"You still have your accent. You'd still sound beautiful. But your clarity is enhanced". Loved that 😂

@rajidahae4220

Жыл бұрын

YES!! That piece at the end was beautiful! 🥰

@xlynx9

Жыл бұрын

A man who loves language

@micayahritchie7158

Жыл бұрын

Except no you won't that's dumb it's literally removing the accent. An accent is just a way of saying words if you change how you say words you change your accent. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to sound native but let's not pretend it's not elitist. Edit: It in the previous sentence is referring to the attitude of the speaker not to the idea of sounding native. The attitude that there is a singular perfect pronunciation that one should strive to achieve is elitist is what I was saying. Why? Not only is it not true among native speakers that there's a singular correct way to say things I'd you have a big enough language. But the idea that "good enough to be understood" isn't good enough is a tool used to exclude people and discourage them. Learning languages is hard and the idea of saying to someone "hey I understood what you're saying" but I won't listen to you because your pronunciation is wrong rubs me the wrong way. The speaker didn't say that but they make it sound as if removing any trace of being non native should be your goal and says it as if oh you're not changing your accent when you clearly are changing your accent. And doing this when you can already communicate effectively can be detrimental because it's a lot of extra effort for no gains at all and might discourage the learner from speaking. It's the conforming to a singular mould of sounding correct that I'm saying is elitist. Not the trying to be understood

@setofreakinkaiba8553

Жыл бұрын

He completely got rid of the accent. That's what we call assimilation.

@micayahritchie7158

Жыл бұрын

@Boffy The it here was referring to the attitude in the video. The idea of a perfect pronunciation is elitist and it is also applied to natives. Yes you're learning a language or just speaking to anyone in general you should make efforts to be understood, that isn't what I was disputing.

One of the rarest public speakers that ACTUALLY gives good and practical advices.

@amani_drip9104

Жыл бұрын

omg this the best public speaker that actually i found 😮😮

@thabangmangaka7083

Жыл бұрын

Brav not to mention it's free😢

@vespasiancloscan7077

Жыл бұрын

dumbest advice I've ever heard

@oopsieoopsie8587

Жыл бұрын

Try this with 50-60 year olds. See how practical this shit is. You really think his dad can use this tip and change the Vietnamese accent?

@salamonthegreat

Жыл бұрын

@@oopsieoopsie8587 "You'll still have your accent...but clarity is enhanced." use your ears

“What da hell you want to be da Harry Pottah! Noooo.” Lol 😂

@mastersamurai7683

11 ай бұрын

Lol

@TheRTM

11 ай бұрын

😂

@robertovalle655

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😋

@flyingcat3486

11 ай бұрын

BukLaw

@dewainkoester1026

7 ай бұрын

Hilarious!

This guy is genius. He is really good. I have seen 4 separate shorts of him giving advice. But genuinely profound. He is a profound guy.

Useful for most languages! Good job spreading all of this knowledge.

@askvinh

Жыл бұрын

Cheers !

@Ghost____Rider

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm gonna apply this for the language I'm learning!

@abdullahyaseen371

Жыл бұрын

During my Engineering degree, our communication skills faculty once told us that MTI (Mother Tongue Influence) is the reason why we pronounce some letters or words differently. For example here in India in some regional languages there is no "Z" sound so the word "Zero" for instance will be pronounced Jero because that's the closest sound in the absence of a letter resembling the sound of "Z". So that is the mother tongue Influence that influences the pronunciation, and I think what he said is quite true from my experience with different languages 😊. The way you explained that was very good I think MTI is a technical term for what you have explained 😊👍

@hiwelcometochillis2579

Жыл бұрын

​@@askvinh also say to people to imitate what people say on the news or tv or songs, imitation make me learn other lenguages when I was a kid 😅

@StrawberryLobotomy

Жыл бұрын

@@askvinh underrated as hell

As a polyglot I love the fact that he can speak so passionately about such a simple concept. I wish I had his communication skills

@youtubestroller5549

Жыл бұрын

As a west African hippopotamus I love the fact he has such great advice on this topic.

@pineapples8503

Жыл бұрын

polyglot 😭😭

@diemyfriend

Жыл бұрын

You can do it! Just practice, and follow his advice, it's incredible and it works.

