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John Doey

If you are learning an American accent on your own, you can greatly speed up your learning rate if you know some secrets. What are these secrets? Here they are!

1. Forget your old speech habits

Your foreign accent consists of speech habits from your native language. So if you want to learn a new accent, you MUST forget about old speech habits. How to do it? Repeat, repeat, repeat and think about your speech more than you do now. Don't try to pronounce a new word using only sounds from your native language. American English has sounds which may not be present in your language and you need to learn them.

2. Do not speak word by word

It's very important to focus on natural speaking. Don't speak like a robot. Native speakers will be more eager to talk to you if you talk at normal conversational speed rather... than... speaking... like... this. It's irritating and makes you sound like a beginner even if your English is good. Try to connect words, don't say each word separately. In English everything is flowing, there's no stuttering.

3. Concentrate on one thing

If you have a problem with "th" sound, put aside everything else and just concentrate on learning this sound. If you have a problem with intonation, concentrate on intonation. If you concentrate on too many things, eventually you will not learn anything.

4. Practice often

Here's the best secret. Do you want to learn American accent? Then you should practice all the time. Every single day. If you learn at least 60 minutes a day you can greatly improve your accent in a month or so. There are no miracles, it's just a regular work!

It's all just a matter of how badly you want to learn American accent. Keep in mind these secrets but remember that only practice makes perfect.

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