I get very ashamed of my accent when i speak to the point that id rather just not speak and be silent overall. Getting rid of it would boost confidence for a bit
Same, I’m from the southern part of Texas and I can somewhat tame mine, but then I get mildly annoyed or mad and it’s trucks, ranches, cattle and cowboys
I am obsessed with languages and I really want to lose my accent, I speak 6 languages but people still recognize my native accent lol how the F is this possible? But of course it depends on who I talk to. I guess all the languages we speak influence and affect our accent and different people can hear different accents in our way of speaking
I’m a native but I still get asked “where you from?” I’m like Oklahoma, they’re like “no like where ARE YOU frommm?” I’m like umm do u mean my ethnicity? Then they look at me weird, then I just say I’m half korean but I’m from here 🙄 it’s super exhausting I get asked that so much and how people don’t know the difference on how to ask someone’s ethnicity
I think the more you listen to a certain accent the more the feelings of belonging to it You'll feel / have. I think that way and it makes me wanna sound like a native from USA not to show off but to feel comfortable with myself
Hi Keenyn! I’m a native Russian speaker. I've been working on my English for the past several months, and your lessons help me a lot! Thank you so much, you are such an amazing teacher! ❤️
I'll love to have someone to practice my English with too. I'm from Nigeria and my accent is getting in the way of me getting a job 😢, I need to improve on that. Need help
I've been made fun of for my accent starting from my early teenage years and that's one of the motivating factors for me to want to get rid of my accent. I worry that I will not be accepted socially due to my accent. I also worry about whether my accent will hinder my professional growth and whether or not I will be taken seriously or treated with respect. Your video helped me understand the importance of embracing my accent which is a part of my identity and where I come from. Thank you!
Thank you for this comment, Julie. These are absolutely the fundamental issues and struggles so many face. I hate that anyone ever made fun of you, especially in those fragile teenage years. It's an experience that sticks with you. Discrimination based on accent is a real thing. There is a lot of work to be done on the part of the LISTENER. It makes my heart so happy to know the video was helpful for you in considering a different perspective. You've got this my friend!💜💜💜
@@ClearEnglishCorner I am trying to get rid of my accent cuz I wanna see how far I can go. I already know English as good as a teacher. I can write and translate essays and what not... So since I know this much I wanna sound like a native speaker.
Coach, You are my go to Native English speaker! Whenever I have time, it's always on my priority list to check your youtube channel for new lessons or even if I need to have a refresher from your previous lessons! You just don't know how precious your videos are and how impactful you are to people like us who are genuinely interested in English language. GOD bless You Coach Keenyn and your entire family! Sending love and appreciation from one of your many viewers and students/learners from all around the world! Long live Coach! ❤💯
@@ClearEnglishCorner Thank yoo too so very much Coach Keenyn for taking time to respond to us! This is highly appreciated! You teach not only with brains but with heart too, and we so love it! Stay Awesome Coach! 😊💪❤💯
Dear Keenyn Rhodes you're not only a sophisticated American Accent Coach but also kindhearted. I love your beautiful American Accent. The way you teach is very decent. Really no words are enough for your Teaching Style. Thank a bunch for putting your painstaking effort in every video. I learnt a lot from you. May God Give you happiness and peace in your life.
I have always been unsatisfied with my foreign accent, although I can speak clearly. I'm very glad to hear from you that accent is not important as intelligibility. Thanks a bunch. I feel relieved 😃🌹🌹
You make some great points. I do feel there's some prejudice/reservations when it comes to none native speakers and so, you want to be more "accepted" by sounding similar
I was born in the us but my mom is Russian and my dad is Hispanic. The first language i knew was russian and my second language was spanish. I have a really bad accent and i feel bad for everyone that has to hear my voice.
I don’t like when people say “ huh??? When I am talking, that’s why I want to pronounce the words and sentences more native! For me it is more understanding when a native talking rather than some one who English is their second language. I don’t stop practicing and your vids def a huge help.
I love how she s sooooo friendly nd how she explains the rid and clarity … all respect from windsor ontario.. and I totally agree with u.. however sometimes we feel ppl put others with accents under an umbrella or something and thats y u get the feeling of getting rid of ur accent… 🙏 thanks
What you said about accent was true, I am a HK chinese and talked to English native in my natural way. They all seemed comfortable in understanding what I tried to convey.
I'm latina and I've been working in a hotline for a long time now, today for the very first time somebody pointed out my accent, then he proceeded to treat me really shitty for it. I just don't know how to feel. 8:09 that's why.
Keenyn, you are a true pro, your lessons are always clear and helpful. The phenomenon you point out here, where our ear (brain, really) becomes tuned to hear the sounds of our native language - and to FILTER OUT other sounds, which it doesn't consider meaningful - is a very important one. Helping people open their ears to hear more of what's going on in English is a fascinating and rewarding process...as you of course know first hand. It helps them get more of the meaning in the language! And letting people know it is ok to have an accent...empowers them and for many people, probably relieves a lot of unnecessary anxiety. It's great for an accent coach to do that!
For me the most important thing is to be able to hear out the words what native speakers say. They can understand my foreign English accent but in case they speak their living language and I don't understand the words, the words I know when they are in written, so that is a problem I think. I can learn words and grammar also alone, but I can learn pronuntiation at the moment only with you! Thank you very much for it! ❤
I think you're fabulous! You make us foreign speakers feel comfortable with our communication skills but you teach us to improve our clarity and to me that's the main objective! I will continue learning and enjoying your voice and your style! It's so positive to share my time with you! I thank you because you're making my life much more interesting!
