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| marklewis1234 Newbie United States Joined 5124 days ago 32 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 11 16 June 2010 at 6:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have started Michel Thomas' Spanish foundation course and am quite pleased with his style of teaching and my progress so far. I have heard some criticism aimed towards Thomas' accent and the negative impact this has on his students accent. Could anyone recommend an additional program to study alongside Thomas with the primary aim of aquiring a good Spanish accent?
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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5395 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 2 of 11 16 June 2010 at 9:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Your best bet would be native material, especially music/radio. My accent is a mix between Daddy Yankee, and Tego Calderón, because that's what I had access to (through MTV and youtube) My accent is predominatly Puerto Rican :D Tego Calderón http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8X-tg4mmGQ Daddy Yankee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcK9le6xZ2I 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| idiomasaur Diglot Groupie United Kingdom youtube.com/user/idi Joined 5311 days ago 45 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 3 of 11 16 June 2010 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Assimil Spanish with ease is great if you want a Castillian accent!
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| ribas Pentaglot Newbie Brazil blogmarceloribas.blo Joined 5670 days ago 37 posts - 48 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish, French, German Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 4 of 11 16 June 2010 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I recommend using Pimsleur (yes, it's slow, but you get a decent accent), and after you have a good understanding, TV and Radio (I listen to Radio Mitre in Argentina and watch Telesur from Venezuela - this last one is basicly far-leftist propaganda, but it is free - to improve my accent)
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| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6913 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 5 of 11 16 June 2010 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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This is my recommendation:
Pronounce it perfectly in Spanish 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5366 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 6 of 11 16 June 2010 at 10:23pm | IP Logged | ||
Qué padre! I'd definitely pay dinero to hear that... :) Edited by Teango on 16 June 2010 at 10:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| sdevante Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5099 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 11 16 June 2010 at 10:48pm | IP Logged | ||
My Colombian fiancee makes fun of me for learning "Puerto Rican" because I listen to a lot of Wisin y Yandel and Alexis y Fido, etc. Lol 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| AndrewL Newbie United States Joined 6469 days ago 26 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 8 of 11 16 June 2010 at 11:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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A while ago, I found this page. It seems pretty decent, I think.Goes into all the sounds and how they're pronounced, my only complaint is that it's not really in a very logical order.
If you want, I would check the Wikipedia page on Spanish pronunciation as well (if you trust it). Also, listen to natives and compare their pronunciation with your own. Strangely enough, I got my accent imitating FSI to a certain degree, though I don't combine vowels as much as I'm supposed to. Edited by AndrewL on 16 June 2010 at 11:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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