Ken and Yuka

Session Adv 1 : Male 1 to Female 1

Statistics

Statistics M1

Speaking Rate

A: 156.1   B: 130.7

Number of Words:

536

Articulation Rate:

2.6

Speaking Time:

271.7 seconds

Mean Length Runs:

11.7 (704 syllables)

Statistics F1

Speaking Rate

A: 164.3   B: 146.7

Number of Words:

619

Articulation Rate:

2.3

Speaking Time:

367.9 seconds

Mean Length Runs:

14.9 (854 syllables)

Statistics Shared

Silence Total: 4.4 secs.

Percentage: 0.6%

Total Speaking Time:

653 secs

Cross-Talk Pausing:

0 sec.

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Transcript

M1: Ok, ah, nice to meet you.

F1: Nice to meet you.

M1: Ah, I, I’m belong to comparative culture.

F1: Yeah, me, too.

M1: Ah, you, too? And, I’m a second grader, and how about, how about you?

F1: Yeah, I major (comparative) culture, and I’m in fifth year but now.  So (sniffle)

M1: Ah, first, I have about (.) fifteen classes ah, for ah, by a week. And, but um it is, ah↓, it is not easy to me, because I, I’m not good at study heh and, and English. And, how, how, how many class do you have in, in a week?

F1: I have only three. Yeah↑, one is (.) se-, seminar for my (facebook), and another two is English. And what is your hobby?

M1: Hobby? (.) Ah, my hobby is (.) umm. Ah, I don’t have, um, ah, the perfect hobby, because, um I, I was a junior high school and high school student, I, I only do club activity of all days and, and some, sometimes, I, I sometimes I study. So, I, I don’t know how to use the free time.

F1: Ah↑, ok: ↑.

M1: So, I have, I have no hobby. How about you? Do you have?

F1: Ah, for me↑, I have quite a lot of time, obviously. So, um, my hobby, I think I have money, first I love reading novels, comics, many things. Another I love cooking. I love playing piano another thing…

M1: Oh, do you play piano?

F1: Yeah.

M1: I, I, I…

F1: I’m very bad heh heh

M1: Yeah, yeah, I’ve learned about nine, nine years.

F1: Oh, my god!

M1: From, from umm my my↓ kindergarten. Since kindergarten, I, I, I’ve learned piano. But, but ↑ I’m, I’m very bad now.

F1: Ok yeah, same as me, I started piano kindergarten, but I, I have never loved it. I always hate it. So, I’m very bad, but I love music though. I sometimes go to um, theatre↑ or concert hall  to lesson and enjoy. Umm And, let’s talk about B. How are you both different.

M1: Ah (2.0) At first, I think um the, the time we have is different. You have a lot of free time, and I have, I have a little free time.

F1: You are busy.↓

M1: Yeah.

F1: And, another thing Hmm

M1: Ah, how, how about when, when you were the second grader? It is very, um, it was difficu–, um, difficult to, to keep to…

F1:  Ah, organize my schedule.

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

F1: Yeah, it was difficult. I was quite busy. When I was second year↑, it was two years ago. Yeah, I belongs to ESS circle, so↑ I had studied and par-time job and club activity which is quite strict. Busy, busy, so… yeah. But I sometimes enjoy drinking with my friends and go out and go shopping easy out, so I use my free time nicely, I think.

M1: Ah:

F1: Another difference…

M1: And

F1: Umm… Actually, we are quite similar because we play piano,

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah

F1:  um we…

M1: Yeah, I, I like to reading books heh heh

F1: Ok↑. Um, we major both thing  and, we wear black trousers today, same heh heh

M1: Yeah! Heh heh Exactly!

F1: Yeah, difference (.) I (.) Ah, do you have siblings? Siblings, Do you have ah, brother or sister?

M1: Ah, yeah. I have two brothers higher for me.

F1: Ah, older than you?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Um, your boy, boy brothers?

M1: Yeah, only boy.

F1: Oh, so three boys?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Ok! ↑  That’s difference. Ah, I have two young sisters…

M1: Oh, oh…

F1:  Heh heh

M1: Ah! That’s, that’s the difference.

F1:  Ok, yeah, that’s the difference. Ok Ah:

M1: And, other things, umm. I, Ah↑, I bought the (camera) about last, last↑ month, I think. And but, I have, I have, I have no, no time to take photos. So, (2.4) umm but um it’s, it will be hobby, I think.

F1: Ah, it’s gonna be summer↑ soon. So, you can find the time. That’s nice. ↓ Ah… Compare schedule who is busier? Obviously↑, you heh heh

M1: Yeah.  I think, I think.

F1: Do you have part-time job?

M1: Yeah, I have, but only, only weekends I, I work.

F1: Umm, what do you do?

M1: Ah, in the hotel, I, I, (.) I, I do a lighting?

