Japan Three - Text
Male, born 1974 Nagoya, Japan. Started English studies in middle school. In residence for just a few months as undergraduate student at University of Kansas, when this recording was made by Paul Meier in Lawrence, Kansas, USA in 1999. Subject's English is rather halting still.
Running time: 02:30
Transcription of Unscripted Speech
If I go to Japan, it's easy to get a job. Actually, I want to get a job like, consulting company for developing countries, like looking at like environmental aspect. So far, I came here to...haa...English. Japan, the city name is, uh...Nagoya. Nagoya is, uh, middle point in Japan...middle point. City...is...uh..Nagoya is nothing special except like Toyota, you know Toyota right? Toyota...car company? Eh. Toyota base is there..there are many people and crowded. Uh, my, my family live in like, small house...yep. Japan is very small city, but, too many people are living there so...too crowded...so...land...land...land is, very expensive too. Japanese education system is...emphasis on only writing and reading...especially reading...so, I think there are many translators *laughs*, but we don't have...Japanese...they're not good at talking...uh, speaking Engli--English.
Unscripted Speech Transcribed by Faith Harvey 25 February 2008