Data Collection at Honghe University

The collection of data of non-native speakers of English, which may be used for future linguistic research projects at our home university in Chemnitz, was our second objective next to our teaching activities. More than 45 students were asked to read the famous text "Arthur the Rat". The first half of the interviews was recorded in a computer lab with several recording devices, but the sound quality was rather low.



Because of that, the Dean of the English department was kind enough to arrange an appointment with one of the employees of the university's recording studio. For us this was much easier because we could split up into two groups and record two speakers simultaneously, one in the studio and another one in a soundproof booth.