@Kamil987987

Жыл бұрын

As a firetruck I agree

@renes3360

Жыл бұрын

More like poly"not". 😂

I had no idea this guy wasn't a native english speaker, he has the most beautiful southern accent I've ever heard

@samanthabogen9639

Жыл бұрын

Southern where?

@tanshievlogs

Жыл бұрын

​@@samanthabogen9639😅😅😅😅😅😅 i want to know too. 😅😅😅

@PoorlyWrttenReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthabogen9639 southern England, his accent is quite posh so is relatively similar to that of a (posh) London accent, or Brighton, or Cambridge

@megaMagaManX8

Жыл бұрын

yee haw?

@PoorlyWrttenReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@megaMagaManX8 you know it's not just America that has a south right 🤣

You speak better than many Londoners.

@Tomeixx

Жыл бұрын

Cause most Londoners are migrants.

@dj858

Жыл бұрын

id go as far as saying he's better at the English language and speaking it better than most English people, especially those here in Bristol and myself for that matter

@ethem8284

Жыл бұрын

​@@dj858there's nothing wrong with how you speak, language changes and evolves like anything else human related it's normal and natural

@lukaradtke1991

Жыл бұрын

When I once went to london I didnt understood a word those people in the stores asked me

@dj858

Жыл бұрын

@@ethem8284 i know thanks for the comment, in all fairness myself and all other bristolian's embrace are accent and the way we talk its part of are identity and culture of are city, its kind of like the southwest version of cockney rhyming slang 👌

This dude is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of public speaking

@marccas10

Жыл бұрын

"Get to the convention center!!!!"

@benjaminpoppe6024

Жыл бұрын

Put thaat cookie down!

@JmKrokY

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@boboften9952

Жыл бұрын

Does his maid have a child that looks like him ?

@chillipepperoni

Жыл бұрын

His public speaking is way too strong, might've used anabolics.

I often have to remind my Japanese students of this. And you can see their eyes light up when they say the words well and they hear themselves. It's joyful to experience. 🥰

@MarinaFrancesca

Жыл бұрын

Please wish me luck applying this to Japanese, Sensei. 🙏

@asparrow9876

Жыл бұрын

How fluent in Japanese do you have to be to get a job teaching English? I want to live in Japan for a few years and that seems like the most likely job I could get fast.

@genericyoutubeuser8957

Жыл бұрын

​@@asparrow9876 You just need a bachelor's degree and not be a criminal.

@asparrow9876

Жыл бұрын

@@genericyoutubeuser8957 That is the first time someone mentioned a college degree for an entry level language position.... This isn't a job translating for diplomats... It's teaching basic English to non-speakers....

@genericyoutubeuser8957

Жыл бұрын

@A Sparrow That's the requirement for being an ALT in Japanese schools. It has been for two decades. If you want to teach at a juku or language school, they might not have the same requirements, but I've never met anyone who enjoyed it in the private EFL sector without first being a sponsored ALT.

I love it. I say this ALL the time. It's not that people are incapable of speaking with a more "natural" accent for the language, it's that they just need a simple reframing of what it means to speak, which is really a physical activity, and which therefore requires certain physical movements.

He sounds Australian born/english as a first language. That’s amazing

@kelsey_roy

11 ай бұрын

i could still hear 20% of his nammer accent.

@mrgacha_VODS

11 ай бұрын

People from GB crying right now

@Chew81

11 ай бұрын

Because English is his first language. I don't know his age but his parents came to Australia in 1981. He must have been very young at that time.

@NineNineOne

11 ай бұрын

@@Chew81that’s not what he says in the video. He said “when I learnt the english language, I used Vietnamese mouth movements”. That is not what happens if you’re Aussie born or even an in fact coming to a new country. I think your facts about Old Mate might be wrong.

@gonkong5638

11 ай бұрын

@@Chew81 It's his third language, after chewtew and vietnamese.

This is very true. I also speak Spanish and I’m frequently told that my accent is very close to that of a native speaker. It’s because I understood that Spanish is spoken with a different part of the vocal system than English is. English comes from the back of the mouth and from the throat, Spanish comes from the tongue and lips. When I made that realization and adjusted my pronunciation accordingly, my issues with having an American accent went away.

