Glenski
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- 20 Aug 2003
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Perhaps this has already been answered to some people's satisfaction, but I would like to point out that everyone speaks with an accent. Many people think they have no accent, but they do. It just may be a clear one.Yeah, that is very typical, at least, from my experience with americans. English with an accent is very difficult to understand for some people. Then again, unlike other languages, English is not spoken as it is read (like in Japanese, or Spanish), therefore accent is crucial, as redudant as this may sound (because obviously all languages have their own accent).
There is a ton of stuff available online for students to experience spoken English, whether in an entertainment venue (YouTube, movie advertisements, just as 2 examples) or in a more academic setting (for example, check out the VOA, Voice of America, news recordings, which are presented at a slower than normal speed with scripts you can choose to read along or not).