Is My Accent Bad? | Learn English with Deepika Padukone

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and in this video we are taking a look at the famous Bollywood actress

Deepika Padukone.

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As our Indian viewers might know, India has a long list of official languages,

and each one is spoken by millions of people.

According to this chart based on a 2011 Census,

there are over 10 languages that have more first language speakers than English.

To put things into perspective, over 500 million people

Speak Hindi as a first language.

And around 100 million people speak Bengali.

Another 500 million people speak several different languages.

As a first language, English is only spoken by around 300,000 people.

However, as a second language English is spoken by more than 80 million people in India.

Deepika is actually a second, or even third language English speaker.

Her first being Konkani.

Putting her high English proficiency aside, she does speak with a strong Indian accent.

The question about whether to strive to lose your accent, or to keep it

has been discussed by academics for many years.

Certainly, you need to make sure that you have clear pronunciation

and speak clearly also.

You don't want it to keep you from communicating effectively.

So, for example, saying "soap",

instead of "soup" when ordering your meal at a restaurant,

is not only going to cause a communication problem

but likely also embarrassment.

However, there are many people who learn english as a second language,

and take pride in learning a new accent.

Others however, who do have a high level of speaking English,

like Deepika, do still have a strong accent.

English as a second language speakers

have at some point made the conscious, or unconscious decision to not pursue a

foreign accent. Be it American, British or otherwise.

In other cases, some speakers are very vague about it.

So, while some speakers might have a specific goal in mind,

others just tend not to really think too much about it.

In this lesson we will analyze the aspects of Deepika's pronunciation

in English that make her have a strong accent.

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To conclude this lesson, regardless of whether you choose to keep

your accent, or to lose it, what's more important is that you work

on the areas of your English that are stopping you from progressing,

be it in your career or your social life, or even other areas.

Deepika is an incredible English speaker, that can inspire English learners

to follow their dreams.