How You Can Reduce Your ACCENT in English (...and Should You?)

Is there a "correct" accent to learn and speak in English? Listen to today's podcast if you want to hear our take on this topic!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
1:25 Thiago's accent in English
3:48 Is it possible to speak English with no accent?
5:55 Difference between pronunciation and accent
13:09 Learning a new accent
21:38 Tips on practicing speaking with a new accent
29:39 Analyzing Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent
34:55 Analyzing Gisele Bündchen's accent
37:37 Shoutout
39:30 How your accent relates to your identity and purpose in life
LINKS:
► 73 Questions with Gisele Bündchen
• 73 Questions With Gise...
► Arnold Schwarzenegger Talking About His Most Iconic Characters
• Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
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► Our website: reallifeglobal.com
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[@RealLifeEnglish1]

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[@joycelanclastter]

I don't wanna sound like a native, I just wanna speak clearly, I wanna be understood.

[@qwerqwert1215]

Yes, me too

[@piggy8355]

​​​​@@nafise1614 i think, when u speak clearly u don't sound like a native, people can hear ur accent, but they can understand u clearly, like if u're from Poland but speak clearly, people probably will listen and think "this person isn't from USA" but they'll understand u

[@brunohernandez2868]

I am not from US but I work in call center as bilingual agent every day I speak with natives and day by day I learn a little more. Some natives understand me others don't I cases like this I feel so bad but I must go on

[@AndreLuiz-eu8zx]

@@brunohernandez2868 is BR?

[@mjjamesp4770]

That's a good point

[@ionela_andreea30]

Something even more important than accent is pronunciation and vocabulary. Of course, I wouldn't mind speaking like a native but my main goal is to speak clearly, to feel comfortable speaking English, and to make myself understood. To be totally honest I love hearing non-native Romanians speaking Romanian with different accents, it sounds exotic and fancy. Thanks from Romania 🇷🇴!

[@leonardodavi6583]

I personally love your podcasts, guys! I've literally began to listen to them on Real Life English app on my smartphone and sometimes here on KZbin two months ago, and I fortunately relaized a signficiant improvement in my overall communication, largely listening and writting, as many other English learners. Besides thanking Ethan, Casse, Thiago and all the team behind Real Life English, I would also like to give an advice to another English learners who also watch these and other podcasts in an effort to improve their skills while doing that kind of activity. Guys, every times when you listen to podcasts in English, catch a piece of paper and a pen, listen to a certain podcast that you want to hear for a few minutes or seconds, and then try writting down what you comprehend from that part of the dialogue among the podcasters. I've been utilizing this strategy since when I got started listening to Real Life English's podcasts and it's working effectively to me. I've ever learned over 60 new vocabulary words in English by using tip in addition to enhance my communication competencies in English, which inevitably enhances my confidence while speaking it as well. Hopefully it'll work for you guys, too.😇

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Amazing job and suggestion to other learners, Leo! Sharing is caring. Keep it up 🤗

[@isolateddemon9438]

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR CHANNEL, IS HOW YOU KEEP MOTIVATING US TO GET BETTER AT SPEAKING.I'VE BEEN AN EFL TEACHER FOR 15 YEARS AND I KNOW I NEED TO KEEP ON IMPROVING.👍🏻

[@alibrand2012able]

I was learning English in a messy way but after following your great channel i was able to push myself forward to reach my goal of learning English. I hope i could be fluent as Thiago but the main goal for me is to speak clearly and to be a confident speaker. Thanks for your efforts..i appreciate it ♥️

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

You can do it!

[@ricardorodriguez3444]

I discovered this channel few days ago and itcs great. Thank you guys. The app is also awesome

[@clydedo5098]

Hi there! As for me, what matters the most is to be understood and to understand different accents. I tend to pick the accent of the person I interact with the most. So I don't prioritize this aspect. English is an international language and I think the wide variety of non-native accents adds color to it.

[@starshocker]

Love your channel. It helps a lot with getting better at English and we always keep on learning. As of what I think, pronunciation is even more important than the accent you may get, and work it every day as much as possible. Also thinking about using the app more often to share and communicate more often.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

That's great!

[@thaipham9763]

I always improve my accent everyday. Because I want to speak like a native speaker. Improving accent help me a lot in my life.

