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| kman543210 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4654 days ago 26 posts - 73 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German | Message 9 of 9 28 July 2012 at 12:00pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome Sirera! The fact that you feel you've acquired a good accent in English may or may not indicate that you can do the same in other languages. English is so widely spoken that you may have just been exposed to it so much that you had an ear for it even before formally learning it. Spanish was my first foreign language that I started to learn when I was 14 years old, and the pronunciation wasn't and isn't that difficult for me (I even was able to effortlessly change to a Castilian Spanish accent after speaking it for about 8 years). I won't claim that I pronounce it perfectly or without any accent, but pronouncing words, especially in isolation, seems to just flow.
French was my second foreign language, and it wasn't as easy to get the pronunciation for me. My French teacher in college knew I spoke Spanish too because I would pronounce some of the words as if they were Spanish words. I was able to change that, but it still took/takes a lot more work for me to get it down. I also just started German recently, and sometimes I wonder if I shall ever be able to pronounce some of the words even close. I can mimic the individual sounds pretty well, but when putting them into words, not so much. That was just my experience, but you may find that you have a "talent" for hearing and duplicating correct pronunciation (and all the other stuff that goes along with speaking a language). Again, welcome to the forum! 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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