F1:  Lighting?

M1: Ah, lighting staff. Ah, not server.

F1: Ah, ok↑ . Kind the camera, ah, no. Ah, so spot light and spotting

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, like sounds or, ah, sounds and lighting in, in, in the floor, ah, but not server in the floor.

F1: Ok. That quite spe-, sounds quite special.

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think.

F1: Technical job, I think.

M1: But, but not difficult. And everyone in my com-, ah, in my friends in, in my part, ah, part-time jobs is um. They are very umm enjoying to, to working.

F1: Umm. That’s nice. How long do you continue, since, when did you start that job?

M1: Umm ahm last, last year, I think.

F1: Ah, last year. So you are doing quite a long time.

M1: Umm, yeah.

F1: You are professional heh heh.

M1: Heh No, no, no. But only I, I work weekends, so, yeah How about you?

F1: Ah, I’m doing, ah I’m working at French restaurant.

M1: French restaurant!?

F1: In Kokura. It’s kind the good place. Ah, kind of expensive place. So: I work↑  um, four or five times in a week, but only five hours after school ↑  or from night go Kokura, ah, work for five hours. And it’s very↑   um, strict. Yeah. Because it’s a kind of rich atmosphere, so it’s important. So, I have to behave like an adults.

M1: Ah So, I, I know the French restaurant in Kokura the name of pon “Le pont de fer”?

F1: Ah! ↑   “Le pont de fer”?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Ah! Oh, oh!

M1: You work here?

F1: Yeah… similar, sim, not. Yeah, yeah… My boss ↑  have two shops, two restaurants. One is bistro, another is that café, café.

M1: Ah… yeah, yeah, yeah↑  .

F1: Café, “Le pont de fer”.

M1: Yeah.

F1: Oh!

M1: Yeah, I know, I know here.

F1: Oh my gosh! Yeah…

M1: And… near, near the Katsuyama park?

F1: Yes, yes, yes.

M1: But, I’ve never gone, ah, I’ve never go there, but I want to go there.

F1: Umm.

M1: Someday.

F1: Umm.

M1: And, and actually I, I learned the French on, in my first grade. So, my, my teacher in French class recommend to us. It is very nice place.

F1: Ah, woman?

M1: Yes.

F1: Very who woman?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Oh, yeah, yeah. I used to study French for half a year. It was that woman↑ I love↑  her because she is very sweet heh heh

M1: Oh…

F1: Yeah, but I don’t speak any French, any more.

M1: Me, too↑. Me, too↑, yeah.

F1: I only like to “Ca va?” heh heh

M1: “Bonjour” heh heh

F1: “Bonjour” heh heh

M1: Only like that Ah, so hhh yeah, I, I am, I am busy now but, um I’m, I’m look forward to this summer vacation because I have a plan to go, go not, not go abroad, but go… um… Tokyo Yeah, travel with my friends. So, do you have a plan? Any plan in summer?

F1: Yes, I have many↑. Because most of my friends, are, same as me, fifth year students,  (quite) of time, heh heh

M1: Yeah, ha, ha, ha.

F1: They have many things wanna do before graduate↑. So↑, I think we wanna, we gonna do hitch hiking,  travel around Kyusyu area. We have time. Heh Another thing, I wanna go to the sea: by car with my friends. Enjoy barbecue. And uh↑  many things.

M1: So, you have a lot of, lot of plans. (Yeah) Ah:

F1: Ah, I also wanna go abroad for, yeah, very like (.) back packer. I wanna do that. To, for, in Thailand and India before graduate like three weeks.

M1: Three weeks.

F1: Very cheap↑, cheap↑ travel but must be fun.

M1: Yeah, yeah.

F1: And must be good↑ experience. So, until September, I try hard working. I need money a lot. Yes, that money to my travel. That’s my dream.

M1: Yeah…

Comment

This discussion is notable insofar that Yuka has longer speaking time than Ken (367.9 seconds) compared to 271.7 for Ken, thus she has 619 words compared to Ken’s 536. There is no cross talk pausing. Minimal responses are few and both participants seem to have more motivation in giving interesting replies.  Speaking rate for both participants is fairly high, close to native speakers, 131.9 for Yuka and 130.7 for Ken. Acoustic and Lexical dysfluency is minimal and the only issue in syntactic dysfluency is that of Yuka’s repetition. MLRs are fairly long, 11.7 and 14.9. The discussion is warm and fluid.

