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Re: Aural version of post to help non-English speaker.
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gentlemand
on 10/02/2019, 13:50:48 UTC
My accent is typical Eastern European, and I have no idea how to get rid of it. Probably main problem that I just don't speak in English often and this is why it's difficult for me to improve my pronunciation.

Is not pronunciation a choice to an extent? There's an element of fake it until you make it, not that it really matters with English as there are so many different forms of it.

A relative lives in France. I can't understand what he's saying compared to the locals because he makes no effort to sound French. I can't really remember much French any more but I do at least make the effort to pronounce it like a French person. That usually bites me in the arse as they assume I'm a native until they realise I don't understand anything they just said. I could speak it with my own inflections but don't see the point.

The one language I did get relatively fluent in is Italian which was picked up when living there. I could definitely tell when someone from another area had a strong accent but it would've been difficult for me to replicate.

I would suggest posting the mp3 files on youtube with subtitles. If a reader can't access youtube easily then perhaps you can post an mp4 file for them to download or post on their local video site.