Don't know where to post this, so if this is the wrong place, please move to another forum.
Ok, I came to Van when I was like grade 3 and I've been here for a lil more than a decade. I still have a strong cantonese accent when speaking english. I'm just wondering what I can do to minimize the accent and what do people think of it(well I'm pretty sure I know the latter).
I've been in Van for almost 15 years (not living in richmond) and I still think I have a very minor chinese accent when speaking english. I think the problem is that I watch more of the chinese channel than western ones and I speak chinese at home.
Accents are generally not a problem as long as it's understandable by others.
Actually I think the guy in the video was speaking Singaporean/Malaysian English. This is what I usually heard from my colleagues who originally came from there.
I think Hongkong English is actually English as spoken by the British Royalties like the Queen, which is actually not that bad.
I have exactly the same problem too... Strong accents, and sometiems even not that fluet when I speak in English...
Watching more english channels helps me to learn more vocab and slang. But not necessary help me to correct my accent. Maybe my linguistic capability is just low...hard to "learn" from TV...
listen & learn
when you try, relax, & don't give yourself too much pressure when immitating proper english... cus if you "try too hard", you'll just end up stuttering~ just practice more & let it try to flow naturally.
to me, most of the time accents happen because you're still not comfortable & not going smoothly with the dialect...& you are unsure of how to use the vocabulary. improper grammar is also a major cause.
發表於 2007-12-29 21:12
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