 

MLR Transcript

Male Mean Length Runs

1. M1: Ok, ah, nice to meet you. = 6
2. M1: Ah, I, I’m belong to comparative cul//ture. = 11
3. M1: Ah, you, too? And, I’m a second grader, and // how about, how about you? = 15
4. M1: Ah, first, I have about (.) fifteen classes // ah, for ah, by a week. And, but um it // is, ah↓, it is not easy to me, be// cause I, I’m not good at study heh and, and // English. And, how, how, how many class do you // have in, in a week? = 55
5. M1: Hobby? (.) Ah, my hobby is (.) umm. Ah, I // don’t have, um, ah, the perfect hobby, be//cause, um I, I was a junior high school // and high school student, I, I only do // club activity of all days and, // and some, sometimes, I, I sometimes I stu//dy. So, I, I don’t know how to use the free // time. = 71
6. M1: So, I have, I have no hobby. How about // you? Do you have? = 14
7. M1: Oh, do you play piano? = 7
8. M1: I, I, I… = 3
9. M1: Yeah, yeah, I’ve learned about nine, nine years.
10. M1: From, from umm my my↓ kindergarten. Since // kindergarten, I, I, I’ve learned pi//ano. But, but ↑ I’m, I’m very bad now.// = 30
11. M1: Ah (2.0) = 1
12. (M1) At first, I think um the, the time we have // is different. You have a lot of free time, // and I have, I have a little free time. // = 30
13. M1: Yeah. = 1
14. M1: Ah, how, how about when, when you were the se//cond grader? It is very, um, it was // difficu–, um, difficult to, to keep // to… = 31
15. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. = 3
16. M1: Ah… = 1
17. M1: And… = 1
18. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah = 3
19. M1: Yeah, I, I like to reading books heh heh = 9
20. M1: Yeah! Heh heh Exactly! = 4
21. M1: Ah, yeah. I have two brothers higher for // me. = 11
22. M1: Yeah. = 1
23. M1: Yeah, only boy. = 4
24. M1: Yeah. = 1
25. M1: Oh, oh… = 2
26. M1: Ah! That’s, that’s the difference. = 7
27. M1: And, other things, umm. I, Ah↑, I bought the // (camera) about last, last↑ month, I think. And but, // I have, I have, I have no, no time to // take photos. So, (2.4) = 34
28. (M1) umm but um it’s, it will be hobby, I // think. = 11
29. M1: Yeah. I think, I think. = 5
30. M1: Yeah, I have, but only, only weekends // I, I work. = 13
31. M1: Ah, in the hotel, I, I, (.) I, I do // a lighting? = 13
32. M1: Ah, lighting staff. Ah, not server. = 8
33. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, like sounds or, ah, // sounds and lighting in, in, in the floor, ah, // but not server in the floor. = 27
34. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think. = 5
35. M1: But, but not difficult. And everyone // in my com-, ah, in my friends in, in my // part, ah, part-time jobs is um. They are ve//ry umm enjoying to, to working. = 39
36. M1: Umm ahm last, last year, I think. = 7
37. M1: Umm, yeah. = 2
38. M1: Heh No, no, no. But only I, I work // weekends, so, yeah How about you? = 18
39. M1: French restaurant!? = 3
40. M1: Ah So, I, I know the French restaurant // in Kokura the name of pon “Le pont de // fer”? = 21
41. M1: Yeah. = 1
42. M1: You work here? = 3
43. M1: Ah… yeah, yeah, yeah↑ . = 4
44. M1: Yeah. = 1
45. M1: Yeah, I know, I know here. = 6
46. M1: And… near, near the Katsuyama park? = 9
47. M1: But, I’ve never gone, ah, I’ve never go // there, but I want to go there. = 17
48. M1: Someday. = 2
49. M1: And, and actually I, I learned the // French on, in my first grade. So, my, my tea//cher in French class recommend to us. It // is very nice place. = 34
50. M1: Yes. = 1
51. M1: Yeah. = 1
52. M1: Oh. = 1
53. M1: Me, too↑. Me, too↑, yeah. = 5
54. M1: “Bonjour” heh heh = 2
55. M1: Only like that Ah, so hhh yeah, I, I am, // I am busy now but, um I’m, I’m look // forward to this summer vacation be//cause I have a plan to go, go not, not // go abroad, but go… um… Tokyo Yeah, // travel with my friends. So, do you have // a plan? Any plan in summer? = 68
56. M1: Yeah, ha, ha, ha. = 4
57. M1: So, you have a lot of, lot of plans. // (Yeah) Ah… = 12
58. M1: Three weeks. = 2
59. M1: Yeah, yeah. = 2
60. M1: Yeah… = 1