Sorry but but I still want to get rid of my accent because I was born in America I’m American I have all my American documents but I grew up in Italy. I’m so frustrated because I’m training to learn my own language, can you imagine how frustrating is? So remember this I’m going to get rid of my accent no matter what and I want to forget my native language because my true language is English period. Thanks for your video you’re the best.
Well, having an accent is quite frustrating for me although I hear lots of time that my accent is beautiful and nice (I literally LOVE the American accent and my biggest dream is to have this one). It doesn't change the fact that I'm still obsessed with this not-so-easy-to-achieve goal and sometimes I just can't stand my English although other people understand me and say my English is very good. Well, it's time to come to terms i'll never have my dream accent I guess. Quite sad, but I was trying for so many years and the effect is very slight if any. The worst is that it made me feel bad about my English and it influenced my confidence, so changing my mindset will be extremely difficult...
Really insightful video! I'm a non-native English-speaking actor who wants to work on American projects, so it is of critical importance that I develop a general American accent, it has to be at least 90% American. It's gonna take A LOT of intensive and consant work and study, but I just gotta stick to it. Although most non-native born actors in the States keep their native accents in their everyday life, this mostly pertains to native-English speakers from other countries (think Brits and Aussies). It's far easier for them to reverse back to the "American accent" as they share the same language. Being a non-native speaker myself, it'll be more convenient for me to adopt most of it. For fun, you should do a video series in where you try to decipher the accent slips of foreign-born actors (and actresses) who play Americans in movies/shows. I recommend Big Little Lies (analyzing Nicole Kidman & Alexander Skarsgard's accents).
Keenyn, great insight as usual. I think people really want is get rid of their identity not just their accent. Everyone wants to blend in, doesn’t want to stick out . I was born in Hong Kong. Cantonese is my mother tongue. I have lived in different countries. Recently I connected with my high school friend, she told me I speak with an accent. She said I sound like someone fluid in Cantonese but couldn’t tell where I am from. That made me think accent is your own history and identity. Accent is not necessary a bad thing.
The only way I can support you is by watching all of your videos and by leaving a like button on all of them. I really do appreciate your work and you're such an amazing teacher, stay blessed and thank you for being here 💖💖
After watching the video, I do want to talk about how I still want to change my accent. I just don't like how I sound. I sometimes record myself or hear recordings of myself and I absolutely hate it. I sound like I am a 5th grader with braces. Sometimes I say a word and think "man I pronounced that perfectly" and then I hear it back and it's horrible, like I have phlegm in my throat all the time. And I feel like all of this affects the people I interact with, I feel like people hate being around me when I talk. So I want to change it, if anything just to solve my own insecurities.
This is the best English lesson for me and all English bigginer for?I don't wanna be a English native speaker so I want speak clearly.if I can understand when they speak in English that's More than enough.we are very lucky why we are lucky???we all ready know 3 languages.when we speak in English they are know that we can speak another languages ?I speak sinhalesh Tamil and Hindi.I never seen such a like good English teacher.God bless you ma'am.Sorry for my English.
I refuse to go out because of my thick accent. I have been refused employment even when I pass the technical interview as a software engineer because of accent. I definitely want to lose my Nigerian accent because it is ruining my life in Canada job market.
Hi! Your video was truly helpful! It got me thinking for a few days until I came up with what I actually wanted with my accent. Thankfully, I have been speaking English since I was a toddler and have been bilingual my entire life... but I have a pretty clear Indian accent... it's not that I hate my accent or am ashamed of it, I realized I want to have the skill of switching between accents whenever I like, depending on whom I am talking to. it's just more fun and cool to have two accents and so, I want to learn a new, more native accent of English, retaining my original English accent :) thank you for helping me come up with this result!
@@SilentPolyglot Ви насправді знаєте сім різних мов? Я як українець знаю українську мову, російську та ось вже четвертий рік вчу англійську, я хочу вивчити лише англійську дуже добре тому що це головна мова, без репетиторів та якоїсь системи я просто чую слова, переводжу а там вже якщо запам'ятав то добре.
@@fickbitsches На жаль, поки що не можу сказати, що я говорю на всіх цих мовах. Можу читати і розуміти на слух, але сказати не можу. Прошу вибачення якщо помилилася в написанні. Дуже люблю українську мову. Вона дуже мелодійна і приємна на слух. ❤️
Hi, my real piece of cake. I'm spanish native speaker. If English native speaker can understand me and can understan them, it's not a big deal for me. The same with italian, portuguese, galego. The best teacher, also beautiful, congrats.
Nice, good, clear explanation. That's what I used to tell my students who had the same questions. However, in my lifetime I have met people who came to the United States after the age of 30 who were able to acquire a native accent in 4-5 years. I have a friend who sounds like a Kentuckian, although 10 years ago she had a rather heavy eastern European accent. Another one sounds like a Nebraskan, after three years of staying in the US.
Teacher! I have been following you for many years. I am a non-native speaker of English. My Chinese accent is part of my identity. People completely understand me. I am not a teacher or an actor. As I remember long time ago. You said, my goal is to be able to communicate as a speaker and as a silent listener. In fact , there is no time for me to think about pronunciation and grammar. Who cares your mouth, teeth and lips like this and like that. I have a good pronunciation and perfect grammar. I cannot speak English with British accent or American accent. People love talking to me. My English is wonderful as I understand the music of English, the rhythm of it and the intonation. I am born with Chinese tongue. My mother tongue is Chinese, English is my second language. I am a man with no high school education, but I have been speaking English for fifty-seven years. Simple English is good English. Accent is not important, clarity, confidence and natural English speaking is really important. They speak Chinese, I am wondering they can speak exactly the Chinese accent. So we have to accept imperfection. Right? Maybe I talk too much. It is a kind of communication. You want to be understood. Words stress and sentence stress is much more important than accent. I learn English for life. This is my learning experience. Thank you so much for sharing my learning story. Have a good day. Take care . Bye for now. I will see you in the next video.