@j10001

Жыл бұрын

💯 Exactly. And as one Spanish teacher said about producing crisp vowels - each vowel should “sound like a pin dropping,” or precise like a tuning fork.

@AZPapa25

Жыл бұрын

I am glad you worked conscientiously. There are several Spanish speakers on Facebook who are teaching other non native speakers English. The problem is they are teaching people how to speak English with a Spanish accent placing the stress of some words on the wrong syllable and using the wrong vowels. I know that the short vowels are difficult, but if one puts enough effort into learning this skill they will succeed.

@peterfromla7505

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@mangomonngo

Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy who had the most American white kid you could think of but he also knew Spanish and spike like a native. Sometimes when we spoke in Spanish and I couldn't see him, I just assumed there was a native Spanish speaker nearby. Haha Always got a kick out of it when he spoke with Spanish speaking customers. They loved how good he was and never expected it

@SOLIDSNAKE.

Жыл бұрын

Wow dude I'm full blown Mexican as Spanish as my first language and didn't know this just tried ima go ☠️ now

Dude. You just helped me with my Korean pronunciation. THANK YOU!

@traveller4987

Жыл бұрын

As an Australian, my Korean sonsaengnim is always getting up me for using a heavy s sound, rather than a sigh. Such a hard habit to get out of doing.

@Sukkulents_

Жыл бұрын

@@traveller4987 bestie if you’re gonna say ‘sonsaengnim’ just either say ‘선생님’ or ‘teacher’ 😭 I genuinely don’t see the point of romanising it other than for explaining pronunciation

@StephenFasciani

Жыл бұрын

@@Sukkulents_ In Japanese it's called Romanji to convert the sounds of characters into roman letters. He's doing it for the benefit of those who don't speak the language and therefore wouldn't be able to pronounce it.

@blumoo9938

Жыл бұрын

​@@Sukkulents_ you explained why they did it in your last sentence 💀💀💀 it's obviously just to help us understand the pronunciation

@MBJK_baby

Жыл бұрын

I got a heavy accent when speaking English after learning Korean and Spanish 😂 the funniest part is my l’s and r’s they basically sound the same unless I forcibly roll my r like in Spanish. My friends find it endearing since it’s midwestern English with a twist

THANK YOU. FINALLY I FOUND A VIDEO THAT UNDERSTANDS ME!!

You speak English BEAUTIFULLY!

I was trying to learn Japanese. My Japanese friend said "you're moving your mouth too much". When I watched my Japanese co-workers talk they almost mumbled because their lips barely moved. Made so much sense.

@bulldozer8950

Жыл бұрын

I actually had a friend who could speak japanese, French, and English. He said he liked japanese the most because he could mumble and that’s just kinda how it was spoke. So ya, it’s really close to mumbling for sure

@r1pperduck

Жыл бұрын

​@Bulldozer Japanese and french are my primary goals in duo lingo. I have way more hours in Japanese, but its so difficult for me compared to french, which is basically Spanish.

@May16Joe

Жыл бұрын

I like having accent when I speak english, it makes me unique and people are always interested where are you from. Not having accent is boring.

@echelon2k8

Жыл бұрын

@@May16Joe Everyone has an accent when they speak English. What you want is just to have one that is different from everyone else around you.

@chenanigans

Жыл бұрын

That's very true. I love languages and observing the different nuances within each one like the mouth movements and tones and part of the mouth that they speak from, and I have definitely noticed this about Korean and Japanese. I work with people who were born and raised in different Asian countries. I worked with two Japanese ladies last night on my crew and I just loved every time I walked by and heard them communicating in their native language and hearing those little nuances 🤗 it's so relaxed sounding and soft too. Lots of extended notes that kind of caress the ear lol

Interesting stuff. I speak Chinese and I often shock people with my lack of accent. What he's saying is 100% true, its mouth movements and its rhythm. In Chinese, everything is broken up into individual syllables. Most syllables in Chinese are a word by themselves. They have compound words just like we do, but since each part of the word is itself a word, the cadence treats each part with more emphasis than compound words have in English. The cadence of Chinese seems sped up to English speakers because of tones as well. In English we use tone over a sentence to imply further meaning. Like a rising tone to a statement to ask a question. In Chinese each syllable has its own tone so to an English speaker it almost seems like each word is a sentence.