Female Mean Length Runs

1. F1: Nice to meet you. = 4
2. F1: Yeah, me, too. = 3
3. F1: Yeah, I major (comparative) culture, // and I’m in fifth year but now. So = 18
4. F1: I have only three. Yeah↑, one is (.) se-, sem//inar for my (facebook), and another // two is English. And what is your hobby? // = 30
5. F1: Ah↑, ok: ↑. = 2
6. F1: Ah, for me↑, I have quite a lot of time, // obviously. So, um, my hobby, I think // I have money, first I love reading no//vels, comics, many things. Another I love // cooking. I love playing piano a//nother thing… = 53
7. F1: Yeah. = 1
8. F1: I’m very bad heh heh = 4
9. F1: Oh, my god! = 3
10. F1: Ok yeah, same as me, I started pia//no kindergarten, but I, I have ne//ver loved it. I always hate it. So, I’m // very bad, but I love music though. I // sometimes go to um, theatre↑ or con//cert hall to lesson and enjoy. Umm And, // let’s talk about B. How are you both dif//ferent. = 72
11. F1: You are busy.↓ = 4
12. F1: And, another thing Hmm = 6
13. F1: Ah, organize my schedule. = 7
14. F1: Yeah, it was difficult. I was quite bu//sy. When I was second year↑, it was two // years ago. Yeah, I belongs to E//SS circle, so↑ I had studied and / par-time job and club activity which // is quite strict. Busy, busy, so… yeah. But I some//times enjoy drinking with my friends and go // out and go shopping easy out, so I // use my free time nicely, I think. = 78
15. F1: Another difference… = 5
16. F1: Umm… Actually, we are quite similar be//cause we play piano, = 16
17. F1: um we… = 2
18. F1: Ok↑. Um, we major both thing and, we // wear black trousers today, same heh heh = 17
19. F1: Yeah, difference (.) I (.) Ah, do you have sib//lings? Siblings, Do you have ah, brother or // sister? = 22
20. F1: Ah, older than you? = 5
21. F1: Um, your boy, boy brothers? = 6
22. F1: Oh, so three boys? = 5
23. F1: Ok! ↑ That’s difference. Ah, I have two // young sisters… = 13
24. F1: Heh heh = 0
25. F1: Ok, yeah, that’s the difference. Ok // Ah: = 11
26. F1: Ah, it’s gonna be summer↑ soon. So, you // can find the time. That’s nice. ↓ Ah… Compare sch//edule who is busier? Obviously↑, you // heh heh = 30
27. F1: Do you have part-time job? = 6
28. F1: Umm, what do you do? = 5
29. F1: Lighting? = 2
30. F1: Ah, ok↑ . Kind the camera, ah, no. Ah, // so spot light and spotting = 16
31. F1: Ok. That quite spe-, sounds quite special. = 9
32. F1: Technical job, I think. = 6
33. F1: Umm. That’s nice. How long do you continue, // since, when did you start that job? = 17
34. F1: Ah, last year. So you are doing quite a // long time. = 12
35. F1: You are professional heh heh. = 6
36. F1: Ah, I’m doing, ah I’m working at French // restaurant. = 13
37. F1: In Kokura. It’s kind the good place. Ah, // kind of expensive place. So: I work↑ um, // four or five times in a week, but only // five hours after school ↑ or from night go // Kokura, ah, work for five hours. And // it’s very↑ um, strict. Yeah. Because it’s a // kind of rich atmosphere, so it’s impor//tant. So, I have to behave like an a//dults. = 81
38. F1: Ah! ↑ “Le pont de fer”? = 5
39. F1: Ah! Oh, oh! = 3
40. F1: Yeah: similar, sim–, not. Yeah, yeah… My boss // ↑ have two shops, two restaurants. One is bis//tro, another is that café, café. // = 20
41. F1: Café, “Le pont de fer”. = 6
42. F1: Oh! = 1
43. F1: Oh my gosh! Yeah… = 4
44. F1: Yes, yes, yes. = 3
45. F1: Umm. = 1
46. F1: Umm. =1
47. F1: Ah, woman? = 3
48. F1: Very who woman? = 5
49. F1: Oh, yeah, yeah. I used to study French // for half a year. It was that woman↑ I // love↑ her because she is very sweet heh heh = 29
50. F1: Yeah, but I don’t speak any French, any more. = 10
51. F1: I only like to “Ca va?” heh heh = 7
52. F1: “Bonjour” heh heh = 2
53. F1: Yes, I have many↑. Because most of my // friends, are, same as me, fifth year students, // (quite) of time, heh heh = 23
54. F1: They have many things wanna do before // graduate↑. So↑, I think we wanna, we // gonna do hitch hiking, travel around // Kyusyu area. We have time. Heh Ano//ther thing, I wanna go to the sea: by // car with my friends. Enjoy barbecue. And // uh↑ many things. = 55
55. F1: Ah, I also wanna go abroad for, // yeah, very
like (.) back packer. I wanna // do that. To, for, in
Thailand and Indi//a before graduate like three
weeks. // = 40
56. F1: Very cheap↑, cheap↑ travel but must be fun. = 10
57. F1: And must be good↑ experience. So, un//til September, I try hard working. I // need money a lot. Yes, that money to // my travel. That’s my dream. = 36

Transcript

M1: Ok, ah, nice to meet you.