Hi, I loved reading your comment. Thanks for sharing it. It's so good to see how confident you are about your English. It's wonderful to read how aware you are of different accents and it is very encouraging to other non native English speakers how proud you are of your mother tongue. Most people struggle all their lives to sound like a native and what really matters is what you said. Everyone understands what you say, you can communicate and you aren't bothered with whatever accent a person might have. It's rare to hear a non native being as comfortable as you are with your English! I don't know you, but I'm super proud of you already. Keep up the good work. God bless you.
A native accent will undeniably aid you in social or even professional contexts. It just eases your life. That's my motivation. It becomes a part of you, and you are less likely to be on a fight or flight mode speaking a foreign language which was once a task.
Hi Keenyn . I'm pleased to tell you that every single class is a delight and sound like a beautiful song to my ears. You convey peace and relief specially on this topic. I agree with you that every country has its own regional accent. I'm from Argentina and different provinces has their own accent. I consider that the most important thing is to be able to comunicate,and express ourselves . To be able to talk like a native is something to achieve .It 's a goal,a dream. Probably l'll never be able to talk like a native,but what I can ensure you is that by listening y studying hard, and having teachers like you who are commited to teach us through your solid knowledge and sweet and smiling face , Improvement become a real thing. Kindly. Alberto
I work in customer service taking calls 8 hours a day. It's very upsetting when a customer as soon as I greet them say: Transfer me to an agent in the United States. Or, as soon as I greet them, they ask: Where are you from? Ufff....I put up with this all day longggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's sooooo annoying. Seriously. People are just nasty and prejudiced. They completely dislike you and feel you will not be able to assist them as an American would. It makes my job sooo difficult. I NEED desperately to get rid of my accent.
Swedish is my native language and while I don't want to judge people that speak English with a heavy Swedish accent, I just can't help thinking it sounds dorky. However, I only have this association for Swedish, Norwegian and Danish (which are borderline dialects). Especially for highly educated people with a great vocabulary - in my mind it just clashes! So for me at least, it's more about not sounding dorky and unprofessional to fellow swedes than to native english speakers since I don't think they have the same associations.
I am an army brat. Both of my parents were in the army. I was born in Kentucky!! Lived in many states. Now where I live I have a "southern" accent and trying to get rid of it. Any ideas??
Well hello there. My situation is quite different. I was born and raised in America (Minnesota) for the first 7 years of my life. And then later I moved back to India in 2014. Ever since I’ve been in India . And coming to my accent, it’s kinda mixed. So what happened is, when I came back to India I was picked on for having an American accent. Which forced me to convert my accent to Indian. So, when I usually talk to myself and the people I’m comfortable with I usually get like 80% of my accent but not infront of others. So now I’m planning to move back to the US for my undergrad. So do you think I’ll get my American accent back again if I move back to the US?
You are awesome! I am one of the regular followers of you. I need to know something. We know "w and y" are called semi-vowel. Would you please clarify when "An" is placed before these semi-vowels?
I learned major of the American accent in your channel. And now I am pretty comfortable with it. But when I am exposed to people I'm not able to speak in that way. On the other hand when I am alone I talk in American accent. I am not conscious with my accent when I'm with people
Honestly this thing about the accent has made a lil insecure cause my native language is Spanish i’m 23 and i’m use to hear all the time people telling me “ oh u got an accent, where u from , i came to the United States when I was 15 and lately my english has improved a lot but I just feel my accent makes me less attractive or something , that’s why i wanna sound like a native English speaker
I have avery extreme over bite to the point one doctor wanted to break my jaw and move it. Most people have a hard time understanding me, to the point that I have been called mush mouth to my face.
Hi, Keenyn.. Okay, so after watching your video I’m still wanting to get rid of my accent or dialect. I was born and raised in the eastern part of England in the UK but I have America and Canada in my blood/heritage, from my mother’s side of the family. And after exploring and searching for answers and information through our family tree, it explains why I’ve always been extremely patriotic towards the U.S from a very young age. I’ve never felt any connection to or love for the UK, at all. Over the past coupla’ years, I’ve been working more towards an American English accent and trying to renounce any “connection” I have to the British language and the UK, as a whole. As far as the speaking aspect of it goes, I feel I’m getting there but I just wondered if you had any advice. So for example, if I was in high school (moving away from the British way of saying “secondary school”) and I wanted to say “I’ve got gym class, in half an hour.” I would say (pronounced) “I’ve gart gym claass (prolonging of the “a”), in “haaf” (again, prolonging of the “a”) an hour. I’ve got the American English down, it’s just wanting and needing to get rid of the British sounding dialect, though. Any tips or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
As a young man years ago I was always told by men and women would ask where I was from because they heard an accent. They mostly thought I was Puerto Rican. I'm American with Spaineard and Mexican Aztec heritage. At the time this bothered me but as I grew and started dating women I found that most of them loved the accent so it no longer bothered me. My question is when I speak I really don't hear the accent but my voice sounds kind of deep. When I hear my voice on a recording it sounds completely different. More like a medium pitch. Why is that? If you have the answer I would like to know. Thanks!
