France 10

Listen to France 10, a 44-year-old man from the Chablais region of France. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 44

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/10/1963

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saint-Nazaire, France

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: secretarial assistant

EDUCATION: university degrees

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject speaks only of short stays outside France: in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Ivybridge, and Manchester, in England. Within France, subject has lived in Saint-Brice sous Forêt and Thonon-Les-Bains, both for less than one year. He was raised in the Chablais region, near Switzerland.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

Subject has a French Baccalauréat A2 (literature and philosophy) and a “DEUG LLCE” (diplôme d’études universitaires générales — lettres, littérature et civilisations étrangères). He also has a French diploma in literature and cultural studies.

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RECORDED BY: Subject

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/10/2007

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born to French parents in Saint-Nazaire France in 1963. My father was a chief mechanic on board of oil tankers. I am 44, and I work in a primary school as a secretarial cum administrative assistant to the headmaster. Our family moved to the “Bas Chablais” region and settled here in 1968. I started taking English lessons when I was 10 years old with a private teacher who drove to our house every Sunday afternoon. Lessons were about one hour and a half. I passed the French Baccalaureat in June 1984. I am still studying English, and I have registered with Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand. It is distance learning. Students are not sent any courses by post. The CEAD or distance-learning services post courses to a platform each student can access with his/her nick and a password.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Subject

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 14/10/2007

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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DATE OF COMMENTARY (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

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