Linguist Reveals How To Sound Like Native Speakers With This Easy Trick

[@kahea2018]

This video rings so true for me. And it's so weird because I have no problem with mimicking French speakers but when I try to mimic Spanish speakers I feel phony and like I don't belong with their group. It makes me so sad. So I'm really hoping to figure out what is hindering me and how to overcome those feelings when it comes to sounding native with Spanish. ❤❤❤

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Thank you for your insights. I’m a language learner in my 60s. I need to adopt a new persona. I speak English and Spanish, but now am embarking on learning Japanese.

[@asiandramablackwomen2572]

Aaaaaaaahhhhhh…this is good! I’ve noticed how friends who are NOT trying to learn Mandarin role play and exaggerate the accent and diction and actually are better at “hitting” the correct tones than I am. It’s like I’m working too hard and they’re playing and exaggerating and actually sounding better than me. Also their confidence and cockiness that shows as they are toying with Mandarin is working to their advantage…while I’m being almost too serious as a student. Your points and tips are well-taken. I need to join the club of feeling comfortable in my learning. Thanks!

[@thedanyopang]

Haha great anecdote, fake it till you make it I guess! 加油加油！

[@yenisaac7510]

Totally agree with your points! I used to stay at Hakka speaking area. Although my Hakka listening comprehension is better than speaking . My families told me the facts they found recently after I moved back to Taichung(form Hsin Chi 10 years later). My Mandarin speaking sounds like those people who live in Hakka speaking areas. I have not idea when(why/how) I speak Hakka accent Mandarin.

[@thedanyopang]

haha i had no idea your mandarin has a Hakka accent, very interesting!

[@yenisaac7510]

@@thedanyopang I knew that I got used to Hakka accent Mandarin when I stayed in Hakka speaking area. I'm kind of imitating the people around me(my neighbors/friends/colleagues)

[@thensaidJacob]

Love your channel man! Thanks for the content 😎

[@thedanyopang]

Thanks for the encouragement man, means a lot!

[@chadbailey7038]

💯! Most people try to speak a foreign language in their own language’s sounds - the sounds they’re most comfortable in. So they never end up with pronunciation that sounds accurate due to fear of sounding “weird” or not comfortable for them. You a,most have the play act the culture of the foreign language you’re learning. Become the people of that culture, try and sound as they sound even if it seems pretend. In that way you will get closer to embodying their native accent than, not!

[@Jordanthomp81]

Great topic for a video. The video edit cuts were sooo distracting though, they were happening every few seconds!

[@emmabell1970]

Thank you for showing the reality of videoing it. I can imagine it's hard to show you shuttering.

[@thedanyopang]

Haha glad you appreciate it, the struggles of YouTubing!

[@Nanu938]

You really great and amazing 💞💞💞❤❣

[@thedanyopang]

Thank you so much 😀

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Krashen is very confident, a good communicator, and charismatic but his analysis is in my opinion rather simplistic. I used to feel ill at ease when I tried to speak French with an authentic accent. The reason was that I had not internalised the accent, and hence I was trying to copy other people. So what I produced was a parody of the accent, it was obviously fake. To this extent I agree with him. I was trying to become a member of the other group by imitating them. This felt wrong, as if I was betraying my origins, pretending to be something I wasn’t. Imagine as a British English speaker going to America and trying to speak with an American accent, or an American coming to England, and affecting a British English accent. People would think you were weird, or making fun of them. You have to learn not just the syllables, but other aspects such as timing and intonation at a deep level, so that you can use it naturally as a tool to express your feelings. In other words, it becomes a tool of communication, something that is part of you, you use it to achieve your aims, rather than pretending. Krashen’s French accent sounded to me like a parody. And why are we listening to the opinion of someone who cannot speak a foreign language with a native like accent? As an aside, I find it preferable if an English speaker gets the timing and intonation correct with a good attempt at the syllables. Stephen Kaufmann is a good example of someone with a non native French accent that is clear and pleasant, you hear his Canadian accent, but his French is well pronounced and clear. It doesn’t sound false.

[@thedanyopang]

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[@sunmoonlaketom1041]

是我不切實際的目標

[@ambarlostinthewoods3080]

Yes it is (native spanish speaker learning english here)

[@itzhakbentov6572]

Any effort in this direction would be welcomed. You don’t have to be perfect