JA21 - Informant Data
Biodata
Name/code only: JA21
Lexical Size: 6,800
Sex: Female
Age (approx.): 32
Country of birth: Japan
Age of arrival in Australia: 31 (9 months) arrived in September 2008
Time (months/years) in Australia:
Instruction in ESL (yes/no) for how long: Yes, 7 years
Language/s used (at home/in the speaker's community): Japanese
Language(s) learnt at home as a child: Japanese
Language(s) studied at school: English
Language maintenance strategies (speaks at home, studies, ethnic school etc.):
Occupation in Australia: Work at a Japanese agency (education)
Occupation in country of origin:
Any experience in the country of origin:
Any experience in Australia:
Interview setting:
Date and approximate time of interview: 7/6/09
Where and what location: Informant's room in Artermon
What happened during the interview:
Interview and spot the difference
M=informant (L1: Japanese, L2: English)
K=interviewer
1 K ok first thank you very much for helping us with our research first I'm going to ask you some questions about yourself and feel free if you would like to ask me anything about myself and after that we are going to have a look at the same pictures and have a. ask each other questions does that sound ok
2 M yes
3 K ok let's start.. ok first when did you arrive at Australia
4 M uhh uh I arrived at Sydney
5 K un
6 M airport is that ok (X)
7 K un when is it
8 M uh when
9 K un
10 M it's ur it's ur last I don't know twelve September last year
11 K twelve last year two thousand and eight
12 M yeah
13 K ok at the time how old were you
14 M uhm I'm thirty-two years old
15 K uh did you learn English in Japan
16 M uh yes a little bit it's just a listening (X) TV or. um movies etc
17 K how about you know did you learn English at school in Japan
18 M uummmmm
19 K high school
20 M yeah high school rr and there. and yea university just one year
21 K just one year so in total how many years did you study English in Japan
22 M maybe I think uh I studied (X) total seven years
23 K total seven years and so when you were in Japan what did you do
24 M uhh I worked at Daikin company
25 K which company
26 M Daikin company is air conditioning company
27 K uhun ok good and how long did you work for
28 M uhhhhhh (X) for uh three years and half months
29 K oh ok and now you are here in Australia
30 M yes
31 K what are you doing
32 M uh I'm working at Japanese agency
33 K ohh what is your job
34 M uhh (tell) (X) uhh my depart my section is urr education section so I. I um recommended no uh it was there many (X) to our customer
35 K oh good by the way do you have any sisters and brothers brothers and sisters in Japan
36 M ur yes I have actually I have two sisters and two brothers
37 K two sisters and two brothers
38 M yeah that's (X) that's a (cough) in just case is not rr my one my sister lives in Sudan so actually uhm one sister one sister and two brothers lives in Japan
39 K ok so your young youngest sister
40 M yes
41 K what is he does she do in Sudan
42 M urr uh uh she is working at the United Nation
43 K wow
44 M (X)
45 K good
46 M yeah but you know Sudan is very d dangerous place so I uhm I and my parents are always worry about her
47 K uhum by the way in this house how many people live here
48 M uhm it's a four people including me
49 K un
50 M yes
51 K four people here
52 M yes (X) just a flatmate but rr uhhh if you mean it all of person I think is six persons includ owner
53 K (X) one of them is a (X)
54 M yeah oh yes her name is Lini
55 K Lini
56 M yes
57 K do you have any idea what what time she wakes up
58 M uhhhhh I'm not sure about it but I guess ur she wake up uh seven o'clock (cough) yes because uh uh now she is working (cough) is r some company located in City so maybe I think seven o'clock to get up
59 K oh
60 M morning
61 K good how about other Japanese flatmates
62 M uhhhm yeah I'm not sure one of them is Mariko uhm I I have never talked with her
63 K um
64 M just a moment but uhm I talked with Yuka
65 K huh
66 M yes she is very nice
67 K lots of nice things here
68 M huh
69 K bed sheets
70 M (laugh)
71 K is it yours
72 M uhhm no actually it uh Juri's one yes Juri's a rented to this ha this this room for me
73 K uhum
74 M now she is going to farm uhm to get second second working holiday visa
75 K how about the broach is that yours
