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Player01 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Reduce accent in English
Description
I came to Canada from China 3 years ago but still haven't got rid my accent completely. My native language is Cantonese and it's really annoying to repeat myself more than twice to my friends all the time. The weird thing is when I talk I don't hear my own accent at all! I can pronounce almost each word correctly and read sentences out right. Yet when I try to speak casually I can't communicate smoothly. I tried to slow down the speed I talk and it helped me a bit.
Point Form
Came to Canada about 4 years ago
Difficulty of communication in casual conversation
Can pronounce words correctly when spoken individualy
Want to reduce my accent / To speak in neutral accent
Unusual Things
My friends who were used to be in ESL (English as a second language) class picked up the language faster than me
People told me my accent was neutral but that was when I didn't use the correct grammar in speech
I used to be good at speaking in public but in recent years I became very weak at it and for the first time I feel fear speaking in front of audiences
I came to Canada from China 3 years ago but still haven't got rid my accent completely. My native language is Cantonese and it's really annoying to repeat myself more than twice to my friends all the time. The weird thing is when I talk I don't hear my own accent at all! I can pronounce almost each word correctly and read sentences out right. Yet when I try to speak casually I can't communicate smoothly. I tried to slow down the speed I talk and it helped me a bit.
Point Form
Came to Canada about 4 years ago
Difficulty of communication in casual conversation
Can pronounce words correctly when spoken individualy
Want to reduce my accent / To speak in neutral accent
Unusual Things
My friends who were used to be in ESL (English as a second language) class picked up the language faster than me
People told me my accent was neutral but that was when I didn't use the correct grammar in speech
I used to be good at speaking in public but in recent years I became very weak at it and for the first time I feel fear speaking in front of audiences
Top answer
Hello! I understand your situation very well. Some good news and bad news.
- Hello!
- I understand your situation very well.
- Some good news and bad news.
- Good news There has been quite a lot of research into accent acquisition and how it is acquired.
- Bad news accent is not pronunciation, you can't learn it from a book.
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Hello!
I understand your situation very well. Some good news and bad news.
Good news
There has been quite a lot of research into accent acquisition and how it is acquired.
Bad news
I understand your situation very well. Some good news and bad news.
Good news
There has been quite a lot of research into accent acquisition and how it is acquired.
Bad news
- accent is not pronunciation, you can't learn it from a book.
- it is generally considered a social language feature. That is, people
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According to the statistics - yep! But it sounds like you either need to have someone help you, or watch a lot of American movies. :-)
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