Thailand 5

Listen to Thailand 5, a 17-year-old boy from an unspecified location in Thailand. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

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

PLACE OF BIRTH: Thailand

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Thai (exact ethnicity unknown)

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION: The subject was attending high school at the time of this interview.

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

The subject spent a year in Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

He started learning English when very young. The Oxford English Dictionary was the source that helped him the most. He said he owned a CD version of it and, therefore, was able to listen to the sound of English.

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