Hi I'm here to answer your question so you were asking that why my voice sounds different when I record my voice and listen to it, so yea listen your voice sounds different from your own voice that you hear bcz our phone/computer replicate our sound when we speak so ye that's why you sound different when you're speaking in a device if you want to hear your real voice there are some tutorials that answers how to to that. Thanks you.
If someone is speaking clearly but has a little bit of an accent that's not a problem but I don't understand if people completely mispronounce words. For example just the other day I was at work in a store and some woman asked where the Bice roo is. I was trying to make sense of what she was asking me. I thought maybe she was asking for Bicycles and I let her know where the bicycles were. Some other woman with her said bat room which I was then able to piece together as bathroom. Neither of them pronounced it properly but at least the second one was intelligible. I then was able to tell them. It is pretty frustrating for me when I want to help someone like that but I just can't make out what they're saying. I know it must be frustrating for them too though. I do think in those cases accent reduction (not elimination obviously) can be beneficial.
Hi Keenyn! Thank yo for your great lessons! I wish it was true that intelligibility is enough. But I am not convinced. As soon as I open my mouth (speaking no matter which of the three languages that I can speak, in addition to my mother tongue) people hear that I am Italian. And this makes me already feel bad because I know they are projecting on me any kind of stereotype.Then, sometimes people imitate (or mock) me or make fun of Italians adding gestures with the hands. They have fun and do not realise they are annoying or even hurting me. I speak anyway since I have to, but I am not comfortable and sometimes I feel resentment towards those who mocked me or made fun of Italians, even though maybe they do not intend it in a bad way. So, you see. Accent is a baggage that comes with many things. I wish it was not important, but it stil is.
Dear Keenyn, I like your video very much. I’ve been watching especially accent-related videos. I want to get rid of my accent because I want to be understood and I don’t want to hear “Oh, You have an accent”!. So this video doesn’t make me relieve frankly speaking, sorry.. The title was how to remove my accent, but there was no answer in the video. Maybe I need a private coaching.. I am trying to shadowing people’s speeches. And also most importantly, I want to understand what the native speakers say without asking them to slow down . If I know the mechanism of rhythm and intonation, I think I can understand much better. My dream is to understand the movies, comedies, documentaries without being helped. I know to understand those 100%, understanding culture is important. But the basic is to remove my accent and speak fluently. And I want you to make videos of how to efficiently express what I want to say. I realize many non-native speakers including me are trying to explain what they want to say in a long sentence, stuttering, which a native speaker catches his or her intention and corrects in a easy and short sentence right away! So, instead of making general explanation about the accent, I suggest you to make practical videos with articles or video clips and others and efficient way of speaking skill. Thank you.
An excellent suggestion on making videos on using direct and succinct language. This is definitely an essential skill for clear and effective communication. 💜 It goes back to focus on intelligibility and learning to be clear and compelling in English, so you can use the language to accomplish your personal and professional goals.
I really like accents, especially in English which is not my first language. But I must admit I know more about British accent than American. Watching movies I found, for instance, Samuel Jackson and Jessica Alba's accent interesting. I think I'd rather say 'intonation '.
I think we get lazy when we reach that fluency level because we can be understood so we stop making the extra effort to sound like a native. But no, I do want to sound like a native American and work on it. As you said, many actors do accomplish that and if they can so can we. Sounding like a native opens so many new doors an people take you as one of their own.
I get very ashamed of my accent when i speak to the point that id rather just not speak and be silent overall. Getting rid of it would boost confidence for a bit
You're not alone my friend,😭
Same, I’m from the southern part of Texas and I can somewhat tame mine, but then I get mildly annoyed or mad and it’s trucks, ranches, cattle and cowboys
Me too and I hate people asking me everyday questions like where u from or making fun
Sad world people judge by the accent. It sucks 😢
I am obsessed with languages and I really want to lose my accent, I speak 6 languages but people still recognize my native accent lol how the F is this possible? But of course it depends on who I talk to. I guess all the languages we speak influence and affect our accent and different people can hear different accents in our way of speaking
We want to sound native because it's exhausting to have every conversation start with "where's that accent from?"
Omg yeah
I’m a native but I still get asked “where you from?” I’m like Oklahoma, they’re like “no like where ARE YOU frommm?” I’m like umm do u mean my ethnicity? Then they look at me weird, then I just say I’m half korean but I’m from here 🙄 it’s super exhausting I get asked that so much and how people don’t know the difference on how to ask someone’s ethnicity
I think the more you listen to a certain accent the more the feelings of belonging to it You'll feel / have. I think that way and it makes me wanna sound like a native from USA not to show off but to feel comfortable with myself
Hi Keenyn! I’m a native Russian speaker. I've been working on my English for the past several months, and your lessons help me a lot! Thank you so much, you are such an amazing teacher! ❤️
Thank you for your kind words Silent Polyglot! So glad you are enjoying the lessons! 😊🤗💕
We can practice English together if you want to improve our English fluency
I'll love to have someone to practice my English with too. I'm from Nigeria and my accent is getting in the way of me getting a job 😢, I need to improve on that. Need help
Thanks for your good lesson. I'm watching all of your videos and trying to improve my English capability.
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I've been made fun of for my accent starting from my early teenage years and that's one of the motivating factors for me to want to get rid of my accent. I worry that I will not be accepted socially due to my accent. I also worry about whether my accent will hinder my professional growth and whether or not I will be taken seriously or treated with respect. Your video helped me understand the importance of embracing my accent which is a part of my identity and where I come from. Thank you!
