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Brenda (psudeonym) is not a student at the researchsiteand is <strong>in</strong> her early 20s, She is married to aJapanese. She recently graduated with a Japaneseteach<strong>in</strong>g degree and has spent one year <strong>in</strong> JapanTra<strong>in</strong>ed first to do th<strong>in</strong>k aloud protocols and towork the computer, as per Ericsson and Simon(1993).*NHK: M0image appears on the screen1. Researcher: So could you start now with this firstimage even before just what’s com<strong>in</strong>g to m<strong>in</strong>d just starttalk<strong>in</strong>g now and then start the <strong>video</strong> whenever you wish so...2. Brenda: Okay ... so it looks like some sort <strong>of</strong> hugebuild<strong>in</strong>g so it must have someth<strong>in</strong>g to do with uh rubbish.3. R: How do you know that?4. B: Well, part <strong>of</strong> it I suppose would be from the uh theheadl<strong>in</strong>e so either it could mean perhaps that money hasbeen found or it costs that much to dispose <strong>of</strong> certa<strong>in</strong>rubbish, I don’t know. I’m guess<strong>in</strong>g. So I’ll have a look*NHK: M0 - M6 ‘Chiba-ken no seso centa deatsumeta gomi no naka kara genk<strong>in</strong> yon hakyuman yen amari ga mitsukarimashita.‘5 B: Okay so what goes through my head is uhm ...someth<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g ... <strong>in</strong>side ... I can’t — I don’t knowwhether it was <strong>in</strong>side a theatre or <strong>in</strong>side <strong>of</strong> the build<strong>in</strong>g, it’sone <strong>of</strong> the two. But actually now that I’ve got to put ittogether. (wants to start the clip)headl<strong>in</strong>e is important; she beg<strong>in</strong>sto develop a framework forlook<strong>in</strong>g at the rest <strong>of</strong> the clipstop one; six <strong>second</strong>scomplete sentenceshe has lots <strong>of</strong> difficultyexpress<strong>in</strong>g her thoughts quicklywhy a theatre?6 R: Uh wait I’m go<strong>in</strong>g to ask you these questions.Yeahwe’ll just sort <strong>of</strong> after each section I’m go<strong>in</strong>g to ask youthis question questions like for example ‘how much do youfeel you understood <strong>of</strong> this section all <strong>of</strong> it most <strong>of</strong> it, abouthalf <strong>of</strong> it, or none <strong>of</strong> it at all?7 B: About half <strong>of</strong> it.8 R: Why do you th<strong>in</strong>k you understood only half <strong>of</strong> it?What were some <strong>of</strong> the problems for example?9 B: Because I couldn’t catch all <strong>of</strong> the words. I guess Iwas listen<strong>in</strong>g for the ma<strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>ts. Maybe I got sidetrackedby the other bits. I don’t know if that came <strong>in</strong>to it.ma<strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>ts as a basis forbuild<strong>in</strong>g understand<strong>in</strong>gsuggests difficulty <strong>in</strong> attend<strong>in</strong>g toall the <strong>in</strong>put10 R: Can you summarize for me <strong>in</strong> English what wassaid <strong>in</strong> this section?11 B: Uhm ... the part <strong>of</strong> Japan ‘ishi’ no it wasn’t‘Ishikawa ken’. I can’t remember what it said. No I can’tremember (laughs).mental capacity limitations121

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