[@SakuraHougetsu28]

It's Just amazing and admirable what you guys are doing for the english learners comunity, i love all of your podcasts, the topics you guys talk about are very interesting and i always learn both native pronunciation and vocabulary, besides that, i want to thank you for adding CC to the videos, cause i'm a english learner and i still have a way to do to be able watching english videos without CC, so your channel is basically perfect to me, thank you guys, keep it up, doing great content and i send you guys the best greetings from Venezuela :)

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Keep it up, Sakura!

[@iam_brightspark]

Im so happy to find Your channel here :) Bless you 🙌

[@SakuraHougetsu28]

Thanks a lot for add subtitles c:

[@fruzsinaguba5821]

Your voice is so calming Ethan. It's so hard to make a decision which accent I want to practice. But the good "old" American English will be my favourite hands down.

[@alexbraz4255]

Personally I really prefer British accent. However, as Brazilian I don´t want to sound like a native speaker and my main goal is communicate with good pronunciation and improve my skills.

[@fitandfluent]

I personally think that accents are beautiful.😊 They make English language more colorful.👍🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@sunnypilar1919]

Not more beautiful But Is a good language

[@modestekitenge5004]

Hey ! Ethan and Thiago, in all honesty your account is so good that I so grateful for, and one thing that I used to do all the time while listening to your podcast is trying to mimic your accent and I'm telling you that today most of folks with whom I talk to tell me all the time that you're good at seeking even my teacher at the high school appreciate my accent all that becomes possible by you thank you again, my goal is to be a reallife coach one day, hopefully my dream will be made true one day by your support for sure. Have a good one Modest kitenge from DRC.

[@modestekitenge5004]

I'm so grateful for At speaking

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

That's amazing, Modeste! I hope your dream come true!

[@bikeflixphtv1148]

Teacher thiago im considering you as my english speaking father. Not because i want to sound like you as you speak. But because i want to be like you on your journey until you can speak english confidently and naturally..

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

That's so nice of you, thank you so much! It means a lot, I hope our lessons help you on your English learning journey!

[@erkaurnaa8479]

Hi guys, I am premium member of your app. It is helping me a lot and now i am feeling confident when i speak. When i started learning English, it was not important for me since i don't know about accents. As my english level improves, i wanted it to be sound like natives. But now i wish that everyone i interact with understand me clearly. This opinion is validated by listening this podcast. Thank you.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Wow, thanks for your nice words. That means so much!

[@shormyafrin]

I really enjoyed the entire conversation, and I just realized how much love I've got for American accent anyway.😅 Every single language has an individuality with its own accent and flow I guess, so when we learn a language that uniqueness should be followed. When we try to adopt the real accent and pronounciation, It basically shows a respect, it shows a love to that target language. On the flip side it doesn't much matter wherever we are from, we shouldn't just mix up our native accent with our target language.

[@darinamaistrova579]

hey guys ! first of all thanks you a lot for what you doing here , it is really very helpful! i was reflecting about your question about accent. and i think this thing it’s not very important , much more value it’s a your personality , your unique way to speak. much more important be connected with yourself and know how to explain everything from inner world :) for that , lucky us , we don’t need some special accent

[@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk]

Thanks a lot for the video, I do appreciate it. As for me I don't care if I have any accent, I just wanna be an advanced learner and speak confidently and fluently. I love this language and this gives me an advantage to learn it when I don't have enough motivation etc.😊

[@yr7991]

I really like this Chanel cause I have Learn a lot of things

[@giselle_avila]

My idea with this process, is, studying English, to get a C1 level, to get a job, to get my passport, to do an interchange (because that job where I want to work is possible to do those interchanges) and live in the United States ❤ I have been learning a lot of things about the United States different cities, people, culture, food, etc... I really want to live there, the biggest dream is to know Disney world with my son ❤ I hope to achieve it. For that reason I try to study so much and I am totally grateful to you for these videos because I have been learning so much with them... And finally sorry if I comment a lot on all your videos 😂 just I want to know if I'm in the correct way with my journey learning English ❤

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Hey there giselavila, it's great to hear from you again! You don't bother at all! We love you and all our audience! ❤ So hey, that's a good plan! But why wait 'til you get a C1 level? You can get a nice job, your passport and even do an interchange before reaching C1 - and you can actually benefit a LOT from it - especially because that would bring you even more opportunities to LIVE your English! And of course, to live your biggest dreams - among them visiting Disney with your sun! ;) Thank you once again for learning with us, giselavila! ❤

