Search results for 'tag:American accents tag:Learning English' matching tags 'American accents' and 'Learning English'

Re: I WANT AN AMERICAN ACCENT!

Gaia74 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:11:14 GMT

Hi!

I'm learning english too and when I'm staying at home, I hear and watch english sound and movies, without subtitles, so I try to understand the words, the pronunciation ... and it's very funny. Try it.

Re: Speaking Teaching Books

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:47 GMT

' American accent trainning' is quite pratical and I've been working on it on and off for almost 6 months. It help me some but not too much I think. U will never pick up the american accent unless u live there for 5 years at least. I am Chinese but I speak either British or American accent although I've been studying in Britain for about 2 years and a half. I just use some parts of the book to correct my pronunication and learn the intonation. Personally speaking, American accent is standard and much more easier than British accent, unlike British accent wihch has many varieries and Brits dont speak the gentle way like they used to. Anyway , good luck with learning English ;-0

Alex

Re: Is American English lazy English?

Ville_maddengurl — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:08:08 GMT

I've never seen any Japanese who can use American accent perfectly... On the other hand,Japanese-English is cute i think...

i am learning English at an American College for 11 years ...In 2003 summer i was in Florida, they-Americans- could not realize i am American or not...

Re: American Accent Training!

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:53:41 GMT

hello I am an American living in the Philippines and would be more than happy to assist anyone who is interested in learning English and having a natural sounding English accent.

I am a motivational speaker, corparate trainer and business coach, and have done extensive voiceover, theater, T.V., radio and public speaking work over the last 20 years.

Re: Native-speaker intuition.

Englishuser — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:02:48 GMT

Hi Cool Breeze,

You wrote:

What is difficult about English are the countless idioms and spelling.

By the way, when I am abroad I try not to sound British or American even though I have been told that I am able to mimic the American accent quite well.

I couldn't agree more: English idioms and spellings tend to be difficult even for many a native speaker! I would also like to add that the size of the English lexion makes learning English relatively difficult.

Just out of curiosity: What exactly do you try to sound like on your trips overseas?

Englishuser

Which pronunciation to model your speech on

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:15:05 GMT

Hello everyone,

Many people in this forum seem to be interested in discussing differences between British and American accents, as well as which accent they prefer learning. Some people have gone as far as to express their desire to learn very specific accents, e.g. some people wanted to acquire a Scottish accent while others wanted to learn Cockney. I'd like to ask all of you who choose to imitate speakers of a particular accent: why is this? Why do you want to learn Cockney, for instance? Is it because you feel comfortable speaking Cockney? Is it because people understand you better owing to your Cockney or near-Cockney accent? Some of you have highlighted that almost all non-native speakers have an accent typical for their country/first language. While this is largely true, I also think it should be mentioned that anyone learning English needs to imitate native speakers and to learn to pronounce English sounds so as to be understood. Imagine a person with Chinese or Polish as their mother tongue speaking English with his or her native phonemes. I personally doubt native speakers would understand what he or she says (unless they knew Chinese or Polish), and I think most of you'll agree. So, in conclusion, learners of English clearly need to imitate native speakers. The question is: whose pronunciation should you try to imitate? Queen Elizabeth II's? Tony Blair's? George Bush's? Or somebody else's? I'd love to hear what you guys think.

Re: British Pronounciation vs American Pronounciation

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:13:29 GMT

Hallo. I liked your comment on learning English and American. I'm trying desparatly to preserve my American accent while I'm assaulted by the British accent since I live in Europe now (Poland). What are good books to teach me contrasted pronunciation with cassettes. My email is richardmariasokolowski@wp.pl. My warm regards, Richard

Re: British vs American English (potaytoe, potaatoe)

A.DeSouza — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:59:31 GMT

All languages change and develop over time, with new words being added and different meanings being applied. English has changed just as much as American english from what the language was like in the 18th century - no one goes around talking like Charles Dickens or Jane Austen anymore. naturally American english started of the same as British english because it derived from the British.

In fact relatively few people in England speak with what most of the world sees as the traditional, posh , proper British accent (with the exception of people in the Royal family and those in Parliment.) Up in the north there are a variety of dialects but down south, around London, the accent is a mild cockney among the working class/youngsters or neutral among those who are older or better off.

It amazes me to here that some people learning English learn it in a American accent, surely if you are learning a language you learn it in the accent of the people who originally spoke it. If you are learning Spanish, you learn it in Spanish accent not a south American one. If people are learning American English, you might as well teach carribean English too.

lastly I have no problem with words being different in America, but some are just not logical. Such as the change from football to soccer, - everyobody else calls it football because you play it with your feet (unlike American football which you play with your hands) so why call it soccer? that is one change i really do not understand.

Re: New positions - Just contracted the school... Apply now.

Guest — Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:54:41 GMT

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I am easygoing, enthusiastic and flexible. I can work well with other employees and in complete harmony with the school . Given the opportunity I would consider it a privilege to contribute my reliability and enthusiasm to fulfill the job requirements necessary to meet your specifications. I shall look forward to hearing from you.

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