{"id":4506,"date":"2014-11-06T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2014-10-31T02:42:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T06:42:05","slug":"how-to-improve-your-english-accent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/how-to-improve-your-english-accent\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve your English accent!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently a reader of this blog asked for some advice on improving his accent when speaking English. So, today I have a few tips on this topic for everyone! If you ever have a topic you would also like to see discussed on this blog feel free to leave a comment below and tell me what it is. Now, here are some tips for working on improving your English accent!<\/p>\n

First, you have to pick an English accent!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many English accents out there. The two major ones are the American and the British accents, but even within these big two, there are many different sub-accents (i.e. people from the south of the USA or people from London, England vs. other cities). People in Australia, New Zealand, the British Isles, Canada and other English speaking countries also have different accents and vocabulary too! Luckily, today most English language learning materials are created with one of the two major English accents, either a standard British accent or a standard American accent. As you are learning English you should focus on only one of these two accents. You will be understood by people with either accent so don\u2019t worry\u00a0 which you select to be your accent.<\/p>\n

Here is a little video that shows how different English words sound in a few different English accents. See if you can hear the differences. Differences between British and American English are often most evident in how the vowels are pronounced \u2013 so listen for this. Here is another mini-tip: Really listening carefully to spoken English is a great way to work on improving your accent too!<\/p>\n