[@UGAGANAGA1]

Really useful class

[@david41945]

Awesome buddies

[@paulodudu6701]

I want to sound like a native because it will help people understand me better 🆙

[@NasimAfghan-mn6px]

It's most important to sound like a native speaker that's why the most non native speakers try to learn english like a native speaker for better communication.. if you make your communication sound like a native speaker you will look like a native speaker 😉.... thanks Ethan 😘

[@MarekMarcMarryLacko]

Hi guys, I love your videos, so first of all thank you for your time and effort you are putting into this. I am from Slovakia and people in here tend to have accent that we call Slenglish or Czenglish (slovak english nad czech english). I am not bothered by it unless I understand what they are saying. I work for an international IT company so we have a lot of conference calls and people from all over the world are attending these calls. That is the reason why I have the opportunity to speak to people with different accents. And to be 100 percent honest I have some concerns when it comes to speak with people from India or Malaysia. Although they are very kind and polite I am struggling with understanding their accent. Frankly, I dont understand why is that. I mean why do they use such a heavy accent. One guy from India told me that they are very proud in their country so they dont want to copy accents of native speakers. As far as I am concerned it is not about copying accents but speaking in an understandable fashion and most of them are lacking of it. To sum it up, for me accents are not not that important as speaking in comprehensible way Greetings from Slovakia and 5 stars buddies :)

[@venanciopereira133]

18:35/6. "I'm pretty shy." I don't think so! You look all right and natural. 😊

[@emanoelpaulino1935]

There's is an English Coach from LA which I usually do some shadowing technic while listening to her videos ,most of her videos is from LA people,so I indulge myself into that kind specific accent to sounds more likely that type accent, but apart from that l listen others accent to identify when I get to listen around

[@mirashin8400]

Thank you 😊 💓

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Any time!

[@renukaramanathan1616]

Indeed.what u said is true. Have to improve communication technique 😇👍

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Absolutely!

[@volodymyryurovych7264]

Hey guys. In this episode you said one very important thing. You said that you don't understand Peaky Blinders series. And I'd like to say thank you😅 My english doesn't allow me to watch films or series, and I always thought that my english is bad, in spite of I can talk to people and understand them. But I couldn't understand why I don't undertsand actors😂 So now, I'm relaxed and motivated. You make awersome content.

[@ardearde3256]

thanks from myanmar❤

[@alagunoff]

Thanks

[@MidlandsTraveller]

I live in Birmingham for 11 years and the accent is still difficult to understand sometimes. 😂😊 Brilliant channel, btw.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Thanks! 😃

[@mr.hai.funnyvideos]

English is a global language, Hence the most important is you can understand what they are talking about….

[@zainab_awaad]

I believe it is important to speak like a native, especially if you live in an English-speaking country and have the same accent as the local people. It will help you assimilate and be accepted as one of them. However, having a clear understanding of how to speak and express yourself like a native in your mother tongue is even better for fitting in.

[@1mustclick]

Hello I'm from Indonesia, I'm happy because KZbin has recommend me this channel, I learn a lot here for long ago, and gladly now I can understand almost every words without subtitles.... Next time I should try to makes a good sentence, tenses and grammar Hehheheh sory for bad English

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Welcome!

[@killdude2255]

I don't wanna to learn native sound,i wanna to hone my speaking clearly as well as confidently and to be understand clearly.only👍

[@luhas1luhas158]

I speak with accent, and the Americans woman they jealous. they said.-I like this accent, I wanted this accent😂😂😂😂

[@FernandoMessias13]

What I try to do is to mimic people from a specific region of USA, to try sounding more natural. By not mixing the accents inside a country. Because as Brazilian I'll notice if someone speaks with a mix of Brazilian accents. And every country has difference in accent depending on the region.

[@aguadecoco8843]

In Mexico we do the three like this 👌

[@antoniojunior501]

I think that you don't to speak like a native. The most important is you speak and the people understand what you said. Hello from Brazil 🇧🇷.

[@raquelrivas2431]

It's the same in Spanish. I get angry with Almovar' s films cause I don't know them. I am from Latin America. I love that director n I want to understand every word !

