JA22 - Informant Data
Biodata
Name/code only: JA22
Lexical Size: 6,200
Sex: Male
Age (approx.): 32
Country of birth: Japan
Age of arrival in Australia: 26
Time (months/years) in Australia: 9 days
Instruction in ESL (yes/no) for how long: Yes, 11-12 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: Student
Occupation in country of origin:
Any experience in the country of origin:
Any experience in Australia:
Interview setting:
Date and approximate time of interview: 11/6/09
Where and what location:
What happened during the interview:
Interview and spot the difference
Y=informant (L1: Japanese, L2: English)
K=interviewer
1 K: thank you very much kor for helping us with our research first I'm going to ask you. uhm some questions about yourself and feel free if you would like to ask me any question about myself. and then after that we are going to have a look at the same pictures and find. some differences together. does it sound ok?
2 Y: yes
3 K: so first. when did you arrive at Australia
4 Y: uhhh I arrived at. last week
5 K: last week ok so how long have you been here
6 Y: I'm in. Sydney nine days
7 K: nine days thank you and so how old are you
8 Y: I'm twenty-six years old
9 K: twenty-six ok and did you learn English in Japan?
10 Y: yes
11 K: how
12 Y: (X)
13 K: yes. how long did you learn English in Japan. at school actually
14 Y: from from junior high school
15 K: junior high school to?
16 Y: to: university university
17 K: so how long in total
18 Y: eleven or twelve?
19 K: eleven and twelve eleven and twelve years
20 Y: yes
21 K: oh it's a long time
22 Y: yes
23 K: and did you use English at home in Japan?
24 Y: no
25 K: no ok what did what did you do in Japan
26 Y: I'm. I was work worker
27 K: worked
28 Y: worked. I was worked
29 K: so
30 Y: consultant
31 K: consultant which consultant?
32 Y: real estate
33 K: real estate wow interesting
34 Y: (laugh)
35 K: which part of Japan are you from
36 Y: I'm in Chiba prefecture
37 K: Chiba ok and. now you are in Australia
38 Y: yes
39 K: what are you doing
40 Y: uhm I'm I want to study English
41 K: huh
42 Y: I want to. go. around around the wor around the (X)
43 K: huh
44 Y: if I have opportunity I want to work in Sydney
45 K: work but at the moment currently are you learning are you studying English?
46 Y: yes
47 K: yes good a::nd where do you live now
48 Y: I'm live. I'm living in Leonard
49 K: St Leonards good how many people in your house
50 Y: uhm..uh four uh five including me
51 K: five people
52 Y: five people including me
53 K: huh a:nd how many kids
54 Y: uhh
55 K: are there
56 Y: two kids
57 K: huh
58 Y: (X)
59 K: so you live. with Australian family is that
60 Y: yes
61 K: huh so: what does. your house or uhm your landlady do your uhm owner of the house
62 Y: uhh my home
63 K: (host)
64 Y: host host father
65 K: un
66 Y: uh owner is
67 K: un
68 Y: owner
69 K: un and what is host what what is his name
70 Y: Bruce
71 K: Bruce what does Bruce do
72 Y: he is seller. seller
73 K: sell sell selling what? what?
74 Y: system of
75 K: (laugh)
76 Y: whaa guardman guard system?
77 K: ok how about your host mother? what is her name?
78 Y: uhm her name is. Joanne
79 K: Joanne what does she do
80 Y: uhh she uh she is (X)
81 K: so: she's working
82 Y: yes she is working. working
83 K: and who cooks dinner for you
84 Y: uhhhh Bruce and Joanne. uh cook every time
85 K: uh both of them
86 Y: bothst(both) of them cook
87 K: and so do you have ok what time does Bruce get up
88 Y: every time about at six pm to seven pm
89 K: and what does he do after that
90 Y: uh he. cook dinner sometimes he (X)
91 K: (X) in the morning? he wakes up?
92 Y: uh he wakes up
93 K: un