F1: Nice to meet you.

M1: Ah, I, I’m belong to comparative culture.

F1: Yeah, me, too.

M1: Ah, you, too? And, I’m a second grader, and how about, how about you?

F1: Yeah, I major (comparative) culture, and I’m in fifth year but now.  So (sniffle)

M1: Ah, first, I have about (.) fifteen classes ah, for ah, by a week. And, but um it is, ah↓, it is not easy to me, because I, I’m not good at study heh and, and English. And, how, how, how many class do you have in, in a week?

F1: I have only three. Yeah↑, one is (.) se-, seminar for my (facebook), and another two is English. And what is your hobby?

M1: Hobby? (.) Ah, my hobby is (.) umm. Ah, I don’t have, um, ah, the perfect hobby, because, um I, I was a junior high school and high school student, I, I only do club activity of all days and, and some, sometimes, I, I sometimes I study. So, I, I don’t know how to use the free time.

F1: Ah↑, ok: ↑.

M1: So, I have, I have no hobby. How about you? Do you have?

F1: Ah, for me↑, I have quite a lot of time, obviously. So, um, my hobby, I think I have money, first I love reading novels, comics, many things. Another I love cooking. I love playing piano another thing…

M1: Oh, do you play piano?

F1: Yeah.

M1: I, I, I…

F1: I’m very bad heh heh

M1: Yeah, yeah, I’ve learned about nine, nine years.

F1: Oh, my god!

M1: From, from umm my my↓ kindergarten. Since kindergarten, I, I, I’ve learned piano. But, but ↑ I’m, I’m very bad now.

F1: Ok yeah, same as me, I started piano kindergarten, but I, I have never loved it. I always hate it. So, I’m very bad, but I love music though. I sometimes go to um, theatre↑ or concert hall  to lesson and enjoy. Umm And, let’s talk about B. How are you both different.

M1: Ah (2.0) At first, I think um the, the time we have is different. You have a lot of free time, and I have, I have a little free time.

F1: You are busy.↓

M1: Yeah.

F1: And, another thing Hmm

M1: Ah, how, how about when, when you were the second grader? It is very, um, it was difficu–, um, difficult to, to keep to…

F1:  Ah, organize my schedule.

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

F1: Yeah, it was difficult. I was quite busy. When I was second year↑, it was two years ago. Yeah, I belongs to ESS circle, so↑ I had studied and par-time job and club activity which is quite strict. Busy, busy, so… yeah. But I sometimes enjoy drinking with my friends and go out and go shopping easy out, so I use my free time nicely, I think.

M1: Ah:

F1: Another difference…

M1: And

F1: Umm… Actually, we are quite similar because we play piano,

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah

F1:  um we…

M1: Yeah, I, I like to reading books heh heh

F1: Ok↑. Um, we major both thing  and, we wear black trousers today, same heh heh

M1: Yeah! Heh heh Exactly!

F1: Yeah, difference (.) I (.) Ah, do you have siblings? Siblings, Do you have ah, brother or sister?

M1: Ah, yeah. I have two brothers higher for me.

F1: Ah, older than you?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Um, your boy, boy brothers?

M1: Yeah, only boy.

F1: Oh, so three boys?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Ok! ↑  That’s difference. Ah, I have two young sisters…

M1: Oh, oh…

F1:  Heh heh

M1: Ah! That’s, that’s the difference.

F1:  Ok, yeah, that’s the difference. Ok Ah:

M1: And, other things, umm. I, Ah↑, I bought the (camera) about last, last↑ month, I think. And but, I have, I have, I have no, no time to take photos. So, (2.4) umm but um it’s, it will be hobby, I think.

F1: Ah, it’s gonna be summer↑ soon. So, you can find the time. That’s nice. ↓ Ah… Compare schedule who is busier? Obviously↑, you heh heh

M1: Yeah.  I think, I think.

F1: Do you have part-time job?

M1: Yeah, I have, but only, only weekends I, I work.

F1: Umm, what do you do?

M1: Ah, in the hotel, I, I, (.) I, I do a lighting?

F1:  Lighting?

M1: Ah, lighting staff. Ah, not server.

F1: Ah, ok↑ . Kind the camera, ah, no. Ah, so spot light and spotting

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, like sounds or, ah, sounds and lighting in, in, in the floor, ah, but not server in the floor.

F1: Ok. That quite spe-, sounds quite special.

M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think.

F1: Technical job, I think.

M1: But, but not difficult. And everyone in my com-, ah, in my friends in, in my part, ah, part-time jobs is um. They are very umm enjoying to, to working.

F1: Umm. That’s nice. How long do you continue, since, when did you start that job?

M1: Umm ahm last, last year, I think.