[@OscarIbarra-bk1kz]

To be honest I don't mind having a latino accent. My only goal is being able to comunicate my ideas and feelings.

[@user-jahongir1001]

I know 5 languages ... of course I have special accent... despite of it a always try to delete it .. always try to work with fluency and comprehension

[@eriveltonsilva9284]

I love Real Life English

[@emanoelpaulino1935]

My English father is Brent from American English with this guy and my mother English is lisa mojsin from accurate English

[@pablocancercuore]

Hey there! I want to sound like a native to be more confident when I'm talking to someone and to allow the other person (usually native English speaker) feels more confident talking with me. Perhaps is a mistake to treat to imitate the native speakers but I really think that I would help me to have self-confidence and improve my English level.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@SakuraHougetsu28]

personally i'm not really interest about sound like a native speaker yet, rather than i want to focus on learn a lot of vocabulary and slangs, and then i want to focus on listen to english pronunciation but i don't want to trying to sound like a native speaker, i want to have a good pronunciation, but the accent it's not so important to me. i think it's a part of my identity :)

[@joycelanclastter]

I'd like you guys talked about your personality in another language. Do you speak the same way as you speak in your mother tongue? Like, use the same slangs, expressions etc. Not the same of course, but the equivalent in that language. I don't know who I am in English, speaking wise, I mean. I've never thought of how I speak in Portuguese, I don't pay attention to this, I just speak.

[@user-fateme_]

❤❤

[@Ddt71]

I would aprecciate cc.

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

You can listen to our podcast with a transcript on our free app :) reallifeglobal.com/app/

[@entertainmentgames3468]

Hi can you make a videos about movies or series that you or thiago recommends please

[@elvirafeher4254]

It's not only clear pronunciation but also not talking fast. As it can be very tiring for the listener if a person speaks like the words come out of a machine gun.

[@carlosalbertoarcefajardo8439]

In your opinion, What metodology would be the best to teach English as a Foreign Language?

[@sandroluizmartins3117]

I wanna have fun😂🎉

[@almirfelipemuniz8397]

I was listening to this podcast on app and I had to come here and comment that it’s impossible to have a mother speaker language when you are Adele’s fan. She speaks hundreds words in ten seconds with the most British accent which I personally love but for now it’s impossible to follow her 😂😂😂

[@thom6753]

I think i was exposed too much to Indian accent through reallife speaking app. 9 out of 10 participant's are Indian origin. there must be some way to keep the Diversity of accents in balance.

[@marlenepalomino2137]

Hola, could you recommend a phonetic teacher to me? I really need one

[@jeancarlosminyetty5529]

Yes his english is like neutral, l could not identify where he's from... state, native or abroad..

[@cheetah2882]

Hi, after this video I’m not interested to sound as a native speaker anymore because you have changed my mind, I want that to other people around me are able to understand me

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Perfect!

[@toussaintphilippe6680]

I want to sound like a native speaker English, cause when I am speaking English i felt like I am one of them, like I belong in that country, not like any American but the dopest one😂. Barack Obama, Ethan 😂 for instance...❤

[@abdelwahidoussa9164]

we need the subtitle

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

You can listen to our podcast with a transcript on our free app :) reallifeglobal.com/app/

[@sminip]

In that application I mistakenly press listen only..how can I change it

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

Please contact our team at [e-mail]. We will help you. You can also go to the Permission section on your phone settings and fix it :)

[@flaviomicheletti8654]

14:50

[@SakuraHougetsu28]

Please active the auto generate CC :c

[@cesartorresalvarez365]

Where can I find the transcript of the video?

[@RealLifeEnglish1]

On the RealLife English app!

[@Ddt71]

Does Thiago speak his neighboor spanish???. I think that yes

[@palvini]

I'm won't improve my accent. i think so most important thing Vocabulary I'm speaking with middle eastern accent and people understand me

[@palvini]

@John Galt Mostly Usually same Word's

[@qwerqwert1215]

You are damn right

[@antonyio009]

I couldn't watch "La casa de papel" by the way... The reason... Even though I am a Spanish speaker, from Mexico... Understanding Spanish from Spain it's simply awful and tough... That's why I had to chose watching same story but with the Korean performance. Much better by the way

[@estherwanjama9011]

Fake it until you make it.

[@ruchkalar]

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