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Been practicing my English speaking for around 5 months now
I'm aiming for a general American accent. What accent do I have? And I would appreciate it if someone could give advice on what to improve. https://voca.ro/18aWAMjsuNUA
How understandable is my English accent? How fluent am I to you?
My background: I was born and raised in Taiwan, and I didn't attend any international schools or any English camps. I have been learning English for more than 10 years and I also went to a college (in Hong Kong) that primarily used English. I believe my accent is for the most part American because I watched a lot of American media growing up. But that's just my self-assessment, so here are some of the questions I am very curious about: \- How understandable am I to native speakers? \- Would you say you can easily understand my English? \- Are there any mispronunciations or mistakes in the clip? \- What stood out to you that shows I am a non-native? \- What does my accent sound like? It would be fantastic if you could satisfy my curiosity by answering some of the questions. Thank you! \---------------- Audio: [https://voca.ro/1dXh6BmGTjlk](https://voca.ro/1dXh6BmGTjlk) Transcript: āSo, this is the first time I've been to this sub, and I came here because I wanted to get an accurate judgment on my accent. So, I'm not really looking to sound like a native speaker from any specific countries, I just want to be as understandable as possible. Like, if I go to the US, I hope people there are able to understand me easily. Oh, and one key problem with my accent that I have identified is that I notice I tend to rush my speech when I get a bit nervous, like right now. So, well, let me know what you think about that. So, now I'm going to read the rainbow passage. Rainbow Passage: When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long, rough arch, with its path high above, its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
āI took 5 courses in fall term 2023.ā Is this sentence correct? Is ātheā needed before āfall termā?
Or āā¦in 2023 fall termā?
Words that differ only by a /s/-/z/ exchange
Dear English enthusiasts, My first language (Malayalam) doesn't have the /z/ sound and I have been pronouncing it as an /s/ all my life. I have heard that Spanish speakers have a similar problem. This is particularly tricky due to the existence of word pairs where the difference in pronunciation is purely an /s/->/z/ change. Examples: rice, rise precedent, President close, close loose, lose race, raise, face, phase, disease, decease price, prize Where can I find a complete and exhaustive list of such word pairs? Is it possible to use any Python package to find all such pairs in the English language?
Is it āimpulsive spendingā or āimpulse spending ā? 1.Which one is more common? 2.Can we use āimpulse spendā as a verb like āI donāt want to impulse-spendā?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hss7kg/is_it_impulsive_spending_or_impulse_spending/
Can you please try to guess where this accent is from?
https://vocaroo.com/16FY7BSEt92T Thanks in advance
How would you say this to a doctor?
How would you say that you have brown urine this morning? Does "brown urine" even make sense ?
I want to ask them to put some rice in the bowl from the rice cooker. How do native speakers say it in this context? āCan you get some rice in the bowlā?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hqt6rx/i_want_to_ask_them_to_put_some_rice_in_the_bowl/
What is the meaning of ālock downā here?
Itās not just ālock downā, but what exactly is the tweet referring to? Iām having a hard time making sense of it.
Whatās the different between āsteak and āsearā when you are cookingļ¼ For example, āSear the meat first to retain its juicesā. Can I just exchange āsteakā instead of āsearā in the sentence aboveļ¼
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hpl6df/whats_the_different_between_steak_and_sear_when/