hugging cat

ball hitting to boy

dog (petting) man

baby talking to father

cats petting by girl

man accident by bicycle

man use his batting

mouse running by cats

red car fooling by track

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