This is actually a good tip! I have always spoken with a bit of a british accent, but when I went to acting school in the states my teachers told me to work on my "Standard American Accent". And I had such a difficult time with it because to me the palate feeling was completely different between the two. So whenever I try learn a different accent for my job I think about things like where the words lie in my mouth.

i will also add "the pitch of your voice" to that as well. I am chinese and i speak english like i am from South Park.

@F4sy

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@aaeshaquiin5231

Жыл бұрын

😅😂

@cbotz3

Жыл бұрын

WTF

@rachelwyatt6030

Жыл бұрын

South Park lmfao 😂

@Smoshylife

Жыл бұрын

Darras

That's sooooooo cool...it has never ever been explained like that before! You are soooo amazing!!!

@askvinh

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃 Just speaking from my experience!

@rishivardhan5720

Жыл бұрын

​@@askvinh can you post the link here I am unable to open the description I really want to know more how to improve my communication❤

@G_moneyy

Жыл бұрын

@@rishivardhan5720 you can open the description by holding down on the video. Something will come up and you can tap on the description

what I also often do is mimic people in videos or movies. What it does is it allows you to have a guide and on top of that it teaches you casual sentences that native speakers use instead of formal textbook English

His energy is so captivating.... I could listen to him explain anything because he has such a magnetic passion behind his demeanor & vibe. He's so sophisticated. I love all his advice.

bro you know a lot....this is the right tips to improve language...you teach the right things..noone else does that... you are the great and you deserve more subscribers...💕

this is the best advice for learning a new language that I've ever seen

@gobbollino2688

Жыл бұрын

Theoretically Try it in practice 🙄

@neonch1

Жыл бұрын

@@gobbollino2688n god. This sounds like bullshit. vowels change with mouth movements, but consonants don’t. And consonants are usually the bigger problem when learning languages, at least in my experience. No matter how you contort your mouth, a rolled R isn’t gonna turn into a guttural one (like in French, German), or into the english one. For that you need to learn how to move your tongue (or uvula) in the manner required to produce the sound. And, in any case, he talks about this like it’s a quick fix. ‘Oh!! Why didn’t I just think of moving my mouth like the natives!’ *starts speaking with a perfect accent*, when it’s really just the same shit but reframed to sound revolutionary. If you want to learn a language’s phonology, just look it up on wikipedia, and see which sounds you can pronounce and which you can’t. Look up tutorials to learn those sounds, then just practice pronouncing words. That’s all there is to it. No vague-ass handwavy “mouth movement” bullshit.

@yanj111

Жыл бұрын

@@neonch1 thanks, that's very excellent explaining, great information!

@brendon2462

Жыл бұрын

​@@neonch1 Then why is his accent this good. I'm a native speaker of American english. He speaks really good but sounds like an England accent not American.

This guy is so positive and good. Id like to be his friend.

Man sounds better than many native English speakers

Dude. My final Spanish project is a speaking assessment and you just saved my grade. THANK YOU!!!!!!

@laylaeriksen4593

10 ай бұрын

Synchronicity ✨🧿✨🙌✨🧿✨

I’m from Hawaii. When I first moved to California for school I had a thick accent and only few people could understand me. This is exactly what I did as he’s recommending. Now I can switch my accent in or off depending if I’m talking to someone from Hawaii. Great recommendation.

@DrSebby

Жыл бұрын

Did you notice how no one beat you up bcuz you're "NOT Californian"? Try to learn from that when you go back to Hawaii. And as much as you complain about being annexed by the USA... like it was some horrible fate, just realize that remaining independent was NEVER an option. It was either the USA or Japan... the only midway point between the two.... someone was going to make it a part of their nation.

@joeqb5992

Жыл бұрын

@@DrSebby are you in the right thread? Beat me up? Lol You’re totally off topic. This is an educational post. If you want to talk about Hawaii history bring it.

Best tip in learning correct speech ever!