94 Y: excuse me can I (X)
95 K: yeah
96 Y: can I speak (X)
97 K ok he gets up
98 Y yes
99 K; at six between six and seven
100 Y: uhn
101 K: and what does he do
102 Y: uhh he. he wash his face
103 K: huh
104 Y: and then he uh change he change cloth
105 K: huh
106 Y: and the food
107 K: huh
108 Y: he (X) go to
109 K: does he have a car?
110 Y: yes he has
111 K: good how about Joanne does she have a
112 Y: maybe uhm in this house two cars. garage
113 K: huh good and do you have a car here?
114 Y: I don't have car
115 K: and do they have a pet?
116 Y: uhh they has pet they have pet pet
117 K: what's that
118 Y: uhhh one dog and one cat
119 K: huh
120 Y: two bird
121 K: oh goo:d (laugh)
122 Y: (laugh)
123 K: oh and do you have a computer at home?
124 Y: yes I have
125 K: you have so is it yours? or you know theirs?
126 Y: it's mine
127 K: it's (yours) how about bed
128 Y: bed one bed
129 K: is it yours
130 Y: mine
131 K: your bed?
132 Y: uh no theirs
133 K: theirs good ok and do you have any questions about me?
134 Y: uhm I don't have question
135 K: ask me please ask me something (laugh)
136 Y: uhhh uhhh what uhhh what what do you. what do you do in university
137 K: uh actually I teach Japanese here
138 Y: uh teach Japanese
139 K: yes sometimes I do uh work for I work as a research assistant
140 Y: huh thank you
141 K: hum
142 Y: and then. what what do you live in Sydney? where do you live in Sydney?
143 K: oh I live in West Ryde near uhm Olympic Stadium
144 Y: huh
145 K: good ok: so now let's move on to another tasks
146 Y: yeah
147 K: I have two pictures here
148 Y: yes
149 K: they look quite similar
150 Y: huh
151 K: but there are some differences
152 Y: yes
153 K: ok let's find some differences together
154 Y: ok
155 K: all right which one would you like to take
156 Y: ei
157 K: ok have a look
158 Y: yes
159 K: all right I'll ask you a question first
160 Y: huh
161 K: can you see. ducks?
162 Y: duck
163 K: you know bird ducks?
164 Y: yes I see ducks
165 K: ok how many ducks do you have
166 Y: four ducks in the in pond
167 K: good I have five ducks in my picture so one difference. ok
168 Y: yes
169 K: could you ask me a question?
170 Y: uhhm d is the picture haa uh. to the picture has a man who read the uh newspaper
171 K: yes I have a gan uh man
172 Y: huh
173 K: reading a newspaper. so:
174 Y: uhhm
175 K: it's the same
176 Y: huh uhm more
177 K: ok
178 Y: yes how many trees in the picture
179 K: there are three trees in my picture
180 Y: uhh same as ei pictures
181 K: huh
182 Y: how many: girls. wo how many women. is uh uh how many women are in the picture?
183 K: eight women.. in my picture
184 Y: uhhhh it's difference one difference seven picture
185 K: seven people
186 Y: yeah seven people in picture
187 K: uh all right that's great
188 Y: uhm does the does bii picture has cat? black cat?
189 K: yes. but do you have cats? are there cats?
190 Y: the picture?
191 K: in in your
192 Y: yes I have
193 K: how many cats do you have
194 Y: one cats
195 K: ok I have two cats
196 Y: ohh
197 K: that's a difference good
198 Y: yes
199 K: good
200 Y: how many: how many white dogs in the picture
201 K: I have one white dog
202 Y: uhh same as ei picture
203 K: but I also have another dog in my picture
204 Y: really
205 K: un
206 Y: uhh I don't have another dog
207 K: good another difference
208 Y: yes. how. what is. sorry what's the. beside?. behind the park? you do you look
209 K: yeah I can see a taxi
210 Y: uhh taxi
211 K: yeah
212 Y: no. uh picture don't have taxi
213 K: good let's find one more difference
214 Y: hum ok uhh how many bottles is in white is in te stand?
215 K: I don't have any:: bottles
