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appendix 2

Biographical information of Japanese
participants in the interview

M1 See Appendix 4. This participant is the focus Japanese student Tadashi, Case Study 1.
M2 M2 came to Australia to study at a secondary school in Sydney. After finishing secondary
school he spent a year at a matriculation college, and moved on to study linguistics at the
University of Sydney. He is in his third year of a BA.
M3 M3 came to Australia with his family when he was ten years old. After graduating from a
public school in Sydney, he was accepted to the Bachelor of Industrial Design program at
the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His parents went back to Japan at this stage,
but he and his siblings remained in Australia to study. He is in his second year.
M4 M4 came to Australia to study Industrial Design, as he had not been accepted into a uni-
versity program in Japan. After studying English for 7 months at a language school in
Sydney, he studied in a foundation course at the UNSW for a year, and was accepted into
an Industrial Design program at the same university.
M5 M5 is a third year student majoring in Chinese language at the UNSW. Before beginning
his studies at university, he spent six months in New Zealand at a sports college playing
rugby, and studied in an EAP program for 20 weeks in Sydney.
M6 M6 came to Australia with his family when he was thirteen years old. After graduating
from a public school in Sydney, he began a Bachelor of Chemistry since he was interested
in genetic engineering. He is in his second year at UNSW.
M7 M7 went to secondary school in a country town in Queensland (Australia) for three years
before beginning his studies in telecommunication at the University of Sydney. He was
not interested in acquiring English skills, but he came to Australia to avoid the ‘examina-
tion hell’ in Japan and experience study abroad. In order to do this, he chose a school in a
country town. He is in his second year at university.
M8 M8 is in his second year in a Masters in Applied Linguistics. He came to Australia after
graduating from university with a major in comparative culture in Japan. This particular
program was run through the English medium. Before starting his Master’s degree at the
University of Sydney, he studied in an EAP program in Sydney for 10 weeks.
M9 M9 is in his second year in his Masters in Commerce at the UNSW. Before beginning his
studies in Australia, he had worked for a trading company in Japan as he had a Bachelor
of Economics degree from a Japanese university. He studied in an EAP program for six
months in Sydney before being accepted into UNSW.
F1 F1 went to a public secondary school for three years in Sydney before she started her B.A.
at the University of Sydney. She is a second year student majoring in Chinese Studies and
Psychology. After completing secondary school, she decided to study at university in Aus-
tralia as she preferred it for her education.
F2 See Appendix 4. This participant is the focus Japanese student Aya, Case Study 3.