This is true, each language has syllables and different parts of a word or sentence are accented differently, some parts are overemphasized and some parts are tuned down, best way is to read a book up laud this way you will eventually get the melody of any language.

When people are actually knowledgeable and are sharing legit stuff out here.

@jaredf6205

Жыл бұрын

How is “an accent is how you move your mouth” useful information? Where else did people think accents come from?

the Harry Potter part cracked me up 😂😂😂😂 but yeah, it’s absolutely true. I used to exaggerate the accent from Friends and it helped me speak better and clearer

I used to do that! Helped me a lot in several languages!

That makes so much sense

As a Korean guy who taught himself English, the best thing you can do to improve your accent/speaking skills is to listen a LOT and talk a LOT in whatever language you want to acquire. In my case, I watched a ton of videos on KZread. Language was built to be a practical skill. Acquiring a language takes DAILY use to become anywhere near fluent. Accents are formed in the initial stages of language acquisition and is very difficult to fix or modify, so make sure to listen to and talk like a native.

@THEREALSEVEN

Жыл бұрын

Very sound advice

@emirminder6784

Жыл бұрын

It was exactly same for me. Would recommend the same things

@CelestisForgeUK

Жыл бұрын

Take it to the next level and don’t speak your own language for a few years. It changes your thinking and how you process information, until, eventually, even your own thoughts will be in that language. Do it too long, though, and you might forget how to speak your own language. I’m at the point where my English is orders of magnitude better than my first language. Bit annoying when you’re talking with a relative and you struggle to string a sentence together 😂

@FinePrintKR

Жыл бұрын

​@@CelestisForgeUK can confirm, after a few years of basically speaking only English, I started dreaming in English.

@TheZebinator

Жыл бұрын

@@CelestisForgeUK I'm bilingual by birth and learned english at a very young age so I think in three languages and it can be quite confusing. Still have a horrible english accent since I didn't learn it from native speakers

i just tried this with arabic because my arabic is so wack, bro it works so well. 10/10

@naj1650

Жыл бұрын

That’s my aim 💯👏🏾

Dude speaks better English then I do as a native

@midgetwars1

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it's kinda his job.

@ErroneousBox

Жыл бұрын

@midgetwars1 I had a Spanish teacher who's Spanish was dog shit. Your point is?

as a polyglot this strategy was the key on my foreign language learning but I kept forgetting to speak to people and skipped the vocab day

Brilliant insight 🎉

You've cultivated a top-notch Aussie accent there!

@BigSirZebras

Жыл бұрын

you say the number 3 as "free" don't you?

@asd-dr9cf

Жыл бұрын

@@BigSirZebras where is this hostility coming from?

@Dazed_04

Жыл бұрын

​@@asd-dr9cf his ass

@okbro97

Жыл бұрын

@@BigSirZebras Huh? Got something against Aussie accents? Or do you just randomly insult people online because your real life is too mundane for you lol.

@BigSirZebras

Жыл бұрын

@@okbro97 do aussies say 3 like free?

I’m a native English speaker and was given the same advice when I was learning Spanish.

yo, this is so simple, yet so important which goes unnoticed

Some people have a beautiful gift for teaching.

I was thinking (before I knew he wasn't a UK native), he has such a gorgeous ENGLISH accent! wow good job

@reez1728

Жыл бұрын

He has a very obvious Australian accent.

@stephenmani8495

Жыл бұрын

He is Australian.

@Dave_of_Mordor

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenmani8495 I can't tell the difference

@thehoneyeffect

Жыл бұрын

@@Dave_of_Mordor if English isnt your first language it might be hard to tell.

@user-zc8sq3wr9f

Жыл бұрын

@@reez1728that’s not Australian. I’m from Australia

BRILLIANT!!! There are hundreds if not THOUSANDS of call center that could desperately use your help!!!

@diatomicfawn1141

Жыл бұрын

LMAO yes, I worked at a call center in Mexico that required you to speak English and I don’t consider my English level the best but I have enough clarity speaking, but the rest of the guys couldn’t even speak properly at a lower pace and I was wondering how did they got in

I did this when learning Cantonese! It totally works!

I would have never expected he spoke English as a second language, that is simply amazing, the perfectness and native level of his speech is actually so inspiring

@emceeboogieboots1608

Жыл бұрын

But could you pick the Australian accent?

