ASEAN — Gp2 : 521
- FSing : female from Singpore; ethncially Indian
- FLao : female from Laos
- FMyan : female from Myanmar
FSing : but how did you manage to cope when you were taught English at the very later stage (1.4)
FMyan : pardon?
FSing : h- how how are you all able to cope you know when in your during your time (.) you were taught English only at secondary level
FMyan : mm mm mm mmm (.) if I have to say <1> the truth </1>
FLao : <1> @@@ </1>
FSing : hm-mm
FMyan : erm tsk erm since (.) erm until until I was in the (.) s- er secondary level
FSing : hm-mm
FMyan : er I didn't know mmm what grammar i- is
Discussion: It is hard to determine why FMyan was unable to understand the question asked by FSing. After a pause of over one second, she asked for clarification. When the question was rephrased, FMyan replied appropriately.