How do you think about accent?
I am from China , I have lived in USA and learned American English this year. Some of Americans told me I have a heavy heave accent when I speak spoke English. I felt really sad for that. It is so tough for me to speak English like native speaker as a foreigner .
I told my friend who was a native speaker about this,and he told me that I didn’t need to shamed of my accent, because there are many English accents in the world such as British accent, Australia accent,African accent . We cannot claim couldn’t say which accent is better than that other one. His words encouraged me .But I thought about it when is not interesting"> <a id="img_badyes" class="vote bad2" style="display: none;" title="Not available"> </a>
What do you think about accents?
I am from China, I lived in USA and have begun learning an American dialect of English this year. Some of Americans have told me that I have a heavy accent when I speak English. I felt really sad about that: As a foreigner, it is so tough for me to speak English like a native speaker. as a foreigner .
I told my friend who was a native speaker about this, and he told me that I didn’t need to feel ashamed of my accent, because there are many English accents in the world! Examples include such as the British accent, Australian accent and African accent. We couldn’t decide which accent we preferred (?) is better that other one. His words encouraged me greatly. I still thought about it this conversation when I arrived back back home. I thought that all these accents such as the British accent, Australian accent and African accent indicated that English that means this is a real language in the world, and many people use it in various dialects (?) [that just like dialect?] .
But my accent only means I can’t speak English very well.
So what do you think about accents? Is the goal to learn a language to attain native fluency, or just to communicate with local people? Which goal do you choose when you start to learn a language?
Great work Jie - !
I learn languages to equip myself with the necessary skills to get around when I am travelling :)