By Accents, Speaking English

Maybe progress is leaving you behind.How does speaking English with an Indian accent = progress? Remember the acrolect in India is RP. And why India in particular? Why not France? or Albania? Surely those countries are doing better than India, a poverty stricken 3rd word country, from what...

So anyone moving to America would be wise to learn American English - the native language. Actually, in some instances learning RP would actually be better. If you can speak with a nearly perfect RP accent, you will be perceived as being a native speaker of British English, on this side of the...

This is really badly off topic but I couldn't resist the temptation to comment on your correct observation. I understand very well that native speakers of English mispronounce foreign words because foreign languages are not studied much in English-speaking countries.Well, can you really blame us?...

Anonymous wrote: What is the method to speak fluent english? someone said the grammer is correct,but people may don't know what i want to ask?why? thanks Speaking English fluently is not just about knowing the right methods. There are many facets of English one needs to go through before...

Do people in the UK speak that way? Aaaaaaargh! There's a lot of things I can't understand, sometimes it sounds like he's not even speaking English! Anyway I have to say that I'm not used to British accents, since I always listen to American stuff. You found a good video Nona, lots of accents...

Hello, Most people who speak English as a Second/Foreign language have a 'foreign accent', for instance, a Japanese person speaking English is likely to have a Japanese accent, and so on. My question to you is: can you as learners of English hear the foreigness/non-nativeness in your accent?...

Hi! How I wish I know you're name so I could type it with this note. Anyhow, nice to receive this response from u. Thank you for giving high regards to us when it comes to speaking English. It's because we were once colonized by the Spaniards and the Americans. You are right when it comes to...

In my opinion, foreign students are taught the pronunciation of words according to the their first entry in the Pronunciation Dictionary (John Wells' Pronunciation Dictionary or Daniel Johns' English Pronouncing Dictionary - these two hold a good reputation in the field). I believe that the first...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

I would model my speech on the most neutral and standard accent of the country I was going to live in. If not traveling there, I would base it on the accent of the English speakers I would be in contact with most as part of my job. CJ (By the way, here's a completely technical point: ...