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Respect accents. Dont think you can nail it like that. Remember that a native speaker has had a lifetime to mold his/hers language/accent. I realized that when I was in Spain during my traineeship. I was arrogant to think I could nail the language in 5 months. Dont get me wrong, I learned to communicate, but I was far from having an intrinsic understanding of the language. So, dont patronize native speakers by acting like you have had 20-30 years like them to practice. Respect the natives.
2 years ago 10
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@lingosteve ...you learn language for funn...mmmm...most of the people learn a foreign language for other reasons,better job opportunities,better salary,visit the country where the language is spoken,Steve, this is your retired project,for us is differnt ,we are younger ,for us is a necessity,for us it means even go and live in the country of our dreams,I don't criticize you ,I just tell you thet your aim in learning a foreigh language is completely different,we present exams,we go to classes,
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@lingosteve I will do just that then... hehe
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I mean, not in the way I'm looking for: movies and songs... It's hard to find those kind of things when you know nothing about the culture of the language...
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@lingosteve No, I was in college studying English teaching when I realized that I had a thick accent and actually, it all happened because I heard a teacher, who has a very good accent, speaking to me. So, I started investigating on the internet how to get a good accent and I found a guy named Luca here on youtube and I decided to follow his advises, so I try to listen to English songs very very carefully and I have two years doing just that and my accent has improved a lot.
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@Luiseut59 But what did you do to reduce your accent? Or did it just happen as all your English language skills improved?
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The funny part is that it wasn't until I heard someone really good, speaking to me live that I could tell that my accent wasn't just that good, because I remember myself watching tv and thinking: Oh, I'm quite good at this... but I wasn't... actually, I think that usually happens in the language learning process hehe.
Luiseut59 2 months ago
@Luiseut59 You can always listen to yourself and compare. But maybe your accent was not all that bad to begin with.
lingosteve 2 months ago
I don't know, I remember that I used to have a thicker accent in English and it was more difficult for me to speak because it wasn't natural. Besides, when someone has a thick accent in a language that usually means that that person struggles with understanding in general, I mean, I know I used to... So, for me, having a good accent is just the consequence of trying to understand the language better.
Luiseut59 2 months ago
@Luiseut59 I agree that listening often to content that we like, that strikes an emotional chord, will help us reduce our accent.
lingosteve 2 months ago
@lingosteve Well, I think is a matter of motivation, effort and high contact with the language. Now I'm doing an experiment trying to learn french in a "natural" way, I mean, listening to the sounds very carefully first (in order to perceive them) then I try to listen to the language a lot to learn words and grammar and so on. However, now I realized that I need high contact with the language in order to absorb the grammar rules and french resources are not that easy to find on the internet.
Luiseut59 2 months ago
@Luiseut59 I prefer to do a lot of listening before really trying to pronounce. I know that in Russian and Czech, which are difficult to pronounce, I just naturally get better at hearing the language through lots of exposure. Then when I start to speak I do better. It is hard to force yourself to pronounce well if the brain is not used to the language.
Why not use LingQ for French. There are lots of audio and text materials available for free download.
lingosteve 2 months ago