76 M uhm no
77 K (X)
78 M Juri's one too
79 K ee actually I saw a car outside of your house whose whose car
80 M uhh I think uhh that car is Nicky's one maybe I think
81 K huh
82 M Nicky is the uh daughter
83 K un
84 M uh of my owner
85 K ok
86 M yes she lives in Melbourne and come here to come here today and she will live here. uh while two weeks
87 K and by the way do you have any questions about me
88 M (laugh) ok uhm what do you do in your weekend (laugh)
89 K yes yes I normally stay at home and cleaning vacuuming my house
90 M (laugh)
91 K do some laundry that is very boring
92 M (laugh) yes don't worry borings (X) a house-keeping
93 K yes
94 M and and uh uh. how long have you been here
95 K yes I've been here almost nineteen years
96 M uhmmm so your (XX) good
97 K (laugh) no no no no ok
98 M that's ok
99 K yeah so now
100 M un
101 K let's move onto the second
102 M yes
103 K task
104 M yes
105 K there are two pictures here they look almost the same but there are some differences
106 M uhm
107 K and let's find differences together all right
108 M ok
109 K which would you like to take
110 M ok I'll take (X)
111 K huh
112 M un
113 K so in my picture have a look at
114 M hum
115 K your picture
116 M hum
117 K in my picture
118 M hum
119 K ok I have five ducks
120 M (X)
121 K do you have any ducks
122 M urrrrrrr I can see um four ducks oh (cough) ummm
123 K four ducks
124 M it's four ducks four dogs. dogs ducks
125 K ducks
126 M ducks uhm d u c k
127 K yes
128 M ducks is there. (maybe a) six or four
129 K four ducks
130 M four ducks is four
131 K ok good so we found one difference that's good
132 M hum
133 K so ask me a question please
134 M hey uhhhm uh I see two people in the bench uhh ur um it's a right side above the right side and one of them is urr wearing wearing yellow yellow shirt and there are two bottles beside beside her
135 K oh there's no bottles in my picture
136 M really
137 K so there is another (difference)
138 M oh uh and (X) ur ur ur ur ur (X) er left bottle side
139 K hum
140 M left bottle side I saw two people uh to they are no they are playing volleyball something
141 K hum
142 M uh yes there are girl she she ur she having a red volleyball and her hum her left side
143 K in my picture there are three people playing with a ball
144 M huh
145 K so there is another another difference ok good pretty good and do you have kangaroos in your picture
146 M kangaroo
147 K yes
148 M uu no (laugh) never oh can you see that in your picture
149 K no actually (laugh)
150 M (laugh) ok oh it's my turn ok there are two there are two ladies uhh there are two ladies who are who are sitting in the bench in. ur in the left left above side urr urr one of them wearing the nice blue hat and nice blue dress in other one in another one is wearing pink dress but like but but that design is very classical
151 K yes the same as mine how about is there a guy wearing a hat
152 M hum yes
153 K in your right
154 M yes yes
155 K what is he doing
156 M hummmmm uh he is reading newspaper or magazine looks like
157 K ok same
158 M and there are one two. and there are six pigeons or birds (X) around them can you see them
159 K no no no no sorry yes I can see birds
160 M hum
161 K but I have only three birds in my picture
162 M ohh (XX)
163 K how about do you have (rabbit)
164 M rabbit
165 K un
166 M mmm no actually I can't see that and ok so can you see a black dog
167 K black dog yes
168 M mmm mmm oh and just one can you see one spider in the middle of this
169 K yes
170 M picture
171 K I have only one spider in my picture do you have one
172 M yes I have there (XX) is that all
173 K (cough) how about. vehicles do you have vehicles in your picture
174 M sorry uhm can you (XXX) the biigle you mean biigle
175 K vehicle
176 M biikuru
177 K bicycle or taxi
178 M uhhh yeah yeah ok ok yea (X) two that's a two uhm vehicles but rr um two girls girls were riding two bicycle riding to
179 K oh how about
180 M yeah
181 K bus
182 M birds no
183 K bus
184 M no
185 K no bus
186 M yes I don't have
187 K let's find just one more difference
188 M (cough) ok how about flowers flowers around uh around around uu around river no around the around the pool(pond)
189 K huh
190 M (XX) that that's colour is pink can you see that
191 K five flowers
