Saudi Arabia 2

Listen to Saudi Arabia 2, a 25-year-old man from Najran, Saudi Arabia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 25

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1981

PLACE OF BIRTH: Najran, Saudi Arabia

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Saudi Arabian (exact ethnicity unknown)

OCCUPATION: college student

EDUCATION: diploma in computer engineering

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

At the time of the interview, the subject was studying English in Ohio, United States.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: D’Arcy Smith

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 24/02/2006

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 like, uh, life here in, uh, America, but, uh, sometime I miss my, uh, uh, my friend, especially my small sister because, uh, uh, uh, she’s very shy, when, uh, when, uh, she see me.  She can’t talk to me.  Uh, I know I am, uh, um, her brother-brother, but she can’t talk to me.  Uh, I didn’t know all but, I, uh, I put her picture in, uh, all my room.  Uh, I can’t, uh, uh, I can’t, uh, wait fo-, to, uh, see her again.  But, uh, I’m trying to, uh, do anything for-for-forget, uh, missing her.  Uh, sometime I, uh…uh, I going to, uh, to my friend apartment, uh, for play or for, uh, for talking, for anything.  Uh, about sitting he-, studying here, I think it’s, it’s nice, but, uh, there is uh, uh, a m–, a long, a lot of homework.  It’s … when, when y-you know you have a lo–, a lot of homework, you can’t study.  You can’t, uh, just … I feel I am here just for doing, uh, my homework, not for studying.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Lynn Baker

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/08/2008

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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

SCHOLARLY COMMENTARY: N/A

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

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