Thank you for this comment, Julie. These are absolutely the fundamental issues and struggles so many face. I hate that anyone ever made fun of you, especially in those fragile teenage years. It's an experience that sticks with you. Discrimination based on accent is a real thing. There is a lot of work to be done on the part of the LISTENER. It makes my heart so happy to know the video was helpful for you in considering a different perspective. You've got this my friend!💜💜💜
@@ClearEnglishCorner Thank you so much Keenyn! You are so sweet and kind! Wish everyone was like you!
@@ClearEnglishCorner I am trying to get rid of my accent cuz I wanna see how far I can go. I already know English as good as a teacher. I can write and translate essays and what not... So since I know this much I wanna sound like a native speaker.
Your accent is part of who you are,why would you want to kill it❗
I am 63. My New York accent seems to be getting stronger. People actually tease me now. I stand out.
Coach, You are my go to Native English speaker! Whenever I have time, it's always on my priority list to check your youtube channel for new lessons or even if I need to have a refresher from your previous lessons! You just don't know how precious your videos are and how impactful you are to people like us who are genuinely interested in English language. GOD bless You Coach Keenyn and your entire family! Sending love and appreciation from one of your many viewers and students/learners from all around the world! Long live Coach! ❤💯
This note made my day, Ron! Thank you for taking the time to leave such kind and encouraging words. Many blessings to you and yours as well! 💜💜💜
@@ClearEnglishCorner Thank yoo too so very much Coach Keenyn for taking time to respond to us! This is highly appreciated! You teach not only with brains but with heart too, and we so love it! Stay Awesome Coach! 😊💪❤💯
Dear Keenyn Rhodes you're not only a sophisticated American Accent Coach but also kindhearted. I love your beautiful American Accent. The way you teach is very decent. Really no words are enough for your Teaching Style. Thank a bunch for putting your painstaking effort in every video. I learnt a lot from you. May God Give you happiness and peace in your life.
I have always been unsatisfied with my foreign accent, although I can speak clearly. I'm very glad to hear from you that accent is not important as intelligibility. Thanks a bunch. I feel relieved 😃🌹🌹
It's really not a problem of having an accent, the real trouble is understand what people are telling you.
You make some great points. I do feel there's some prejudice/reservations when it comes to none native speakers and so, you want to be more "accepted" by sounding similar
I was born in the us but my mom is Russian and my dad is Hispanic. The first language i knew was russian and my second language was spanish. I have a really bad accent and i feel bad for everyone that has to hear my voice.
I don’t like when people say “ huh??? When I am talking, that’s why I want to pronounce the words and sentences more native! For me it is more understanding when a native talking rather than some one who English is their second language. I don’t stop practicing and your vids def a huge help.
I love how she s sooooo friendly nd how she explains the rid and clarity … all respect from windsor ontario.. and I totally agree with u.. however sometimes we feel ppl put others with accents under an umbrella or something and thats y u get the feeling of getting rid of ur accent… 🙏 thanks
What you said about accent was true, I am a HK chinese and talked to English native in my natural way. They all seemed comfortable in understanding what I tried to convey.
I'm latina and I've been working in a hotline for a long time now, today for the very first time somebody pointed out my accent, then he proceeded to treat me really shitty for it. I just don't know how to feel. 8:09 that's why.
Keenyn, you are a true pro, your lessons are always clear and helpful. The phenomenon you point out here, where our ear (brain, really) becomes tuned to hear the sounds of our native language - and to FILTER OUT other sounds, which it doesn't consider meaningful - is a very important one.
Helping people open their ears to hear more of what's going on in English is a fascinating and rewarding process...as you of course know first hand. It helps them get more of the meaning in the language!
And letting people know it is ok to have an accent...empowers them and for many people, probably relieves a lot of unnecessary anxiety. It's great for an accent coach to do that!
there is something about this lady that just calm me she speaks so well 😊🌷
For me the most important thing is to be able to hear out the words what native speakers say. They can understand my foreign English accent but in case they speak their living language and I don't understand the words, the words I know when they are in written, so that is a problem I think. I can learn words and grammar also alone, but I can learn pronuntiation at the moment only with you! Thank you very much for it! ❤
Definitely! Learning about the rhythm of English is so helpful in comprehension. :)
I think you're fabulous! You make us foreign speakers feel comfortable with our communication skills but you teach us to improve our clarity and to me that's the main objective!
I will continue learning and enjoying your voice and your style! It's so positive to share my time with you!
I thank you because you're making my life much more interesting!
Sorry but but I still want to get rid of my accent because I was born in America I’m American I have all my American documents but I grew up in Italy. I’m so frustrated because I’m training to learn my own language, can you imagine how frustrating is? So remember this I’m going to get rid of my accent no matter what and I want to forget my native language because my true language is English period. Thanks for your video you’re the best.
Well, having an accent is quite frustrating for me although I hear lots of time that my accent is beautiful and nice (I literally LOVE the American accent and my biggest dream is to have this one). It doesn't change the fact that I'm still obsessed with this not-so-easy-to-achieve goal and sometimes I just can't stand my English although other people understand me and say my English is very good. Well, it's time to come to terms i'll never have my dream accent I guess. Quite sad, but I was trying for so many years and the effect is very slight if any. The worst is that it made me feel bad about my English and it influenced my confidence, so changing my mindset will be extremely difficult...
Really insightful video! I'm a non-native English-speaking actor who wants to work on American projects, so it is of critical importance that I develop a general American accent, it has to be at least 90% American. It's gonna take A LOT of intensive and consant work and study, but I just gotta stick to it. Although most non-native born actors in the States keep their native accents in their everyday life, this mostly pertains to native-English speakers from other countries (think Brits and Aussies). It's far easier for them to reverse back to the "American accent" as they share the same language. Being a non-native speaker myself, it'll be more convenient for me to adopt most of it. For fun, you should do a video series in where you try to decipher the accent slips of foreign-born actors (and actresses) who play Americans in movies/shows. I recommend Big Little Lies (analyzing Nicole Kidman & Alexander Skarsgard's accents).