@boboften9952

Жыл бұрын

He speaks Australian Ostrailin Constants are swapped Vowels are dropped Words are shortened O is added to the list of favorite places , names , items , I saw Dav o , at the bottle o , ...... he fell o , we called the Ambo ... The lazy slang Australian Speaking

@Tony32

Жыл бұрын

He has a slight accent, I can tell he's not native.

@katsurakotaro

Жыл бұрын

@@Tony32 exactly

Several of my university professors need to watch this video.

@ShacklefordR

Жыл бұрын

I also think not every university professors should be in a teaching profession. They’re a fine researcher / academic but oratory and instructional skills are not a soft skill you pick up overnight…

@astridpintar-fuchs3944

Жыл бұрын

Some people don't simply hear the differences! Or don't care....

@ex0stasis72

Жыл бұрын

@@astridpintar-fuchs3944 It's not that I don't like the hear the differences. It's that the pronunciation of certain words is so bad that words become ambiguous with other words that change the entire meaning of the sentence.

@deadmanswife3625

Жыл бұрын

​@@ex0stasis72 nice of you to explain this guy's never been to school if he didn't get those professors that you had to work so hard to understand

@annapatton4544

Жыл бұрын

I had an English teacher who we called Sink, because that is how he used to pronounce the word "thing" (not in an English speaking country)

Invisible camera man has been spotted 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Amazing explanation behind ACCENT.

I teach Japanese students and this is something that I tell them constantly. Most native speakers of languages don't realize how important mouth/tongue movement is (it's not just English that I've observed this behavior in). If you want to be a better language teacher to your students, regardless of language, learn your language's mouth movements and teach that alongside your curriculum. You'll notice a huge boost in clarity in your students.

Hey Vinh Im a vietnamese too That accent of ur father extremly well done!! 😆

@askvinh

Жыл бұрын

😂 slight exxageration

That one piece of advice which I was waiting for this whole damn life --

I love this!! I'm 27, raised in Texas with an American family..I'm starting this today to help clean up my audio

I’m English and need these mouth exercises

That's really true. I don't really know much Spanish, but my pronunciation is excellent because I paid attention to this

ngl he’s a valid point

This is the first step in theatre speech training. Helps with clarity and projection so people can understand what you’re saying from the back of a theater

Well done 👏🏻 your pronunciation is excellent!

Kids should do this as early as possible. Think of how many speech issues this would solve! Brilliant

@askvinh

Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@joost1183

Жыл бұрын

I do/did this with my son, now 2.5 years old, spoke clearly a few months before turning 2 for around 90% of his vocabulary. In my native language that is. It works (anecdotal at best) when looking at his peers. Wondering when I should start with English - now I feel its too early and would confuse him since we do not speak English in our household. It might fix my accent as well when Im teaching him new words with the same technique ;-)

Your impressions of your dad is THE best. Hilarious to me. 😂 He sounds so cute!! And fierce at the same time.

Thanks for that. I was always wondering why I sound fluent in my mind but I speak with a heavy accent. Though I'm not that much of a talker for the past few years.

This dude sounds more English than I do.

@iamapokerface8992

Жыл бұрын

wow pretty cringe for u tbh

@masterbaraman9372

Жыл бұрын

@@iamapokerface8992 Don't unda estamate mai cringe levals.

@proallnighter

Жыл бұрын

He’s an Aussie, mate

@flowerpower8722

Жыл бұрын

Aussie. 100%

@randomdude4669

Жыл бұрын

​@@flowerpower8722 yeh hes a tad disingenuous when he says english isn't his first language when he himself on his website says he was born and raised in aus

Exactly!! This is why in Japanese specifically and chinese zi focused heavily on the alphabet and basics of making the sounds, and seemed semi fluent or a lot more advanced, even got bit of the accent when spoke english again 😂

In half minute I LEARN SOMETHING SO GREAT THAT NOBODY TELL ME BEFORE. Great and Thank you very much.

