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Originally Posted by unfer  Hey everyone, Im new to here :)
Having lived in the UK for around 6 years now, I am still finding it hard to speak english with a clear british accent. Although I have got rid of my chinese accent, people often ask me to repeat my speech when I'm speaking which is very frustating as I really am trying my hardest to speak clearly.
As time goes, speaking with an british accent have become a dream of mine which doesn't seem to me that I am reaching it. I watch the British Television and am living with naitive speakers. I am disheartened by the fact that people seems to pick up the accent so easily when they moved over at a young age. I've came to the UK when I was 13-14 which I think is considered too late to learn the new accent.
I would be extremely grateful if any of you people can give me some advices!  |
Hi Newbie,
I think you should record some extracts from a BBC website where you can find listening exercises and you can find the script as well (News and Vocabulary section or
Breaking News English Lessons | FREE ESL Lesson Plans | Listening). Listen to it twice and try to record your own pronunciation on another tape recorder. Have a close examination at what details you have to work out.
Bye,
Margarita_hu