Hello guys,
I was wondering what native speakers of English would think about my accent. Please post your impressions in this topic and tell me how close do you think is my accent to yours as native speakers of English. Where would you think I’m from if you were to guess?
Thanks in advance.
Your accent is nothing like mine. I wouldn’t expect it to be.
My accent is nothing like Alan’s, Mister Micawber’s, Dozy’s, Jamie (K)'s or that of any other native English speaker here. The likelihood is that their accents aren’t the same either.
Native English speakers have all sorts of accents.
Don’t get hung up about it.
hello every one,
since I’m from India, my accent is totally different from native speakers of English, so can anybody help me to learn an international accent?
I don’t know to what extent my intonation is correct,
thank you, have a nice time.
What is an ‘international accent’?
I’ve never heard it.
So what is the use of this section of the forum? At least one has to find out how correct and native-like their accents are.
Well in part at least it is a place for people to practice speaking. To learn to pronounce words clearly. To learn to have a natural flow to their speech. Of course some people will always want to sound like a native speaker (those who do often choose an accent, say a certain style of British or American) but I think Beeesneees has a point, there are many different accents among native speakers of English so what does “sounding native” really mean? I think it has more to do with one’s abilities to communicate, to understand and to be understood rather than the accent itself.
Xiaomuou has put it very well.
Clarity is what is important.
hello,
I think international accent means pronouncing the words like native speakers of English and other countries, and I’m really not sure about it,
I also herd this word for the first time last week when i had gone for an job interview, it was a BPO, where i had to talk about some topic, and i did, but i was rejected because my accent has mother tongue influence, they told me i have to improve my accent,therefore i asked to help me to improve my accent.
But i sow your message to Juliusestella on imitating an American accent, I think you are right, one need not imitate like native speakers of English to be a good English speaker. If people are understanding what you really want to say, then that’s enough. I was really worried about how do i learn to speak like native speakers of English. But now I’m not worried. thank you
To me it means that your accent doesn’t stand out in a country/state/county/town, etc. where English is spoken as the first language.
For example, my French accent allows me to blend in with the people in my home town, and people I talk to know that I’m indubitably French.
I feel strongly about sounding native (or at least close to native) to the place you’re at, because sounding “funny” singles you out and causes some people to pick on you, or to discriminate against you, etc (like housing discrimination is not unheard of, when people won’t rent you an apartment, on the grounds that you don’t have strong community ties).
Let’s face it, people are naturally apprehensive of everything foreign, and if your accent comes across as too foreign to them, they are less likely to treat you as an equal.
I think I can tell you’re not a native speaker, but you’re really good in my book, and you sound North American to me (the very same accent I’m practicing at the moment).
And I wouldn’t guess where you hail from (could be Romania or Germany though, going by your somewhat harsh consonants).