Re:How to Master an Accent
by emodendroket on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:03PM
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Having learned Japanese as a native English speaker, I disagree.
> When French people learn English, they often fall into the trap of pronouncing it in a French way: the way they read it instead of how they hear it.
People learning any foreign language often "fall into the trap" of pronouncing it using phonemes and intonation that are more appropriate for their native languages and I sat through enough reading aloud sessions in college to assure you that somebody reading in the native script can still speak in an awful accent.
> When French people learn English, they often fall into the trap of pronouncing it in a French way: the way they read it instead of how they hear it.
People learning any foreign language often "fall into the trap" of pronouncing it using phonemes and intonation that are more appropriate for their native languages and I sat through enough reading aloud sessions in college to assure you that somebody reading in the native script can still speak in an awful accent.