F1: Ah, last year. So you are doing quite a long time.

M1: Umm, yeah.

F1: You are professional heh heh.

M1: Heh No, no, no. But only I, I work weekends, so, yeah How about you?

F1: Ah, I’m doing, ah I’m working at French restaurant.

M1: French restaurant!?

F1: In Kokura. It’s kind the good place. Ah, kind of expensive place. So: I work↑  um, four or five times in a week, but only five hours after school ↑  or from night go Kokura, ah, work for five hours. And it’s very↑   um, strict. Yeah. Because it’s a kind of rich atmosphere, so it’s important. So, I have to behave like an adults.

M1: Ah So, I, I know the French restaurant in Kokura the name of pon “Le pont de fer”?

F1: Ah! ↑   “Le pont de fer”?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Ah! Oh, oh!

M1: You work here?

F1: Yeah… similar, sim, not. Yeah, yeah… My boss ↑  have two shops, two restaurants. One is bistro, another is that café, café.

M1: Ah… yeah, yeah, yeah↑  .

F1: Café, “Le pont de fer”.

M1: Yeah.

F1: Oh!

M1: Yeah, I know, I know here.

F1: Oh my gosh! Yeah…

M1: And… near, near the Katsuyama park?

F1: Yes, yes, yes.

M1: But, I’ve never gone, ah, I’ve never go there, but I want to go there.

F1: Umm.

M1: Someday.

F1: Umm.

M1: And, and actually I, I learned the French on, in my first grade. So, my, my teacher in French class recommend to us. It is very nice place.

F1: Ah, woman?

M1: Yes.

F1: Very who woman?

M1: Yeah.

F1: Oh, yeah, yeah. I used to study French for half a year. It was that woman↑ I love↑  her because she is very sweet heh heh

M1: Oh…

F1: Yeah, but I don’t speak any French, any more.

M1: Me, too↑. Me, too↑, yeah.

F1: I only like to “Ca va?” heh heh

M1: “Bonjour” heh heh

F1: “Bonjour” heh heh

M1: Only like that Ah, so hhh yeah, I, I am, I am busy now but, um I’m, I’m look forward to this summer vacation because I have a plan to go, go not, not go abroad, but go… um… Tokyo Yeah, travel with my friends. So, do you have a plan? Any plan in summer?

F1: Yes, I have many↑. Because most of my friends, are, same as me, fifth year students,  (quite) of time, heh heh

M1: Yeah, ha, ha, ha.

F1: They have many things wanna do before graduate↑. So↑, I think we wanna, we gonna do hitch hiking,  travel around Kyusyu area. We have time. Heh Another thing, I wanna go to the sea: by car with my friends. Enjoy barbecue. And uh↑  many things.

M1: So, you have a lot of, lot of plans. (Yeah) Ah:

F1: Ah, I also wanna go abroad for, yeah, very like (.) back packer. I wanna do that. To, for, in Thailand and India before graduate like three weeks.

M1: Three weeks.

F1: Very cheap↑, cheap↑ travel but must be fun.

M1: Yeah, yeah.

F1: And must be good↑ experience. So, until September, I try hard working. I need money a lot. Yes, that money to my travel. That’s my dream.

M1: Yeah…

Statistics M1

Speaking Rate

A: 156.1   B: 130.7

Number of Words:

536

Articulation Rate:

2.6

Speaking Time:

271.7 seconds

Mean Length Runs:

11.7 (704 syllables)

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Statistics F1

Speaking Rate

A: 164.3   B: 146.7

Number of Words:

619

Articulation Rate:

2.3

Speaking Time:

367.9 seconds

Mean Length Runs:

14.9 (854 syllables)

Statistics Shared

Silence Total: 4.4 secs.

Percentage: 0.6%

Total Speaking Time:

653 secs

Cross-Talk Pausing:

0 sec.

Comment

This discussion is notable insofar that Yuka has longer speaking time than Ken (367.9 seconds) compared to 271.7 for Ken, thus she has 619 words compared to Ken’s 536. There is no cross talk pausing. Minimal responses are few and both participants seem to have more motivation in giving interesting replies.  Speaking rate for both participants is fairly high, close to native speakers, 131.9 for Yuka and 130.7 for Ken. Acoustic and Lexical dysfluency is minimal and the only issue in syntactic dysfluency is that of Yuka’s repetition. MLRs are fairly long, 11.7 and 14.9. The discussion is warm and fluid.