216 Y: uh really I have two bottles
217 K: (X) that's a difference thank you very much
End of RecordingPicture description task (task)
uhh she get a flower from him
uh he uh he get a accident. from bicycle
uhh man. uhh will catch with a cat
birds will killed will be killed by someone
uh banana. uhh was uh banana is given a doctor from. mon mouse
uhh car uhh car was car is catch up from. uh car
uhh ba banana peeler fallen fall from hand
uhh. kids get uh. injured
uhh someone. get uh uhh insect
uh she. uh she lick uhh ice cream
uhhh he he shoot a police
uhh someone. broke a pencil
uh child uh (X) childs through uh toy
uh he kiss uhh woman
uhh someone present for child
uh key key
uhh he pet(pat) dog
uhh he get he uh he is broken his harm his arm
uhh someone shood (shoot/shot) a doctor
uh someone give a card to doctor
uh ch uhh she was kissed by him
thunder. break a tree
a bottle was broken by. ball
cat was cat is hurt by
uh she she carrier. uhh uhm garbage
she she gives a coffee to other
The end of recording
Fish Film description task
uh red fish. kill grey fish
red fish. killed by blue fish
blue fish. is killed by green fish
green fish. is killed by. purple fish
purple fish. killed uh white fish
purple fish. is killed by black fish
black fish. is. getting yellow fish
black fish. is killed by red fish
red fish. killed white grey fish
red fish. is killed by blue fish
blue fish. is killed by. green fish
green fish. is killed by. purple fish
purple fish killed white fish
purple fish. killed black fish
purple fish. killed. yellow fish
purple fish is killed by red fish
red fish. is killed by grey fish
grey fish. is killed by blue fish
blue fish. is killed by. green fish
green fish. is killed by purple fish
purple fish. is killed by white fish
white fish. is killed by black fish
black fish. is killed. kill yellow fish
black fish. er kill red fish
black fish. is killed by. grey fish
grey fish. kill. grey uh blue fish
grey fish. kills. green fish
grey fish. kill purple fish
grey fish. is killed by white fish
white fish. kill gua black fish
white fish. kill yellow fish
white fish. kill. red fish
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 am interested in Austlarian movie. |
私の犬が娘の人形をこわした。 | break | My dog broke my daughtre's doll. |
私が料理をつくって、主人がお皿を洗う。 | wash | I cook foods, My husband wash dishes |
テストの結果を見て、私はびっくりした。 | surprise | I was surprised at my test's result. |
山本さんの猫が、私の鳥を殺した。 | kill | Yamamoto's cat killed my bird. |
けい子は、博史にプレゼントをもらった。 | receive | Keico received a present from Hiroshi |
私たちは、この事故を警察に届けなければならない。 | report | We must report the accidnet to police. |
私は、いつも店のドアを7時にしめる。 | close | Everytime, I close the door in my shop |
猫が木から落ちた。 | fall | Cat falled from tree. |
山田さんは、みんなに旅行の写真を見せた。 | show | Mr. Yamada showed travel's pictures to everybody. |
この時計は、高そうだ。 | seem | The watch seems to be expensive |
トムのプレゼントは、たいへん私を喜ばせた。 | please | I very pleased at present from Tom. |
この店のドアは、いつも閉まっている。 | close | Everytime, the door at the shop is closed |
そのニュースを聞いて、私は、とても混乱した。 | confuse | I was very confused to hear the news. |
この時計は、壊れている。 | break | The watch is broken. |
庭の木が倒れた。 | fall | The tree in a garden falled |
母は、毎日私にお皿を洗わせる。 | wash | Everyday I wash dishes by my mother |
山田先生の説明は、いつも学生を混乱させる。 | confuse | The explanation of Teacher, Yamada is 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 university. |
水は、0度で凍る。 | freeze | Water freeze 0 °. |
警察は、その車を止めた。 | stop | Police stopped 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 airplane accident ashocked people all over the world. |
わたしは、ボスに毎日8時まで仕事をさせられる。 | work | I am worked at 8 p.m by my boss. |
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