Can you please make a video on the uses of the word "There" ?
I'm having a lot of confusion...
Keenyn, great insight as usual. I think people really want is get rid of their identity not just their accent. Everyone wants to blend in, doesn’t want to stick out . I was born in Hong Kong. Cantonese is my mother tongue. I have lived in different countries. Recently I connected with my high school friend, she told me I speak with an accent. She said I sound like someone fluid in Cantonese but couldn’t tell where I am from. That made me think accent is your own history and identity. Accent is not necessary a bad thing.
Excellent overview...I teach English and have more and more students looking to reduce their accent, .I look forward to more videos from you.
We never use the word "back" after the word "Revert" 7:20
The only way I can support you is by watching all of your videos and by leaving a like button on all of them. I really do appreciate your work and you're such an amazing teacher, stay blessed and thank you for being here 💖💖
After watching the video, I do want to talk about how I still want to change my accent. I just don't like how I sound. I sometimes record myself or hear recordings of myself and I absolutely hate it. I sound like I am a 5th grader with braces. Sometimes I say a word and think "man I pronounced that perfectly" and then I hear it back and it's horrible, like I have phlegm in my throat all the time. And I feel like all of this affects the people I interact with, I feel like people hate being around me when I talk. So I want to change it, if anything just to solve my own insecurities.
This is the best English lesson for me and all English bigginer for?I don't wanna be a English native speaker so I want speak clearly.if I can understand when they speak in English that's More than enough.we are very lucky why we are lucky???we all ready know 3 languages.when we speak in English they are know that we can speak another languages ?I speak sinhalesh Tamil and Hindi.I never seen such a like good English teacher.God bless you ma'am.Sorry for my English.
I refuse to go out because of my thick accent. I have been refused employment even when I pass the technical interview as a software engineer because of accent. I definitely want to lose my Nigerian accent because it is ruining my life in Canada job market.
Hi! Your video was truly helpful! It got me thinking for a few days until I came up with what I actually wanted with my accent. Thankfully, I have been speaking English since I was a toddler and have been bilingual my entire life... but I have a pretty clear Indian accent... it's not that I hate my accent or am ashamed of it, I realized I want to have the skill of switching between accents whenever I like, depending on whom I am talking to. it's just more fun and cool to have two accents and so, I want to learn a new, more native accent of English, retaining my original English accent :) thank you for helping me come up with this result!
Thank you, my favorite teacher for such extremely clear and practical explanations
I love my accent. It is part of my own unique identity. Thank you very much. Peace, Love and LIGHT!😂
You're my favorite accent teacher so far 😭💜
Same here :)
@@SilentPolyglot Ви насправді знаєте сім різних мов? Я як українець знаю українську мову, російську та ось вже четвертий рік вчу англійську, я хочу вивчити лише англійську дуже добре тому що це головна мова, без репетиторів та якоїсь системи я просто чую слова, переводжу а там вже якщо запам'ятав то добре.
@@fickbitsches На жаль, поки що не можу сказати, що я говорю на всіх цих мовах. Можу читати і розуміти на слух, але сказати не можу.
Прошу вибачення якщо помилилася в написанні. Дуже люблю українську мову. Вона дуже мелодійна і приємна на слух. ❤️
Mine, too
@@SilentPolyglot omg you're a polyglot , I subscribed your channel 😍
Hi, my real piece of cake. I'm spanish native speaker. If English native speaker can understand me and can understan them, it's not a big deal for me. The same with italian, portuguese, galego. The best teacher, also beautiful, congrats.
Nice, good, clear explanation. That's what I used to tell my students who had the same questions. However, in my lifetime I have met people who came to the United States after the age of 30 who were able to acquire a native accent in 4-5 years. I have a friend who sounds like a Kentuckian, although 10 years ago she had a rather heavy eastern European accent. Another one sounds like a Nebraskan, after three years of staying in the US.
Teacher! I have been following you for many years. I am a non-native speaker of English. My Chinese accent is part of my identity. People completely understand me. I am not a teacher or an actor. As I remember long time ago. You said, my goal is to be able to communicate as a speaker and as a silent listener. In fact , there is no time for me to think about pronunciation and grammar. Who cares your mouth, teeth and lips like this and like that. I have a good pronunciation and perfect grammar. I cannot speak English with British accent or American accent. People love talking to me. My English is wonderful as I understand the music of English, the rhythm of it and the intonation. I am born with Chinese tongue. My mother tongue is Chinese, English is my second language. I am a man with no high school education, but I have been speaking English for fifty-seven years. Simple English is good English. Accent is not important, clarity, confidence and natural English speaking is really important. They speak Chinese, I am wondering they can speak exactly the Chinese accent. So we have to accept imperfection. Right? Maybe I talk too much. It is a kind of communication. You want to be understood. Words stress and sentence stress is much more important than accent. I learn English for life. This is my learning experience. Thank you so much for sharing my learning story. Have a good day. Take care . Bye for now. I will see you in the next video.
Hi, I loved reading your comment. Thanks for sharing it. It's so good to see how confident you are about your English. It's wonderful to read how aware you are of different accents and it is very encouraging to other non native English speakers how proud you are of your mother tongue. Most people struggle all their lives to sound like a native and what really matters is what you said. Everyone understands what you say, you can communicate and you aren't bothered with whatever accent a person might have. It's rare to hear a non native being as comfortable as you are with your English!