 

MLR Transcript

Male Mean Length Runs

1. M1: Ok, ah, nice to meet you. = 6
2. M1: Ah, I, I’m belong to comparative cul//ture. = 11
3. M1: Ah, you, too? And, I’m a second grader, and // how about, how about you? = 15
4. M1: Ah, first, I have about (.) fifteen classes // ah, for ah, by a week. And, but um it // is, ah↓, it is not easy to me, be// cause I, I’m not good at study heh and, and // English. And, how, how, how many class do you // have in, in a week? = 55
5. M1: Hobby? (.) Ah, my hobby is (.) umm. Ah, I // don’t have, um, ah, the perfect hobby, be//cause, um I, I was a junior high school // and high school student, I, I only do // club activity of all days and, // and some, sometimes, I, I sometimes I stu//dy. So, I, I don’t know how to use the free // time. = 71
6. M1: So, I have, I have no hobby. How about // you? Do you have? = 14
7. M1: Oh, do you play piano? = 7
8. M1: I, I, I… = 3
9. M1: Yeah, yeah, I’ve learned about nine, nine years.
10. M1: From, from umm my my↓ kindergarten. Since // kindergarten, I, I, I’ve learned pi//ano. But, but ↑ I’m, I’m very bad now.// = 30
11. M1: Ah (2.0) = 1
12. (M1) At first, I think um the, the time we have // is different. You have a lot of free time, // and I have, I have a little free time. // = 30
13. M1: Yeah. = 1
14. M1: Ah, how, how about when, when you were the se//cond grader? It is very, um, it was // difficu–, um, difficult to, to keep // to… = 31
15. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. = 3
16. M1: Ah… = 1
17. M1: And… = 1
18. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah = 3
19. M1: Yeah, I, I like to reading books heh heh = 9
20. M1: Yeah! Heh heh Exactly! = 4
21. M1: Ah, yeah. I have two brothers higher for // me. = 11
22. M1: Yeah. = 1
23. M1: Yeah, only boy. = 4
24. M1: Yeah. = 1
25. M1: Oh, oh… = 2
26. M1: Ah! That’s, that’s the difference. = 7
27. M1: And, other things, umm. I, Ah↑, I bought the // (camera) about last, last↑ month, I think. And but, // I have, I have, I have no, no time to // take photos. So, (2.4) = 34
28. (M1) umm but um it’s, it will be hobby, I // think. = 11
29. M1: Yeah. I think, I think. = 5
30. M1: Yeah, I have, but only, only weekends // I, I work. = 13
31. M1: Ah, in the hotel, I, I, (.) I, I do // a lighting? = 13
32. M1: Ah, lighting staff. Ah, not server. = 8
33. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, like sounds or, ah, // sounds and lighting in, in, in the floor, ah, // but not server in the floor. = 27
34. M1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think. = 5
35. M1: But, but not difficult. And everyone // in my com-, ah, in my friends in, in my // part, ah, part-time jobs is um. They are ve//ry umm enjoying to, to working. = 39
36. M1: Umm ahm last, last year, I think. = 7
37. M1: Umm, yeah. = 2
38. M1: Heh No, no, no. But only I, I work // weekends, so, yeah How about you? = 18
39. M1: French restaurant!? = 3
40. M1: Ah So, I, I know the French restaurant // in Kokura the name of pon “Le pont de // fer”? = 21
41. M1: Yeah. = 1
42. M1: You work here? = 3
43. M1: Ah… yeah, yeah, yeah↑ . = 4
44. M1: Yeah. = 1
45. M1: Yeah, I know, I know here. = 6
46. M1: And… near, near the Katsuyama park? = 9
47. M1: But, I’ve never gone, ah, I’ve never go // there, but I want to go there. = 17
48. M1: Someday. = 2
49. M1: And, and actually I, I learned the // French on, in my first grade. So, my, my tea//cher in French class recommend to us. It // is very nice place. = 34
50. M1: Yes. = 1
51. M1: Yeah. = 1
52. M1: Oh. = 1
53. M1: Me, too↑. Me, too↑, yeah. = 5
54. M1: “Bonjour” heh heh = 2
55. M1: Only like that Ah, so hhh yeah, I, I am, // I am busy now but, um I’m, I’m look // forward to this summer vacation be//cause I have a plan to go, go not, not // go abroad, but go… um… Tokyo Yeah, // travel with my friends. So, do you have // a plan? Any plan in summer? = 68
56. M1: Yeah, ha, ha, ha. = 4
57. M1: So, you have a lot of, lot of plans. // (Yeah) Ah… = 12
58. M1: Three weeks. = 2
59. M1: Yeah, yeah. = 2
60. M1: Yeah… = 1

