[Paid study] Converse with your friends and get paid $25/hour (per pair).

Company: BANDA TECH Pte Ltd
Location: One north / at home over Zoom

Purpose:
To collect Singapore English data with codeswitching* utterances.

How to induce Codeswitching*: Participants are to switch freely amongst the 2 languages, English AND Malay/ Tamil. Participants are also reminded to speak naturally and casually, like how they are talking to their family or close friends.

Recording description:

🍀Option 1: Physical audio Recording at One-north:
Individuals who can converse in Malay / Tamil pair up with another individual (eg. friends, family, siblings, partner) and head down to office for 1-hour audio recording. The pair can choose to talk about any topic they want to talk about. (They can just converse freely with each other, as there is no limit to topic discussed.)
Each pair will then be paid $25

🍀Option 2: Audio Recording at home:
Individuals who can converse in Malay / Tamil pair up with another individual (eg. friends, family, siblings, partner) and arrange a call using Zoom with family/ friends online to do the audio recording of the conversation for 1 hour. The pair can choose to talk about any topic they want to talk about. (in other words, there is no topic limitations, except for sensitive topics. If unsure, please consult).

Each pair will then be paid $25.
❣️Eligibility/ Criteria:
1. Age: 18 to 65 years old
2. Ability to speak English with Malay / Tamil
3. All speakers must have a formal education in English at local school for at least 6 years (English language competency requirement)
4. Education background: No specification

🔹Interested applicants or any enquiries, please contact JIAWEN at or SMS/whatsapp at