1) How would you describe your voice? Find at least five specific adjectives.
boyish, horse voice,nasal voice, friendly, soft
2) Do you have any accent? Describe it.
singlish and japanese accent
3) What phrases do you use often?
i use the word nah oftenly but trying not
4) How do other languages you may speak influence your English?
it puts a japanese accent and also how i speak
5) What do your family say about the way you speak?
They say I sound sick and lazy.
6) What does your friend say about how you speak English?
they say “you speak in a singlish”
7) How did your language develop through your childhood?
i was in a local kindergarten I got the english from thier and i got my japanese form a
japanese school in singapore
8) How does the language you use differ from your parents/guardians?
i always answer a question in like one word
9) Have you ever experienced difficulties in speaking English?
yes i did when i was in spp i could not really make my self understood and i could not
choose a word to express my feelings
10) How have family members or friends influenced your use of language?
yes they did
11) Do you ever use malapropisms (unintentionally misused words) or neologisms
(invented words)?
i sometimes use theme
12) How have cultural factors impacted the way you talk?
it made me polite
13) To what extent is your use of language conscious or unconscious?
unconscious
14) How does the language you use change when you are communicating with different
people?
when i am with my friends i would speak but when i am speaking with who i don’t know
or has a higher position then me i would bring my polite self and speak.
15) How has technology impacted your use of language?
i some times use short forms in text message
16) How have the places you have lived in impacted the way you speak?
gave me a dialect which is singlish
17) What might a professor of linguistics notice about your use of words and phrases?
unconscious ithink