36.3705, Qs: Looking for Non-native Speakers of English Whose First Language is Hindi or Japanese.

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Subject: 36.3705, Qs: Looking for Non-native Speakers of English Whose First Language is Hindi or Japanese.

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Date: 01-Dec-2025
From: Quynh Ngo [trucquynhngothi at gmail.com]
Subject: Looking for Non-native Speakers of English Whose First Language is Hindi or Japanese.


We are looking for participants for our research study. It is about
how different English accents are understood by Vietnamese university
students. We need to record your voice to use as listening materials
for the students.
Criteria:
- Non-native English speaker
- Level of English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2+ level)
The participants should be either:
1. Indian speakers whose first language is Hindi
or
2. Japanese speakers whose first language is Japanese
Benefit: further discussion about payment methods
Procedure:
- Complete the survey: https://forms.gle/7W7kBz8fmZpjie648
- Wait for our contact to schedule a meeting (~1.5 hours)
What will happen in the meeting?
- Attend an online meeting via Google Meet on your laptop
- Look at a set of storytelling pictures and plan the plot for 3-5
minutes
- Tell the story in 7-10 minutes while looking at pictures
- Use your smartphone to record your narrative
- Send us the recording file via email
There will be 3 main stories in total.
If you have any questions, please contact us directly at:
trucquynhngothi at gmail.com or ncthanhloan at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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