Do you prefer American accent or English accent? I am a Chinese and when we study English,we may feel diffcult &nbsp;to choose what kinds of accents we should learn. In my opinion，i prefer to American

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Do you prefer American accent or English accent? I am a Chinese and when we study English,we may feel diffcult to choose what kinds of accents we should learn. In my opinion，i prefer to American accent, but it is difficult for me to imitate the Amerian native speaker's accent. So, do you have any suggestion for me?

9. Dez. 2016 09:15

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As a native speaker, my advice would be not to worry about accents too much. The reality is that unless you get very very good at English, you will have a Chinese, or Russian accent, not an American or British accent. That will be the dominant sound that a native speaker hears when you speak, and most would not be able to distinguish an English acccent 'under' your native accent. As Felipe said - concentrate on getting your pronunciation correct - for instance correctly distinguishing the difference between a W and V, and pronouncing 'th' correctly.

14. Dezember 2016

You must not learn an accent. Instead, learn pronunciation. Accent is something that you have with any foreign language that you'll or already know. But, I think that an accent is a good way to train ears.

Well, I like both (American and British).

9. Dezember 2016

The best way to have a good pronunciation are : Listen a lot and always repeat.

This method has helped me a lot and also put into practice in a conversation what I learned.

15. Dezember 2016

I agree with Gary. V and W... tr instead of th... consonant together like br is often difficult.

I moved around the United States when I was young and when I was older. In my opinion, there are far more accents and creoles in America than people acknowledge. Additionally, there are those American Indian languages that were saved by live-in missionaries who created detailed written languages of the spoken language(about 400 died, but about 300 live on). Well, there is a lot of depth in a place that isn't touted as having much linguistic depth.

However... the most beautiful thing about American English is Noah Webster. He created a dictionary to prevent the English language from fraying into incomprehensible dialects... If you can get your hands on a print version of the Webster's 1828 Dictionary, that's as close to perfect as I think you can aim for.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Dictionary-English-Language-Facsimile/dp/091249803X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481776808&sr=8-1&keywords=noah+webster+1828+dictionary

Although probably not as ideal... I use a software version

https://victorybaptistpress.com/product/websters-1828-dictionary-cd/

but as I don't remember where I bought it, only what the software CD looks like, there's a link I found.

The website version... leaves a lot out. I don't recommend it over these other two options.

https://1828.mshaffer.com/

15. Dezember 2016