Vietnam 1

Listen to Vietnam 1, a woman in her 50s from north Vietnam. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 50s

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

PLACE OF BIRTH: North Vietnam

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Vietnamese

OCCUPATION: teacher

EDUCATION: N/A

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

The subject had been living in the United States for 11 years at the time of this interview.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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

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TRANSCRIBED BY: N/A

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Uh, I born in um, North Vietnam [before reunification]. I have eight children, and one niece — grands — grandson, yes, grandson. I, uh, come United States uh, about, uh, 11 year … 11 year, umm. Be — be– before I live in Vietnam I … uh, go to work, I had a teacher elementary, children, um..I teach, um, math, read, uh, vocabulary, grammar.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Faith Harvey

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/02/2008

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