Unbelievable insight of the technicals❤

Free is actually very common in the UK so it's okay. I fink u aight

I am an Indian tutor who teaches American students on a daily basis. Growing up watching Hollywood movies, I would often emulate the mouth movements that the actors made and try to pronounce the words correctly. Although I still have what some would call an Indian accent, my pronunciation and diction is almost identical to Americans to the extent that it's almost indistinguishable. The sad part, though, is that Indians who speak English like the way I do are often ridiculed as putting on a fake accent when the truth is that I trained myself to sound this way.

@lelin3984

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which subject do you teach?

@sm_artx

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@@lelin3984 I am a psychology tutor and writing coach.

@leechrec

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No lie non Indians who speak good English make fun of the way Indians sound. It's not a good thing but if more Indians knew that maybe they would feel differently about how you talk and how they talk.

Wow! You made everything crystal clear

Thanks for this❤

100% true....I practiced it...day in day out...The problem is that when u r surrounded by prople who have incorrect accent...they look at you in a very uncomfortable way..even though ...u have the tight accent

Currently learning Vietnamese (no cap). I'm going to apply this lesson next time I practice.

Very true. A lot of my natural southern accent mellowed out after three long semesters of singer's diction during college (music major).

Yes, it is about mouth and throat muscles which we dont use speaking our language. What helped me when I wanted to learn arabic alphabet was to look at video which showed where in the mouth/throat the sounds are made. What can be helpful also, is to look at the mouth of a native speaker when they speak (maybe not a friend but a teacher 😄).

What's crazy is most people have a different personality depending on what language they are speaking. Like a fluent bilingual will seem like a totally different person when they talk to you in another language.

@RealOxygen30

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Yes fr

@rickynoodles2816

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That kind of happens to me when I speak Spanish French or Italian

@eddierayvanlynch6133

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I read an article that was talking about this. Fascinating.

It is also how you use air. For example, in Spanish, you use your diaphragm. You push air from your core. In English, you use your throat with little air pushing.

@Ava-km7tl

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Good point

dude i only watched because i have the exact same issue with free and three lmao. kinda blew my mind when i was saying it out loud and you joined in at that exact time

This is some advice I have been giving students for years. It works!

Pronouncing Russian was easy once I started to sneer while speaking 😂 this shit really works

I would say the tounge movement is another key component to speak in a British or other Anglo accent. Just mouth doesn’t cut it. People can still pinpoint your accent being different.

@BigSirZebras

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Where do you think your tongue is? Do you think mouth means lips? You tongue is part of the inside of your mouth just like your teeth. Did you think they were behind your mouth?

@jaredf6205

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@@BigSirZebras If he meant to include tongue movement when he said mouth movement, than you’d have to explain why this is even a video. He would have had to have meant lips because if he really meant your whole mouth, he would not be saying any information anymore lol, because than he’d be saying that your accent comes from your mouth, and telling people their accent comes from their mouth is like explaining to people their voice comes from their throat, which no one would have to do…

@BigSirZebras

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@@jaredf6205 English isn't your first language is it? You've never taken a linguistics class have you? you notice that saying three correctly has nothing to do with your lips but with putting your tongue between your teeth. google "linguistics mouth diagram" or "pronunciation mouth diagram" you will see the lips are just one part of the mouth when speaking about accents and language in general.

@jaredf6205

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@@BigSirZebras You’ve missed my point, I should have been more clear. My point is that he is making a video saying you need to move your mouth like a native speaker to sound like a native speaker… That seems like uselessly helpful advice to me. My reasoning is because mouth means well, your whole mouth, and that’s where your accent comes from anyway, that means, he is literally saying something along the lines of “you need to speak with a native accent in order to sound like a native.” I think you’ll agree that while true, that’s a ridiculous thing to say as advice because of how obvious and useless it is. It’s like saying, “just do it right” Now because this doesn’t make sense for him to say as advice, one possible explanation is he didn’t actually mean mouth when he said mouth, we are considering if maybe he actually should have specified lips and cheeks because people might only be focusing on their tongue, but I don’t know, this video didn’t actually make any sense to me, that is simply speculation too explain advice that wouldn’t otherwise make sense. Also, saying three correctly has nothing to do with my lips? What would make you say that? If I change the shape of my lips, I say the word threw. So, there goes your basis for whatever that whole point was…

Melted my fucking Mind with that! Absolutely SPOT ON! Many regards.