192 M oh
193 K ok difference
194 M yeah
195 K final difference thank you very much
End of RecordingPicture description task (timed)
uh. a cat falling down (laugh)
oh uhm the doctor was shotting by someone
uhm a man is kissing with her girlfriend his grilfriend
uh a man is reading newspaper or something
a ball is throwing the broke (X) window
uhh uhn a bird was shooting by ear hum by bow gun
(cough) a baby is smiling in uh her mothers. well
(cough) uhm a boy is crying because a danger
uh what (laugh) banana was bringing by monkey (laugh)
(noise) a girl is bringing a toy that's. with (X)
a lady is given flower by friend
cat is cat is given a fish
monkey monkey is gived a flower by someone
a boy is playing with dog
present present given a lady by
a glass was broken uh is broken
a girl is pushed by boy
(X) was broken
the lady (X) gaved at a tea to someone
bird is running away from cat
a water(wall) is uh painted by blue colour no no no e wakaNnai(Jap)
uuhhhn the lady is pushing a carry
a girl is holding a holding cat
a big present box was givened to girl by person
bird is a (X)
a boy is hitting a ball
a girl girl is given a kiss by his girl boyfriend
a girl is eating guy's (X)
baseball player is hitting homerun
man is playing a western cowboy
a man is running
(XX) is covered is (X)
(X) a grand father is gives a present to his grandson
The end of recording
Fish Film description task
uhm red fish. uh eated grey's one
red fish. was. eated by blue one
blue fish. was ated (cough) by green one
green fish. was eated. purple one
purple one. uhh eated white one
purple one. was eated black one
black one. eated yellow one
black one. was uhh eated by red one
red fish (cough) eated white one
red fish. was eated by blue fish
blue fish was eated by green one
(X) fish was eated by purple one
purple fish. eated white one
purple one uh purple fish eated black one
purple fish. eated. yellow fish
purple fish. was eated by red one
red fish. was eated by white. one
white fish. was eated. by blue fish
blue fish. eated green one
blue fish. was eated by purple (one)
purple fish. was eated. white one
white fish. was eated by black one
black one. eated yellow one
black fish. eated red one
black fish. was eated by white one
white fish. eated blue one
white fish. eated green one
white fish. eated purple one too
oh sorry grey fish was eated by white one
white fish. eated black fish
white fish. are eated yellow one
white fish eated red one too
The end of recording
Translation task
| 日本語の文 | 動詞 | 英語の文 |
| わたしは、オーストラリアの映画に興味がある。 | interest | I'm interested in Australian movies. |
| 私の犬が娘の人形をこわした。 | break | My dog broke daughter's doll. |
| 私が料理をつくって、主人がお皿を洗う。 | wash | I cook, and then my hasband wash dishes. |
| テストの結果を見て、私はびっくりした。 | surprise | I was surprised when I got a result of test. |
| 山本さんの猫が、私の鳥を殺した。 | kill | My bird was killed by Mr. Yamamoto's cat. |
| けい子は、博史にプレゼントをもらった。 | receive | Keiko rec-ieveda present from Hiroshi. (ーを取ってください。Spell checkで自動的に変わりますので） |
| 私たちは、この事故を警察に届けなければならない。 | report | We have to report this accident to police office. |
| 私は、いつも店のドアを７時にしめる。 | close | I close shop at 7 o'clock in every day. |
| 猫が木から落ちた。 | fall | A cat fallen down from tree. |
| 山田さんは、みんなに旅行の写真を見せた。 | show | Ms. Yamada showed travel picturese to everyone. |
| この時計は、高そうだ。 | seem | This watch seems expensive one. |
| トムのプレゼントは、たいへん私を喜ばせた。 | please | I was pleased by Tom's present. |
| この店のドアは、いつも閉まっている。 | close | This shop always close. |
| そのニュースを聞いて、私は、とても混乱した。 | confuse | I'm confused when I listened that new. |
| この時計は、壊れている。 | break | This watch is broken. |
| 庭の木が倒れた。 | fall | The tree which was in garden foll. |
| 母は、毎日私にお皿を洗わせる。 | wash | My mother order me to wash everyday. |
| 山田先生の説明は、いつも学生を混乱させる。 | confuse | The explain by profecer Yamada always made students confused. |
| トムは、メアリーに殺された。 | kill | Tom was killed by Mary. |
| わたしは、息子が大学に合格すると信じている。 | believe pass | I believe that my son pass Univercity exam. |
| 水は、０度で凍る。 | freeze | Water is frozon by 0 °C. |
| 警察は、その車を止めた。 | stop | A police stoped the car. |
| その飛行機事故は、世界中の人にショックをあたえた。 | shock | The airplain accident shocked to people who live in wide world. |
| わたしは、ボスに毎日８時まで仕事をさせられる。 | work | My boss order me to work by 8 o'clock every day. |
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