Interview - Yunjin Kim

[habiebiee]

Her English is so good (not only the accent and the whole presentation, but the phases she uses) that she can work for the government!Well Done you are one of the most familiar faces in the world :D

[ParkParkParkPark]

She has a pretty strong Korean accent for someone who spent most of her life in the States.

[dandesade]

@ParkParkParkPark Well, I wouldn't say English is her mother tongue as you can tell she frequently stutters during the speech and struggles with phrasing simple terms or answering questions. I have a few cousins and friends who moved to the States in elementary school from Korea but they all seem to have brushed off their Kor accents within the first few years.

[dandesade]

@ParkParkParkPark I am not sure about middle school students though...In that case, it depends on individuals because I've seen a few migrants who have adopted English as if it were literally their first language. *sighs*

[Mortalitus93]

"Hi, it is so good to see you again."

"Nice to meet you."

I don't think those two greetings made much sense together. :p Was it the first time or the second time?

Anyways, nice interview.

[IHeartMUFCandFCB]

lol

I'm not sure. I think it was the second time the reporter is interviewing Yunjin, if that's what you are asking.

Maybe Yunjin just didn't remember her or she said "nice to meet you" and by saying it, she just meant to say it was literally nice to meet her (the reporter) again.

English is not her first language. So it's fine. :-)

[symbolt]

@IHeartMUFCandFCB I am not sure English can be considered her second language. She moved to New York at the age of 10, so she grew up speaking English, and most people (i.e. linguists) would argue that she can be considered a bilingual, a person with two first languages. My Polish cousin's cousin moved to Germany at the age of 9, and her Polish is quite limited and heavily accented.

[dandesade]

@symbolt I've heard her speak Korean and it sounds fine, which implies that she hasn't lost the lingustic sense of her mother tongue. Given that idea her native language is fine, she does NOT suffer from speech impediment (as some would argue). She could be considered to be a bilingual, but then again, her English isn't fluent enough to explain things more tecnically in more than three consecutive sentences, using conjuctions.

[AjAlexK]

@Mortalitus93 Perhaps Yunjin Kim does many interviews and can't tell one interviewer from another so while the interviewer remembers Yunjin, she does not remember the interviewer

[C00KI333]

I love Jin :)