How do i improve my accent?

I have a tip that might help. It worked for me when I was learning French. 1. Listen to a short sentence from a native English speaker. A line from a movie, for example. 2. Record yourself saying the same thing. 3. Listen to yourself and notice the differences between your speaking and the native speaker. By paying attention to little differences in tone or cadence, your accent will begin to sound more like a native speaker. But I agree with the other commenters here. A lot of people get too hung up on accent. If you can be understood, then your accent is good enough.

P.S. Don't get hung up on accent. There's no "correct" accent. Plenty of eloquant natives enunciate "bottle of water".

The fact that it comes out normally when you say it in a sentence is good. Nobody but the very cockney-est of cockney people pronounce it in the meme-ified way and they're almost always putting that on and thickening their accent as a joke. Speak clearly to be understood. You don't need to ape an accent.

Why are you trying to say *bo'ohw'o'wo'er*? I mean no disrespect to people who pronounce it that way because that's their native accent, but it isn't the only valid accent for speaking English. As long as people can understand you, you're doing fine. And, for what it's worth, I love typical Indian accents.

Last I checked, Indian English was a perfectly valid dialect of English. Also why would you want to sound like a working class Brit when saying things? Bottle of water sounds much better

Practice. ID specific sounds and practice them in lots of different situations for like 15 minutes a day. A week per sound. Accent training is a thing, you can work with a coach. I got trained to do that stuff

To me, accents usually have less to do with how much one enunciates the consonants, and more to do with the quality of vowel sounds. For example, when most Americans say "no", it sounds like n-oh-w with a slight closing of the vowel at the end. When an Australian says it, it often sounds closer to "nor". When a native Spanish speaker says no, they tend to use the pure vowel sound from their language, and the word sounds almost clipped too early from a native perspective. The generic Indian accent often tends towards an almost musical pattern of speech with constantly changing pitches and rounded vowel sounds. I would not normally think the typical Indian accent over-accentuates consonants. Sometimes it's very difficult to hear the differences between vowel sounds as well if you aren't a native speaker. I remember trying to say Arabic words back to someone teaching me, but I couldn't hear the distinction between two vowel sounds, and I kept saying the wrong word. The more you hear the language spoken, the more likely you are to smooth out your accent.

To me, accents usually have less to do with how much one enunciates the consonants, and more to do with the quality of vowel sounds. For example, when most Americans say "no", it sounds like n-oh-w with a slight closing of the vowel at the end. When an Australian says it, it often sounds closer to "nor". When a native Spanish speaker says no, they tend to use the pure vowel sound from their language, and the word sounds almost clipped too early from a native perspective. The generic Indian accent often tends towards an almost musical pattern of speech with constantly changing pitches and rounded vowel sounds. I would not normally think the typical Indian accent over-accentuates consonants. Sometimes it's very difficult to hear the differences between vowel sounds as well if you aren't a native speaker. I remember trying to say Arabic words back to someone teaching me, but I couldn't hear the distinction between two vowel sounds, and I kept saying the wrong word. The more you hear the language spoken, the more likely you are to smooth out your accent.

An accent is like a garment: it lets people know who we are, where we're from, and how we spend our time. Even if you could dress exactly like a person from a completely different walk of life, how does it benefit you to pass as someone else? Why would you want to look like someone you're not? Focus on making your speech as widely intelligible as possible, not on mimicking a regional accent.

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Perhaps you could try speaking more often with native speakers? People’s accents are influenced by their environment, after all.

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You don’t need to speak like a Cockney for your English to pass. In fact, if you came to London and did a Cockney impression people wouldn’t like that very much. Indian English is a valid dialect and an Indian accent is a perfectly acceptable accent to speak English in if that’s just what you sound like. Trying to do a “native accent” is just forced, and it isn’t necessary. A stronger accent will also come the more you just use the language.

Try shadowing! Listen to a native speaker, then repeat what they say right after, copying their pronunciation and rhythm. Practice daily with short sentences and record yourself to track your progress

Practice. I know that sounds so obvious and trite, but it's the only way. Talk to yourself. I know that'll seem weird, but it's effective. Say what you're doing. "I'm sitting in a chair, I'm tying on the computer, I'm reading reddit". Then say what you DID, earlier. And what you WILL DO later. Sorry, but the only effective way is to do it. English is an art, not a science. A "B.A.", not a "B.Sc.". You can't learn how to paint from books - you have to do it.

Nobody really cares. I hear so many accents it helps me recognize where a person is from and it's a good conversation starter. The Indian rhythm is very legato, all the words just melt together and your words rise and fall in tone for no reason. When I imitate Indians it's easy to do. It also seems you tighten your chin and speak without moving your jaw so much. Practice removing those characteristics and you can have an American accent, and pronounce a hard R, not English air.