. Anglophone commentators discussing Kylian Mbappé, a French footballer, find themselves compelled to add a third syllable, calling himA similar befuddlement affects many foreigners learning English, perhaps even more so. The reason a Spaniard might say he is fromand other consonant combinations are forbidden at the beginning of Spanish words, which is why the capital of Sweden is. That is just one example.
English-speaking tourists sometimes find themselves speaking English with a weird hybrid accent when they go abroad. Linguistic rhythm is infectious. But as with drumming or dancing, a little explicit teaching never hurts. This article appeared in the Books & arts section of the print edition under the headline "Stress tests"
Speaking means having an accent. Who decides which one is better then the others ?
And we should know WHY they are less and less taught well. Because 'ACCENT' is a superbe political devide tool, locally and globally.
It’s because mimicking accents sounds artificial and inauthentic.
Your sense of self is too strong. That's why you've an accent. Assuming your hearing is normal.
Watching American actors in movies or series mumble their way through important scenes is extremely aggravating. Whatever happened to voice lessons? It's a pet peeve of mine.
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So amusing everything that is not vocabulary. You like open doors, The Economist. And you know even vocabulary can not be adapted
Why yes. I do. I live in America and speak English which is, indeed, a foreign language. And it ain't learned and it ain't taught much well neither.
Why is Scotland backwards?
It reveals the difference between learned and native. Easy to discover.
This is true
When the French speak English, they have a French accent. Why is it wrong the other way around?
It's not possible to speak any language with no accent.
I always admire Johnson’s columns but I’m not sure about this one. Yes, you can learn better pronunciation in another language but after 12 or so new accents are hard to acquire, even in your mother tongue. There’s a brain plasticity issue. lanegreene
? I don't
Stop bothering people about their accents. Do you know how much time, effort, money it takes to learn another langauge? Appreciate the work a bit. It pisses me off how such takes discourage students from speaking because they're afraid they'll be judged by people like you.
Honestly. I think you were over thinking this. I think you tried to be woke and attack white America for hitting people with accents. Reality is everyone, no matter where you are from has an accent. Deal with it.
Everyone has an accent. No exceptions. And there is nothing wrong with having an accent, as long as you can communicate with your interlocutor with a minimum of stress. Take a seat and chill out.
There are so many inaccuracies in here it's hard to pick where to start.
Please speak to a linguist.
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Sure, the headline needs adjusting. But they’re not wrong that calling attention to details of pronunciation can be helpful. In classes I’ve taken (whether Russian, Irish, or Hawaiian), many students appreciate that.
When I speak to Russians in English, I can tell which national taught them. Scots, for example, should never teach English.
What a misinformed take.
Hi ! There are many language teaching experts at duolingo who would be happy to explain how accents and language learning work. There seem to be some foundational misunderstandings here.
Everyone has an accent
Noooooooo that’s not how it works
It’s true we do a terrible job at teaching pronunciation, and prosody is way too ignored in this art, but that’s not the reason we have a foreign accent. The first language influences the second, regardless of instruction.
It's quite difficult to know correct pronunciation. If a language have words which do not pronunce as expected i.e. how the letters sound. English is such language. Very recently I learned correct way to say 'Quasi'. I used to say 'kwasee'.
Second language teaching is shit in the UK (with the obvious exception of English) but even the best teaching cannot make an adult learner accentless without actual elocution lessons.
'Why you have an accent'... What does that even mean?
Ah
42 years in a foreign country and people still ask me where I come from. Past early childhood you cannot really get rid of an accent unless you devote your time and money to it.
Nonsense headline. The accent can be mitigated by quality teaching and exposure to native speakers, of course, but the core reason for having an accent is that you adapt the pronunciation of foreign languages to the physical features of your mother tongue.
When my son lived in Athens he spoke English with the same stress and rhythm as Greek. Having left for a while he no longer does that. But he was a stickler for teaching himself to speak Greek correctly
Interesting? I don't have an account, but I really would like to know how you arrived at that conclusion. I have a college minor in a different language. Your conclusion differs from my experience.
It being not taught well is a reason why people have very strong accents but, frankly, it's almost impossible for most people to learn to speak a foreign language accent free after childhood.
Listening to radio or broadcast channels of the language you’re learning can help with this.
This is a good argument for watching films and dramas with subtitles.
If you have an accent, you're fixated on your self and exist w/ too much ego. I'm sure psychologists can explain this easily.
With all due respect, no
Hmmm. Hard disagree.
I recall having a German teacher with a very broad Scottish accent. Every sentence sounded like someone Scottish just saying German words. I can't imagine how it would have sounded to a German.
And then there are regional accents.
Can you explain why I have a French accent in German, despite being a native English speaker?!!
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Accent comes from the use of different muscles in the mouth when we pronounce, it will get better with exercise in the use of those muscles.
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Cultural influences shape the way our brain-vocal cord-tongue triune works as an integrated system offsetting the hereditary contribution of set vocalisation patterns. This suggests flexibility of the said mechanism acted on by cultural milieus.
Behind the word is the thought. Ideation manifests thought. Ideation is mind activity. Mentation is the root of language. Languages vocalise mind patterns. Has evolution evolved our synapses differently for the ideation-thought mode to express itself differently in tonal terms?
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It's mostly the reluctance to rhythm that creates the awkward accent when speaking a foreign language. It feels awkward and embarrassing bc it's not natural. It's like dancing. Most people are unable to 'let go' enough to create that perfect rhythm. It requires a certain abandon.
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AI taught me to speak english, i only hear english voices, its the AI that gave me this accent...
Why not?
Coz, they know and can speak more than one foreign language
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God set up the languages at the Tower of Babel!
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