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Korea Three - Text

Sample recorded by Matt Simon and edited by Paul Meier, 5.09.02. Running time: 00:04:54.

Transcription of Unscripted Speech

I was born in Seoul, Korea...long time ago *laughs*. I was raised in Korea until I graduate high school, and I moved to London when I was 18, so um, the [?] college in London, and I finished my BA degree, and I had one year of post...diploma certificate course, which we don't have in here, and during the time I came to Kansas as an exchange student, so I came to Lawrence, Kansas for...6 months, one semester. And, after that I came back to London to finish my degree, and I did, and I came back which was 19...98 'till now. Uh, during, uh, you say junior high school? Yeah, junior high school and high school I learned six years of English, but that time it was only grammar; no speaking, no reading, no listening. So um, I was able to read..but not speak at all, and I came to London, that time I started um, hearing really...and by TV or radio, and I went to English school there...and, that time I picked English. [Speaking Korean]

Unscripted Speech Transcribed by Faith Harvey 27 February 2008

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