could you give me some feedback on my accent?
http://www.livemocha.com/submissions/review/5467965
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http://www.livemocha.com/submissions/review/5467965
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my accent
The accent is very good but it seems like you have to invest a lot of effort in speaking. You should talk regularly with someone, in English.
audio, press that play button and you will hear the sound.
Mark, thank you for your comment. You are right, I don't have many chances talking in English. I need to speak in a more relaxed way. Thank you.
Mark, thank you for your comment. You are right, I don't have many chances talking in English. I need to speak in a more relaxed way. Thank you.
your accent is pretty much the most one can hope for from a foreigner (although you still could polish your vowel sounds a bit, and also work on the "le" in "people", right now it kind of sounds like pee-poo to me). umm, other than that you just need some practice to read more fluently ^_^ 加油!!!
Thank you so much welp....
I do feel it difficult to pronounce the weak 'l'. My vowels are not long enough, I guess. I also feel I need to work hard on the intonation. 谢谢！！！
I do feel it difficult to pronounce the weak 'l'. My vowels are not long enough, I guess. I also feel I need to work hard on the intonation. 谢谢！！！
I thought it sounded very nice! :)
I think your vowels sound perfect. Making them longer would be unnatural in my opinion.
The only thing you should work on would be your "r"s. You do a great job emphasizing them but you do it a bit too much.
For example, your speed slows down a lot when you say "February" because you're trying to hard to pronounce the "r"s.
With practice, you can soften them up a bit. It will make your speech sound much more natural and your speed with increase.
I think your vowels sound perfect. Making them longer would be unnatural in my opinion.
The only thing you should work on would be your "r"s. You do a great job emphasizing them but you do it a bit too much.
For example, your speed slows down a lot when you say "February" because you're trying to hard to pronounce the "r"s.
With practice, you can soften them up a bit. It will make your speech sound much more natural and your speed with increase.
Thank you for your comment annon!I also feel that I tried too much for the pronunciation that it is not very natural.
I practice English pronunciation through VOA special English. I download it to my ipod and repeat after the speaker because the speaker speaks very slowly. But it seems to me the speaker is speaking like a news anchor, not very relaxed, I don't see people speak that way in real life. Maybe I should look for something more casual. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I practice English pronunciation through VOA special English. I download it to my ipod and repeat after the speaker because the speaker speaks very slowly. But it seems to me the speaker is speaking like a news anchor, not very relaxed, I don't see people speak that way in real life. Maybe I should look for something more casual. Any suggestions? Thanks!
You should also work more on these sounds:
"Millions" was mispronounced but later the sound ɪ was better.
ɝ --- as in fireworks, their,
æ in "many" was kinda weird.
"Millions" was mispronounced but later the sound ɪ was better.
ɝ --- as in fireworks, their,
æ in "many" was kinda weird.
People with the California and Canadian vowel shift have ash in "many".
Darren, thank you so much for you comments. I will work on the vowel sounds. Thanks!
I can tell that you (IMO) sound almost like a native speaker in :
between January 21 and February
go home to be with their families
biggest and most important holiday
between January 21 and February
go home to be with their families
biggest and most important holiday
Many of the words sounded native, or darned close:
of, in, the, go, bus, and, with, to, be, new, etc.
of, in, the, go, bus, and, with, to, be, new, etc.