Which part of the world do you think my accent is from?
TheBellJar11
I'm just curious, a couple years ago I spent so much time and effort working on "minimizing my accent" it was basically more focused on trying to make my pronunciation clearer and easier to understand. Once I reached that goal I stopped trying to actively get rid of my first language's influence on my speech. I focused more on practicing a lot and learning to have good conversations. But now I'm starting to feel a little self-conscious again that my English is too bad for someone who's been learning it for so long. I try to remind myself that it's normal though
This is me reading paragraph from a book (I might sound a bit nasally but that's probably because I'm a little sick not an aspect of my accent), I know obviously I sound like a non-native speaker, I wonder if it's easy to pinpoint my native language/ region.
https://voca.ro/1hvo4prUw7ZC
If you are a native English speaker/someone interested in accents and pronunciation, although I'm aware that I don't sound like I grew up speaking English I can't figure out exactly what my problem areas are. What are the letters /sounds that give it away? It was much easier to work on my weaknesses at the beginning because they were a lot more prominent. This audio might be too short to know all the weaknesses but I appreciate any feedback:)