I don't know you, but I'm super proud of you already.
Keep up the good work.
God bless you.
Very encouraging accent
Just trying to train my voice to diminish my accent purely for acting jobs. I’m perfectly happy with my accent thank very much
This video is not about how to get rid of your accent :(
I am following you from Egypt, keep it up
A native accent will undeniably aid you in social or even professional contexts. It just eases your life. That's my motivation. It becomes a part of you, and you are less likely to be on a fight or flight mode speaking a foreign language which was once a task.
(0:32) I think this line should read, "An accent is the way people [in] a particular area ..."
Having foreign accents here is one BIG minus unless yours from a country that US looks up to such as UK.
We Americans make fun of British accents tho 😂 been like this forever
you are a great teatcher u deserve all the respect Mrs
Hi Keenyn .
I'm pleased to tell you that every single class is a delight and sound like a beautiful song to my ears. You convey peace and relief specially on this topic.
I agree with you that every country has its own regional accent. I'm from Argentina and different provinces has their own accent.
I consider that the most important thing is to be able to comunicate,and express ourselves .
To be able to talk like a native is something to achieve .It 's a goal,a dream.
Probably l'll never be able to talk like a native,but what I can ensure you is that by listening y studying hard, and having teachers like you
who are commited to teach us through your solid knowledge and sweet and smiling face ,
Improvement become a real thing.
Kindly.
Alberto
I work in customer service taking calls 8 hours a day. It's very upsetting when a customer as soon as I greet them say: Transfer me to an agent in the United States. Or, as soon as I greet them, they ask: Where are you from? Ufff....I put up with this all day longggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's sooooo annoying. Seriously. People are just nasty and prejudiced. They completely dislike you and feel you will not be able to assist them as an American would. It makes my job sooo difficult. I NEED desperately to get rid of my accent.
Swedish is my native language and while I don't want to judge people that speak English with a heavy Swedish accent, I just can't help thinking it sounds dorky. However, I only have this association for Swedish, Norwegian and Danish (which are borderline dialects). Especially for highly educated people with a great vocabulary - in my mind it just clashes! So for me at least, it's more about not sounding dorky and unprofessional to fellow swedes than to native english speakers since I don't think they have the same associations.
Super interesting, Kim. Definitely a great example of how our personal perceptions influence our goals. Thanks so much for sharing. 💜
I want to get rid of my foreign accent in order to impress my American friends.
what accent in North American🇺🇸🇨🇦
I am an army brat. Both of my parents were in the army. I was born in Kentucky!! Lived in many states. Now where I live I have a "southern" accent and trying to get rid of it. Any ideas??
A typo on 0:28 (the second "is" is supposed to be "in").
Well hello there. My situation is quite different. I was born and raised in America (Minnesota) for the first 7 years of my life. And then later I moved back to India in 2014. Ever since I’ve been in India . And coming to my accent, it’s kinda mixed. So what happened is, when I came back to India I was picked on for having an American accent. Which forced me to convert my accent to Indian. So, when I usually talk to myself and the people I’m comfortable with I usually get like 80% of my accent but not infront of others. So now I’m planning to move back to the US for my undergrad. So do you think I’ll get my American accent back again if I move back to the US?
I would like to learn how to control my accent. I work in a call center industry and it would really help if i can have at least some control over it.
Thank you so much Keenyn. Awesome!
May God bless you !!!
Thanks for being kind about it
Thanks Keenyn. I still want to improve my accent. 😀
Hi Lady Keenyn, thank you again for other helpful video! You definitely are a really talented and the best teacher ever!!!❤
Thanks so much German Silva! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
I loves your lecture sister
I am from India Bihar
Thanks so much Let's Fun! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
You are awesome! I am one of the regular followers of you. I need to know something. We know "w and y" are called semi-vowel. Would you please clarify when "An" is placed before these semi-vowels?
Ok to sum up: it's OK to have an accent as long as you speak clearly and make sense
You are so perfect and professional
I learned major of the American accent in your channel. And now I am pretty comfortable with it. But when I am exposed to people I'm not able to speak in that way. On the other hand when I am alone I talk in American accent. I am not conscious with my accent when I'm with people
You are great and I start watching you
It is necessary, because people take advantage of you, specially at work.
Descrimination.
That's why.👍
Excellent teacher. Great person.
Thanks
It is always so nice to listen to your accent, Keenyn! Music to my ears 😍
😊 thank you
Awesome Teaching Thanks for your Lesson
You are most welcome Blue Road viet nguyen! 😊
This vídeo was really useful for me. Keep up your excellent work.
Awesome Jose Mario Netto Soares! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗
I love Your accent. I love also when you close your eyes when you talk.
Honestly this thing about the accent has made a lil insecure cause my native language is Spanish i’m 23 and i’m use to hear all the time people telling me “ oh u got an accent, where u from , i came to the United States when I was 15 and lately my english has improved a lot but I just feel my accent makes me less attractive or something , that’s why i wanna sound like a native English speaker
I have avery extreme over bite to the point one doctor wanted to break my jaw and move it. Most people have a hard time understanding me, to the point that I have been called mush mouth to my face.
Great video!!!
Glad you liked it!
You are always the best
Great
Thank you very much , 💖
Hi keenyn, I have a question can you say me please how can I faster learn English? Do you have any strategi ?
