Taiwan Three - Text
Subject is female, born in 1984 and raised in Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan, which is the second-largest city in Taiwan. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Kansas studying music therapy. She has lived in Taiwan most of her life, only coming to the United States in the fall of 2007.
TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
I was born in Kaohs—no, Taipei, Taiwan. And I grew up in Kaohsiung – it’s the second-largest city in Taiwan. I started learning English when I was twelve. Then (ah) after I graduated from college I came to the U.S. for my graduate studies. I study music therapy, which we use music to address clients on non-musical goals such as cognitive, physical, emotional, psychosocial, and so on. So that’s what I’m doing here now in Lawrence, Kansas. So I started learning English when I was twelve; I started wi—started with alphabets, and lear—and then I learned English when I was in high school through college. It was a pretty long time. It has been like twelve years up to now. And I like speaking English, so that’s why I came here I guess.
SAMPLE RECORDED, SPEECH TRANSCRIBED AND NOTES WRITTEN BY MICHAEL POPE ON MAY 3, 2009.
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