Russia 20

Listen to Russia 20, a 26-year-old man from Moscow, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 26

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 11/05/1994

PLACE OF BIRTH: Kiev, Ukraine, but raised in Moscow

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Russian/Ukrainian/White

OCCUPATION: teacher of English

EDUCATION: higher

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and lived his early years there before moving to Moscow.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

He is a teacher of English, with a degree in linguistics and English philology. He has mastered a British dialect so is not useful to those wishing to study a typical Russian accent.

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RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 26/08/2020

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born on the 11th of May, 1994, in Kiev, Ukraine. So I consider myself being half-Russian, half-Ukrainian, uh, because of my parents and also because the major part of my life I’ve spent here in Moscow, Russia. Sooo, ah, I have graduated from Moscow City Pedagogical University, which is MCPU in short, aah, and I major in linguistics, especially English philology, which actually was that boost that I’ve received to my pronunciation and my English skills. And I’m really thankful to all the teachers that didn’t turn their backs, ahh, on me and actually help me out and showed me the way. [Subject chuckles.] I love them.

Aaaah, I currently teach kids; hmm, I teach English, and also I’m a keen photographer, plus I love playing guitar and I love extreme sports, especially snowboarding and skateboarding. Aaah, unfortunately, I’ve never been a traveler; aaah, the only travels that I had in my life apart from going to Kiev to see my granny were the trips to Hungary when I was 13 years old; aah, and this if affected my English, then it was really, really little because I was mainly speaking Russian and it was just a Russian camp I spent my time in. Aah, I was just having fun, no English practice. And also I’m at the moment a married man because I recently had a wedding, and, uh, for our honeymoon destination we chose Italy, Rome, which also didn’t help me with my English. It only helped me with my Italian. So no trips actually affected my English level, unfortunately. Aah, it’s only about meeting people online, speaking to them, watching some films, reading interesting books, aaah, which was a part of my education at the university, and this really helps to broaden my, my vocabulary. So, I think that’s it. Thank you for listening and take care. Bye-bye!

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 31/08/2020

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