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| phonology Groupie Peru Joined 3507 days ago 40 posts - 48 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 1 of 2 04 October 2014 at 9:19am | IP Logged |
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I found an interesting video, but I do not understand English well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r05ropOnt3s I want to train the accent of Spain and Colombia :D Edited by phonology on 04 October 2014 at 9:25am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sushi13 Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 4483 days ago 49 posts - 64 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 2 06 October 2014 at 6:09am | IP Logged |
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Accents are really interesting and they're lovely. But they can also make you
embarrassed.. I'm from Quebec and I moved to a mostly English-speaking province/city. And people around me would laugh at my accent when I spoke English, and my English wasn't that great at the time either.. So I was embarrassed about it. In two years, my English improved so much! I talked English every day even though I go to a French school. But after a year, my accent was still there and strong. So I used to sit and listen to others and copy the way they talked. I'd repeat the same word over and over again. And now, people are surprised when I tell them that English is not my native language. I think accents take time, but if you practice them everyday, try to copy others, etc., it'll work out. I think that an accent isn't just the pronunciation. How fast you speak or the tone in your voice can make you sound more like a native too. I realized that I had to speak higher and slower in English, and that helped a lot too. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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