Female Mean Length Runs

1. F1: Nice to meet you. = 4
2. F1: Yeah, me, too. = 3
3. F1: Yeah, I major (comparative) culture, // and I’m in fifth year but now. So = 18
4. F1: I have only three. Yeah↑, one is (.) se-, sem//inar for my (facebook), and another // two is English. And what is your hobby? // = 30
5. F1: Ah↑, ok: ↑. = 2
6. F1: Ah, for me↑, I have quite a lot of time, // obviously. So, um, my hobby, I think // I have money, first I love reading no//vels, comics, many things. Another I love // cooking. I love playing piano a//nother thing… = 53
7. F1: Yeah. = 1
8. F1: I’m very bad heh heh = 4
9. F1: Oh, my god! = 3
10. F1: Ok yeah, same as me, I started pia//no kindergarten, but I, I have ne//ver loved it. I always hate it. So, I’m // very bad, but I love music though. I // sometimes go to um, theatre↑ or con//cert hall to lesson and enjoy. Umm And, // let’s talk about B. How are you both dif//ferent. = 72
11. F1: You are busy.↓ = 4
12. F1: And, another thing Hmm = 6
13. F1: Ah, organize my schedule. = 7
14. F1: Yeah, it was difficult. I was quite bu//sy. When I was second year↑, it was two // years ago. Yeah, I belongs to E//SS circle, so↑ I had studied and / par-time job and club activity which // is quite strict. Busy, busy, so… yeah. But I some//times enjoy drinking with my friends and go // out and go shopping easy out, so I // use my free time nicely, I think. = 78
15. F1: Another difference… = 5
16. F1: Umm… Actually, we are quite similar be//cause we play piano, = 16
17. F1: um we… = 2
18. F1: Ok↑. Um, we major both thing and, we // wear black trousers today, same heh heh = 17
19. F1: Yeah, difference (.) I (.) Ah, do you have sib//lings? Siblings, Do you have ah, brother or // sister? = 22
20. F1: Ah, older than you? = 5
21. F1: Um, your boy, boy brothers? = 6
22. F1: Oh, so three boys? = 5
23. F1: Ok! ↑ That’s difference. Ah, I have two // young sisters… = 13
24. F1: Heh heh = 0
25. F1: Ok, yeah, that’s the difference. Ok // Ah: = 11
26. F1: Ah, it’s gonna be summer↑ soon. So, you // can find the time. That’s nice. ↓ Ah… Compare sch//edule who is busier? Obviously↑, you // heh heh = 30
27. F1: Do you have part-time job? = 6
28. F1: Umm, what do you do? = 5
29. F1: Lighting? = 2
30. F1: Ah, ok↑ . Kind the camera, ah, no. Ah, // so spot light and spotting = 16
31. F1: Ok. That quite spe-, sounds quite special. = 9
32. F1: Technical job, I think. = 6
33. F1: Umm. That’s nice. How long do you continue, // since, when did you start that job? = 17
34. F1: Ah, last year. So you are doing quite a // long time. = 12
35. F1: You are professional heh heh. = 6
36. F1: Ah, I’m doing, ah I’m working at French // restaurant. = 13
37. F1: In Kokura. It’s kind the good place. Ah, // kind of expensive place. So: I work↑ um, // four or five times in a week, but only // five hours after school ↑ or from night go // Kokura, ah, work for five hours. And // it’s very↑ um, strict. Yeah. Because it’s a // kind of rich atmosphere, so it’s impor//tant. So, I have to behave like an a//dults. = 81
38. F1: Ah! ↑ “Le pont de fer”? = 5
39. F1: Ah! Oh, oh! = 3
40. F1: Yeah: similar, sim–, not. Yeah, yeah… My boss // ↑ have two shops, two restaurants. One is bis//tro, another is that café, café. // = 20
41. F1: Café, “Le pont de fer”. = 6
42. F1: Oh! = 1
43. F1: Oh my gosh! Yeah… = 4
44. F1: Yes, yes, yes. = 3
45. F1: Umm. = 1
46. F1: Umm. =1
47. F1: Ah, woman? = 3
48. F1: Very who woman? = 5
49. F1: Oh, yeah, yeah. I used to study French // for half a year. It was that woman↑ I // love↑ her because she is very sweet heh heh = 29
50. F1: Yeah, but I don’t speak any French, any more. = 10
51. F1: I only like to “Ca va?” heh heh = 7
52. F1: “Bonjour” heh heh = 2
53. F1: Yes, I have many↑. Because most of my // friends, are, same as me, fifth year students, // (quite) of time, heh heh = 23
54. F1: They have many things wanna do before // graduate↑. So↑, I think we wanna, we // gonna do hitch hiking, travel around // Kyusyu area. We have time. Heh Ano//ther thing, I wanna go to the sea: by // car with my friends. Enjoy barbecue. And // uh↑ many things. = 55
55. F1: Ah, I also wanna go abroad for, // yeah, very
like (.) back packer. I wanna // do that. To, for, in
Thailand and Indi//a before graduate like three
weeks. // = 40
56. F1: Very cheap↑, cheap↑ travel but must be fun. = 10
57. F1: And must be good↑ experience. So, un//til September, I try hard working. I // need money a lot. Yes, that money to // my travel. That’s my dream. = 36

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