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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6251 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 9 of 11 24 March 2014 at 9:34pm | IP Logged |
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Arekkusu: my Italian accent got worse as I got better at the language, at least once. I started an Italian class for beginners as a teenager, with a lot of non-native students, and quickly acquired a strong accent in the language. I'd previously known perhaps a few dozen phrases, but had heard the language throughout my life. So at least for heritage learners who start getting worse input, it's possible.
Aside from that, I strongly second everything you said. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4640 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 10 of 11 25 March 2014 at 12:10pm | IP Logged |
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I wonder if people should spend more time recording their own voice and comparing it to
the same words spoken by native speakers? I'm sure people are doing this, but I don't think I've seen it very much talked about here. Of course, having a native speaker listen is the ideal, but it's not always possible, while it's relatively easy to record and listen to one's own voice (even if "painful", sometimes, at least until one gets used to it). 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5019 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 11 of 11 25 March 2014 at 12:31pm | IP Logged |
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I think my Italian accent also got worse after I started. At first I focused a lot on getting the pronunciation right, but after that I concentrated more on other aspects of the language and pronunciation fell by the wayside a bit and I picked up bad habits. Like most things, if you don't practise it you lose it.
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