I have never come across such an exercise and I am surprised how much it forced me to focus and listen to the text! Thanks! :) Actually I found 25/48 mistakes but still I am very glad of it :)
Thank you Victoria for this excellent exercise! Even though I have a degree in English and was trained on all those differences (some 20 years ago but still;), I found it quite challenging - I scored 4/7, 4/6 and I scored 100% for the other examples. Looking forward to your lessons!
Thanks so much Anna! Some of them were very subtle. Our brains are really wired to parse out meaning and automatically correct “glitches”- it’s not an easy task! You did great:-)
@@AmericanAccentMastery I am a 17 year old Indian and at the age of 22 i wil give my TOEFL and GRE exam and you are the first American to whom i have ever talked via youtube so my way to USA is getting more clear, Thank you Victoria.
Hi Victoria, just recently found your channel. Very informative. I am what I consider self taught, advanced American English speaker however I have a fear of speaking in unexpected surroundings and with people I don't know well for fear of being judged. I must add I live in a state with low immigration population. Looking European I am seeing a surprised look when I start speaking with people who don't know me. I know, I should be use to it by now however I feel like this is (almost) daily reminder of my flaws with spoken English. Do you have any advice addressing my dilemma?
@Irena M Hi Irena! Thanks for writing:) That’s honestly a question that we could unpack on many different levels. But here are the main two things that came to my mind… I think you need to identify why this is bothering you. Is it because you are not happy with your accent? Or are you uncomfortable when people are able to identify that you are not from that area? Depending upon your feelings, I would recommend a different solution. If you are not happy with your accent, I would recommend working on your accent, as this is an achievable goal, even though we often “hear” that it isn’t. If you are uncomfortable when people realize that you are not from that particular area, I would try to work on your perception. For example, in the US, people come from all over the world, and even if you are born in the US, a common question that gets asked is “where is your family originally from?” This question is asked even if you are the 5th or 6 generation that has been born in the US. It is a way that Americans show interest, and there may be no judging happening at all. Wishing you the very best
@@AmericanAccentMastery Thanks for your advise. I will admit, when it comes to speaking English in unexpected situations I am my worst enemy. Instead of allowing myself to relax and make a mistake either with pronunciation or accent, I get very nervous and self-conscious from which I have a hard time to recover to even remember how to carry on with the conversation. This is truly debilitating. It's not the first impression I'd like to be projecting. I did try just regular therapy but that did not help to solve the fear, I will try to work on improving my accent. Thanks for pointing out how important is to listen carefully. Watching your tutorials I'm already seeing the subtle differences in pronunciation.
@@irenam9430 I'm really happy to hear that some of my videos are helpful Irena:) I have a few other ideas I can share with you. If you're interested, shoot me an email: americanaccentmastery@gmail.com Best wishes and I'm sending you lots of good vibes!!
Hi Victoria. It was a interesting but difficult task. I noticed two errors in the first piece of text. In the next one, I tried to catch subtler errors and detected more than you did. Overall, it turned out poorly, about half the correct. I have a question. Is it possible to have satisfactory auditory perceptual skills if I listen many English speakers, some of them are native (e.g. from North England), some not?
Hi Emil! It’s a difficult task because our brain wants to detect meaning above all else. To answer your question- it depends on your goal. If you want to easily understand speakers with different accents, that is a very different goal than wanting to sound like a native speaker from a specific region. The latter requires deeper familiarity, and hence, more discerning auditory perpetual skills:)
Thank you very much for your answer. It wasn't my goal to sound like a native, but watching your video I am willing to set a new one to pronounce some basic sentences like you present. Single words are to be done but the whole sentence is a serious challenge:)
Hi Victoria, I fell in love with your lessons! Is there any chance to contact you via Instagram or email? I was looking at the description box in nearly every one of your videos, but unfortunately I couldn't find it.
I nailed this :) greetings from 🇵🇱
Your videos really helps me i will follow your videos to enhance my accent , Thank you .
This lesson is so great for me. Thank you so much Victoria. I become more aware now that I have said many words mispronounced. 🙏
I have never come across such an exercise and I am surprised how much it forced me to focus and listen to the text! Thanks! :) Actually I found 25/48 mistakes but still I am very glad of it :)
Thanks Aleksandra, I'm glad you found it helpful:)
Thank you Victoria for this excellent exercise! Even though I have a degree in English and was trained on all those differences (some 20 years ago but still;), I found it quite challenging - I scored 4/7, 4/6 and I scored 100% for the other examples. Looking forward to your lessons!
Thanks so much Anna! Some of them were very subtle. Our brains are really wired to parse out meaning and automatically correct “glitches”- it’s not an easy task! You did great:-)
I cannot hear any mistakes when she reads. She reads and speaks perfect for me. 😃
These are all subtle mistakes Vilma, no worries;)
Wow! This is a great exercise. Thank you.