Your english is incredible!

100% agree. You're using different parts of the mouth and different muscles when you speak in another language. I'm a native German speaker. When I started to speak English all day long after moving to the US, my throat hurt for a while, as my larynx had to adjust. In my youth, I was fluent in French and locals in France usually wouldn't notice a foreign accent. Now, when I'm in France, they think that I'm from Quebec, as my mouth isn't used to the French pronounciation anymore and I'm using the "English" muscles. So I think that even with the brains of a French person, I wouldn't be able to speak French without an accent at the moment.

That’s exactly how I started reading lately. With more mouth movements 😂 feels unnatural but same time I do feel I sound more American

@tapishrealist2459

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Beleive me,with a year or two of dedicated practise it becomes natural

Thx for improving my English pronunciation in one video

Wow 😮 never heard this before. Now I can’t ignore this ever.

I learned Spanish as an adult and hes absolutely right. They taught us phonetics and Spanish mouth movements and made us exaggerate them.

@Here_Today_

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Where do I look for a course on Spanish mouth movements?

@kevinpulver4027

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@@Here_Today_ Sorry, the School I went to is not open anymore. I'm not sure what to tell you except when you pronounce "A" It's always, "Ah" And you need to really open your mouth. In Spanish there's no such thing as it being pronounced like the Apple sound in English. NEVER. "I" is always like a long e in English (meet, beat) show your teeth when you pronounce it. If the course you find teaches this they'll probably have the rest of it right also.

@Here_Today_

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@@kevinpulver4027 thank you, good tips!

I’m multilingual and I could definitely feel the difference every time I switched languages in my mouth. (home, school dorm) sometimes i stutter for the first day switching languages and it only goes well if I slow down. Next day I’m fluent. Muscle memory is dope.

@jasephisaaccastillocanton6618

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Wow

Thank you Vinh for this incredible advice. I used to feel very shy when I speak English because of my accent. It's very helpful to hear "You still have your accent. You'd still sound beautiful"

Your accent is excellent. I hope to use your advice as I learn other languages!

Movement of lips, tongue placement and other vocal differences. Australians have a different tounge placement when speaking to many other English speaking nations. We tend to sound a little nasal and naturally sound like bogans even though we may be high on the social scale 😂

@marccas10

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Good day cobber ya big gala strewth ....me dead! 😂😂😂😂

@randomdude4669

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This dude is australian born and raised, the tongue place should be the same as the uk unless your being a lazy speaker(like many do in aus), and this guy is just proof of that, if you speak nasally and inflectious that's your own fault same with the pitch which comes from throat speaking.

Instead he's got an Australian accent.

@jorgepeterbarton

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@beardley but he was talking about an english accent

I love his voice

Im an American in France, i took a class with some other immegrants. Everyone kept complementing me on my pronunciation. I explained I practiced by reading to my children (who are ages 3-7). I told them, get a childrens book and then over dramatize your reading as if youre trying to engage in small children. It works. I get told so frequently how beautiful my french is.

I moved to Canada when I was 18, sounded totally Indian, and in 1-2 years I sounded totally Canadian. I realized I used to subtly imitate to try and fit in, but my tongue movements started changing. And I'd catch myself, and feel awkward for it. But I gave myself permission and pushed myself along / encouraged myself to listen & imitate more, and it overwrote my muscle memory entirely. In fact, my Chinese roommate told me I keep speaking in my sleep, and the first thing I asked is "What accent?", he said "What you do mean? No accent..." "You sound Canadian". That's when I knew it permeated my subconscious. Down side though after a decade is, I go back to India and I sound foreign when I speak Hindi, and get charged tourist prices for stuff. 😂

That was the reason why we had to write the phonetics in our dictionary copybooks when I was a kid. I was shocked when I saw my son's English copybook and realized that their teachers don't make them write the phonetics anymore. When I spent 2 weeks in the US on a work-related trip we couldn't understand the Chinese workers there so their Russian and Bulgarian colleagues translated their Chinese-English to our Eastern-European English :D They had a completely different pronunciation set.

He’s spot on!!

I love how you teach people!

Never heard of this tip b4. Gotta try..