France Three - Transcription
"I was born in Besancon, ah, in Montpelier and I grew up in Montpelier in Cretiez (sp?) near Paris and I spend most of my years in Besancon where I studied English and I got a degree in English in Besancon and I'm part of the exchange program. The, my first year here was part of the exchange program and I returned on my own and I'm enrolled in a Masters in French and, I'm teaching French here at KU. Ah, the first time I took English it was in, um, what would be the equivalent of middle high school here, like junior high and, ah, you have the choice, it's about when you're eleven and you have a choice between taking English or German and I chose English and so I've been learning English for thirteen years now, something and, and I took a degree at, um, college so that's how I learned it. It, it's British English definitely and most of the time in Europe, um, you'll learn British English and then I specialized in American studies and Women's Studies and so that's why I chose to came to the State. That's weird because people here in the States say that I have British accent and when I'm in France people say, 'Where did you get this American accent?', so (giggles) that's funny. Ah.I've been here, well, I came, the first time I came here was three years ago and then last year I came back to France to finish my master's degree there and now I'm back and I'm enrolled in masters program here in French."
Transcribed by Campbell Wharton, 1/31/2000