Hi, Keenyn.. Okay, so after watching your video I’m still wanting to get rid of my accent or dialect. I was born and raised in the eastern part of England in the UK but I have America and Canada in my blood/heritage, from my mother’s side of the family. And after exploring and searching for answers and information through our family tree, it explains why I’ve always been extremely patriotic towards the U.S from a very young age. I’ve never felt any connection to or love for the UK, at all.
Over the past coupla’ years, I’ve been working more towards an American English accent and trying to renounce any “connection” I have to the British language and the UK, as a whole. As far as the speaking aspect of it goes, I feel I’m getting there but I just wondered if you had any advice.
So for example, if I was in high school (moving away from the British way of saying “secondary school”) and I wanted to say “I’ve got gym class, in half an hour.”
I would say (pronounced) “I’ve gart gym claass (prolonging of the “a”), in “haaf” (again, prolonging of the “a”) an hour. I’ve got the American English down, it’s just wanting and needing to get rid of the British sounding dialect, though.
Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
As a young man years ago I was always told by men and women would ask where I was from because they heard an accent. They mostly thought I was Puerto Rican. I'm American with Spaineard and Mexican Aztec heritage. At the time this bothered me but as I grew and started dating women I found that most of them loved the accent so it no longer bothered me. My question is when I speak I really don't hear the accent but my voice sounds kind of deep. When I hear my voice on a recording it sounds completely different. More like a medium pitch. Why is that? If you have the answer I would like to know. Thanks!
Hi I'm here to answer your question so you were asking that why my voice sounds different when I record my voice and listen to it, so yea listen your voice sounds different from your own voice that you hear bcz our phone/computer replicate our sound when we speak so ye that's why you sound different when you're speaking in a device if you want to hear your real voice there are some tutorials that answers how to to that. Thanks you.
Same thing I thought about Jax. I’ve been picked on even bullied , all my
Life, because of the way I talk
If someone is speaking clearly but has a little bit of an accent that's not a problem but I don't understand if people completely mispronounce words. For example just the other day I was at work in a store and some woman asked where the Bice roo is. I was trying to make sense of what she was asking me. I thought maybe she was asking for Bicycles and I let her know where the bicycles were. Some other woman with her said bat room which I was then able to piece together as bathroom. Neither of them pronounced it properly but at least the second one was intelligible. I then was able to tell them. It is pretty frustrating for me when I want to help someone like that but I just can't make out what they're saying. I know it must be frustrating for them too though. I do think in those cases accent reduction (not elimination obviously) can be beneficial.
Hi Keenyn! Thank yo for your great lessons!
I wish it was true that intelligibility is enough. But I am not convinced. As soon as I open my mouth (speaking no matter which of the three languages that I can speak, in addition to my mother tongue) people hear that I am Italian. And this makes me already feel bad because I know they are projecting on me any kind of stereotype.Then, sometimes people imitate (or mock) me or make fun of Italians adding gestures with the hands. They have fun and do not realise they are annoying or even hurting me. I speak anyway since I have to, but I am not comfortable and sometimes I feel resentment towards those who mocked me or made fun of Italians, even though maybe they do not intend it in a bad way. So, you see. Accent is a baggage that comes with many things. I wish it was not important, but it stil is.
I think learning language from the young age is the best option.
Thanks Teacher
thank u I learned a lot
Also, the vocal cords and speaking muscles are molded by our original language!
Dear Keenyn, I like your video very much. I’ve been watching especially accent-related videos. I want to get rid of my accent because I want to be understood and I don’t want to hear “Oh, You have an accent”!. So this video doesn’t make me relieve frankly speaking, sorry.. The title was how to remove my accent, but there was no answer in the video. Maybe I need a private coaching.. I am trying to shadowing people’s speeches. And also most importantly, I want to understand what the native speakers say without asking them to slow down . If I know the mechanism of rhythm and intonation, I think I can understand much better. My dream is to understand the movies, comedies, documentaries without being helped. I know to understand those 100%, understanding culture is important. But the basic is to remove my accent and speak fluently.
And I want you to make videos of how to efficiently express what I want to say. I realize many non-native speakers including me are trying to explain what they want to say in a long sentence, stuttering, which a native speaker catches his or her intention and corrects in a easy and short sentence right away!
So, instead of making general explanation about the accent, I suggest you to make practical videos with articles or video clips and others and efficient way of speaking skill. Thank you.
An excellent suggestion on making videos on using direct and succinct language. This is definitely an essential skill for clear and effective communication. 💜 It goes back to focus on intelligibility and learning to be clear and compelling in English, so you can use the language to accomplish your personal and professional goals.
I really like accents, especially in English which is not my first language. But I must admit I know more about British accent than American.
Watching movies I found, for instance, Samuel Jackson and Jessica Alba's accent interesting. I think I'd rather say 'intonation '.
Im so scared my accent is fading away. My moms said is like FULL SOUTHERN accent.
I am scottish and get told all the I love your accent so why should I want to change it ?
You can change your accent, but you can't change your nature. Sometimes it's ok not to be ok 👌.
I do have to lower or get rid of my accent to make my speaking clearer and easier to understand
I think we get lazy when we reach that fluency level because we can be understood so we stop making the extra effort to sound like a native. But no, I do want to sound like a native American and work on it. As you said, many actors do accomplish that and if they can so can we. Sounding like a native opens so many new doors an people take you as one of their own.
I like the lesson
Amazing
thank you..
how do I take the course I couldn't find the link?
You can learn more about working with me here: www.clearenglishcorner.com/cautioustoconfident
Wow for me i had an accent of north afica would like to get ride of thsi accent when i speak english
It's a relieve because is better to speak clear English and being understood regardless having ascent .
I'm so glad you found the lesson helpful and relieving- that is precisely my intention 💜.