Data Sets

Brunei

ASEAN

Japanese + Bruneian — Jp : 444

S1 = Brunei female
S2 = Japanese female

Context : They have been talking about the English Language module S2 has been taking while she has been an exchange student at UBD.

S1: yeah okay so (.) how how do you find the (.) classes

S2: heh:: (1.3) i think (.) there was one of my senior? from japan? she was in here until march?

S1: wait. is her name [name]?

S2: yeah yeah yeah yeah <1> yeah yeah </1> yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

S1: <1> yeah @ </1> (.) actually yes i i just did er an interview <2> with her as well </2>

S2: <2> er yeah </2> i think so

S1: yeah i talked <3> to her </3> as well.

S2: <3> yeah </3>

S1: <4> yeah </4>

S2 <4> yeah </4> then (.) her major is english literature so (.) she also take some (.) class about english (.) <5> so </5> yeah

S1: <5> yeah </5>

S2: i think she she introduce (.) this class to me.

S1: okay.

S2: yeah. maybe i don't remember when @

S1: okay. so er how do you find it do you find it erm do you think it's okay? can you follow it? or

S2: yeah yeah.

S1: not so difficult.

S2: mm:: at first it's a bit difficult but i think compared to other class it's easy to understand

S1: okay.

Intended Words: find

Discussion: In English, find can have two distinct meanings: it can mean to discover something ('I found the place easily'); or it can mean to have an impression about something ('I found the book boring').

Here, S1 intends the second meaning when she says 'How do you find the class'; but S2 mistakes this for the first meaning, about how she got to know about the class, and she answers that her classmate told her about it. When S1 rephrases, by asking 'Do you think it's okay?', S2 eventually provides a more suitable response.