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206 R: Can you describe any other specificways that images affected yourcomprehension?207 L: Specific ways? Uh . . . maybe somebackground.208 R: How’s that? Can you expla<strong>in</strong> it a bitmore?209 L: (laughs)210 R: Oh, okay if you can’t. How difficultwas it for you to answer thecomprehension questions at the end <strong>of</strong>each? How difficult were they, do youth<strong>in</strong>k?211 L: Well, I was asked who and what andwhere the th<strong>in</strong>g happened. I had to go backto the clip. That’s a problem. I couldn’tactually record it, so I had to replay it.212 R: Did the questions show you were togo, for example, where they <strong>in</strong> an order?213 L: I th<strong>in</strong>k they flowed well.214 R: Did those questions affect yourunderstand<strong>in</strong>g? When you saw thequestions, did you th<strong>in</strong>k you hadn’trealised someth<strong>in</strong>g?215 L: Oh, def<strong>in</strong>itely.216 R: For example?217 L: For example? Okay, with the third one‘Where’s the <strong>second</strong> site located to theorig<strong>in</strong>al f<strong>in</strong>d?’ And this just helped me tocorrect my comprehension.218 R: This is more towards this methodology<strong>of</strong> this study. What did you th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> this‘th<strong>in</strong>k aloud’ process?219 L: Uh . . . uh . . . it’s more <strong>in</strong>terpersonal.Sort <strong>of</strong>, if you study, you don’t talk. Youmay have to talk a partner. So it’s morelike talk<strong>in</strong>g to the <strong>video</strong> clip.220 R: And how did you f<strong>in</strong>d that? Was thatgood for you or? Did you feel embarrassedor . . . ?221 L: No.222 R: Is English your first <strong>language</strong>?223 L: No.224 R: Did you have problems, for example,go<strong>in</strong>g from you first <strong>language</strong> to Englishand then translat<strong>in</strong>g the Japanese? Did youf<strong>in</strong>d that to be a particular problem?225 L: Yeah, somehow.226 R: What was that? What <strong>language</strong> do youtend to th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>in</strong>?227 L: I don’t know. <strong>The</strong>y’re mixed.228 R: But do you th<strong>in</strong>k go<strong>in</strong>g from your first<strong>language</strong> to Japanese then to English madeit more difficult? How did it affect yourprocess?229 L: Well, maybe it takes me longer. Maybeunconsciously I have to translate Japanese<strong>in</strong>to Mandar<strong>in</strong> and then from Mandar<strong>in</strong> toEnglish. Maybe, but I can’t tell.230 R: I was just wonder<strong>in</strong>g.231 L: Sometimes I th<strong>in</strong>k it has someth<strong>in</strong>g todo with practic<strong>in</strong>g. If you are practic<strong>in</strong>gmore, you can retrieve quicker.232 R: And this is your first time do<strong>in</strong>gsometh<strong>in</strong>g like this. And what was do youth<strong>in</strong>k I could improve this process? I’vetried to set it up as best I could, but doyou have any suggestions?233 L: Okay, uh . . . I th<strong>in</strong>k maybe next timeyou can let the subject hold themicrophone. So that the person knowsthat he or she should talk as <strong>of</strong>ten as theycan. Just let them grab the microphoneand tell the guy that you have to speak as<strong>of</strong>ten as you can.234 R: A f<strong>in</strong>al question: What did you th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong>my <strong>role</strong>? Did I affect you <strong>in</strong> any way?235 L: Uh . . . I don’t know.236 R: Noth<strong>in</strong>g particular. It didn’t reallyaffect you, do you th<strong>in</strong>k?237 L: No, because uh people are not used tospeak to a mach<strong>in</strong>e. <strong>The</strong>y’d rather speak toa person, you know, that’s why I wasreferr<strong>in</strong>g to you rather than just talk to themicrophone.238 R: And I was try<strong>in</strong>g not to give you cluesor help you.239 L: Yeah. Maybe I th<strong>in</strong>k maybe peoplewill talk more if they don’t have an<strong>in</strong>structor nearby. Ask them to talk asmuch as they could.240 R: So you th<strong>in</strong>k because I was here youtalked less today?241 L: But they might talk a lot <strong>of</strong> rubbish,you know.242 R: What did you do today? Do you th<strong>in</strong>k Imade you more shy?243 L: No.244 R: Okay, that should be about it.245 L: Thank you.****END OF TRANSCRIPT FOUR264

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