How to speak English with an accent?!

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Guys! Enough of arguing how to get rid of accent  now let's talk about how to be able to speak english with an accent  So, what are you waiting for?! START POSTING NOW!  lol

Itzcrazychick · Accepted Answer

hey, im pure pilipino  for now im looking  for a great job its a call center  and everbody knows that if  you want that  job  , you have to be fluent in speaking ., so thats my prob.  i know how to speak and understand too but i cant speak fluently .,can you help me solve my prob?. THANKS!

HaffiezMike · Answer

Wish i could help you but i want to tell you CONFIDENCE is important! Good luck <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/4.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/4.gif' alt='Emotion: stick out tongue'/>

Guest · Answer

Ask any Englishman and he will tell you. They are experts in faking accents. Call them up in the middle of their sleep and then you will see their original accent:p

HaffiezMike · Answer

lol that's so funny eh?

anyway that is a good idea to you filipino dude

Anonymous · Answer

hai

spend more time with bbc news

Anonymous · Answer

i know how to speak english and i understand it too. but im lack of confidence. im afraid to speak english in front of people. what should i do?? plase help me!!!

Anonymous · Answer

First of all, always try to communicate with your colleagues, relatives in english.

Try to improve by studying various books, magazines newspapers or see any english news channels or discovery channel in order to have a good accent.

Webmasterxrz · Answer

LISTENING A LOT¡¡¡¡

It's the basic thing you have to do. Radio stations, TV chanels and Audio..

TRY TO FIND A COLLEAGUE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH WELL,

and speak with him. Let him to correct your accent.

Greetings.

Juan Antonio (SPAIN)

Anonymous · Answer

All you have to do is speak.  It is as easy as that.  So who cares what they think about jow you speak. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/2.gif' alt='Emotion: big smile'/>

Raindoctor · Answer

HaffiezMikeGuys! Enough of arguing how to get rid of accent now let's talk about how to be able to speak english with an accent So, what are you waiting for?! START POSTING NOW! lol

If one can 'systematically' learn to rid of accent, then foregin accents can be learnt systematically as well.

1. Learn the intonation of the target language
2. Learn how english words get mapped to the phones of the target language. I know how indian languages map: for instance, ambivalent gets mapped as am-bi-va-le-nt, with va being vay.
3. The target language may not have the phonemes that English has: so, find them and replace with the target phonemes. For instance, a? becoming ??; dental fricative becoming a dental stop.
3. Look whether the target language is stress-timed or not. If it is stress timed, but has a different stress format (like ult, penult, antepenult), follow it; if it is not, focus on "how to not stress short vowels", since the trick involved in stressing english short vowels does not so much depend on the length of the vowel, but on the consonant preceding the stressed short vowel.

Better yet, get a copy of David Alan Stern's works on "Acting with an accent" in multiple target languages.

You can find some of em on torrents.

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