I’m glad you enjoyed it:) Have you done the Fast English in 48 day exercise? That one’s the best:-)
Thank you Victoria for your lessons and tests they really helps me a lot to sound like a native English speaker , Thank you .
I’m so happy to hear that Arnav! Best wishes:)
@@AmericanAccentMastery I am a 17 year old Indian and at the age of 22 i wil give my TOEFL and GRE exam and you are the first American to whom i have ever talked via youtube so my way to USA is getting more clear, Thank you Victoria.
hi you ....smart thanks for your works teach the poor students ..we need to go up to fluency .can you help us ,.smartest regards
Hi victoria. I like your challenging lessons,a little bit hard for me . I got less than half wrong words. Never mind. Keep on my dear teacher
These are really hard Furio! Look at it as a process based task more so than caring about % correct! Best wishes:) And thanks for your kind words!
Hi Victoria, Great video,as always! I was surprised that you did not mispronounce "extraordinary" as "extra-ordinary". :-) Best, Albert from SF,
Thanks very much Albert:-)
Hi Victoria, just recently found your channel. Very informative. I am what I consider self taught, advanced American English speaker however I have a fear of speaking in unexpected surroundings and with people I don't know well for fear of being judged. I must add I live in a state with low immigration population. Looking European I am seeing a surprised look when I start speaking with people who don't know me. I know, I should be use to it by now however I feel like this is (almost) daily reminder of my flaws with spoken English. Do you have any advice addressing my dilemma?
@Irena M Hi Irena! Thanks for writing:) That’s honestly a question that we could unpack on many different levels. But here are the main two things that came to my mind…
I think you need to identify why this is bothering you. Is it because you are not happy with your accent?
Or are you uncomfortable when people are able to identify that you are not from that area?
Depending upon your feelings, I would recommend a different solution. If you are not happy with your accent, I would recommend working on your accent, as this is an achievable goal, even though we often “hear” that it isn’t.
If you are uncomfortable when people realize that you are not from that particular area, I would try to work on your perception. For example, in the US, people come from all over the world, and even if you are born in the US, a common question that gets asked is “where is your family originally from?” This question is asked even if you are the 5th or 6 generation that has been born in the US. It is a way that Americans show interest, and there may be no judging happening at all.
Wishing you the very best
@@AmericanAccentMastery Thanks for your advise. I will admit, when it comes to speaking English in unexpected situations I am my worst enemy. Instead of allowing myself to relax and make a mistake either with pronunciation or accent, I get very nervous and self-conscious from which I have a hard time to recover to even remember how to carry on with the conversation. This is truly debilitating. It's not the first impression I'd like to be projecting. I did try just regular therapy but that did not help to solve the fear, I will try to work on improving my accent. Thanks for pointing out how important is to listen carefully. Watching your tutorials I'm already seeing the subtle differences in pronunciation.
@@irenam9430 I'm really happy to hear that some of my videos are helpful Irena:) I have a few other ideas I can share with you. If you're interested, shoot me an email: americanaccentmastery@gmail.com Best wishes and I'm sending you lots of good vibes!!
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Hi Victoria. It was a interesting but difficult task. I noticed two errors in the first piece of text. In the next one, I tried to catch subtler
errors and detected more than you did. Overall, it turned out poorly, about half the correct. I have a question. Is it possible to have
satisfactory auditory perceptual skills if I listen many English speakers, some of them are native (e.g. from North England), some not?
Hi Emil! It’s a difficult task because our brain wants to detect meaning above all else. To answer your question- it depends on your goal. If you want to easily understand speakers with different accents, that is a very different goal than wanting to sound like a native speaker from a specific region. The latter requires deeper familiarity, and hence, more discerning auditory perpetual skills:)
Thank you very much for your answer. It wasn't my goal to sound like a native, but watching your video I am willing to set a new one to pronounce
some basic sentences like you present. Single words are to be done but the whole sentence is a serious challenge:)
Why there is no new video on your channel???
Iam morocan i want to speak English
You can do it! Good luck!!
Victoria, I was wondering if you have fun while mispronouncing words ;)
Haha I actually find it really difficult and often I have to start the sentence again because I was so choppy 😭😂
hi do you mean that a great writer FAMous maked mistake .great novel ..no wrong .what do you say my teacher ?
Hi there! I made intentional pronunciation mistakes while reading the book as an exercise, the book doesn’t have any mistakes:)
Hi Victoria, I fell in love with your lessons! Is there any chance to contact you via Instagram or email? I was looking at the description box in nearly every one of your videos, but unfortunately I couldn't find it.
Thanks so much! I don't have IG but feel free to shoot me an email- americanaccentmastery @ gmail . com
All the best:)
My wife want's me to signup for listening lessons. I think that is what she said.........
😂😂😂 your wife knows best I’d say;)