By American accents, Grammar

First of all, you need some grammar too, because I noticed typical Asian mistakes, or non native constructions anyway.Here's the best tips I can give you:1 - Get a grammar book, and read it, learning the most common structures. "English grammar in use" by Cambridge University Press...

First, study a lot to improve your grammar and enrich your vocabulary.Second, do as many things as you can in English. This includes reading books and magazines, watching films and TV programmes, listening to music and radio etc.Third, improve your pronunciation (practice, practice,...

Hi,my English is not good at all, really, but I'm improving. If you want to know how I improved and how I'm improving, then... let's just say I used to read some stuff in Practical English Usage by Michael Swan and English Grammar in Use (Cambridge University Press), but then I stopped relying on...

Milky wrote:<Wouldn't that mean that the Indians then would have to learn Chinese and US English?> Depends on the competition. The Chinese and Americans now want to do business with India. Well then, you have your answer. That's precisely why Indians must learn American English. Indians...

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

Hi Grammar Geek, What was there that made his 'redneck accent' so terrible? Unfortunately, my connection seems a bit slow at the moment, so I cannot watch his videos myself. Yet, I think you should explain why his attempt to sound 'redneck American' was unsuccessful. Are we talking about the way...

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

Grammar Geek wrote: You know, there is no SINGLE American accent. I've heard people who sound like a squawking goose lodged in their throat who are born-and-bred American speakers, and many more people with lovely enunciation. The same with British English. Good point. Although I deeply...

Hey I am Sundar here. Let me tell you something it's not hard to speak with an accent. Infact I am similar to you. I work in a call center. iam crazy about accent. Infact the onething hard about American accent is the speech Music (Intonation). Learning American grammar and replacing of...

WHO THE *** WANTS TO SOUND LIKE AN AMERICAN????? You're english is fine, if your grammar is fine. WHy do you need to convince them that you're an American with your English??? It's their choice tomake the call centers in Pinas, what do they expect? That people will sound like them???? And to...