Question: How can I sound like a native English speaker? Learn English

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Paper English - English Danny


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oh tough question how can i be like  a native speaker in english speaking
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um do you have any any common stones about this  one well it's it's very difficult um but uh but  
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i mean listening to lots of people uh uh talk and  then trying to sort of copy the way it sounds not  
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just the way it sounds but kind of the rhythm  of it and the flow of it that's probably one of  
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the key um uh elements to becoming more like a  native speaker is uh trying to capture not just  
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the grammar but also sort of the feel so when you  listen to people speak english you'll notice that  
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it's not monotone it tends to get some words  are stressed meaning it gets louder and softer  
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and that as people talk they tend to emphasize  parts of the speech like i'm doing right now  
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in an exaggerated way um so this is also a way to  become or sound a little bit more like a native  
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speaker but i would say don't worry too much  about it uh worry most about being understood  
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first and then try to improve from there  what do you think sarah i definitely agree  
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and what i what i first thought of is um i i  do agree that anyone learning a second language  
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will probably always have an accent of some  sort and and i just want to validate or let  
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you guys know that um it's so it's okay to  have an accent it's and there are so many  
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different forms of english that the goal is is  to be understood right so as long as as you can  
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communicate what you are trying to express that's  a really good uh place to be and for a strategy i  
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would say challenge yourself to try to think  with that language so even if you're in your  
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daily life and you're thinking about something  or you're out walking around trying to describe  
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like think to yourself how would i describe this  in english or how would i talk about what i'm  
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doing right now in english just to kind of get  yourself thinking in the language a bit more too
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