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Default Is possible to learn a british accent not living in england ?

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I'm Marcelo. I study translation in my country, CHile and I wanted to know if it's possible to learn a british accent and pronunciation correctly if you have NEVER been in england. You think is possible ? Because I really want to learn how make it ! Regards
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Firstly, there are many British accents. If you mean RP (the 'standard' one), you could learn it, but it would require a lot of exposure, which could be done over the internet.
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Listen to english radio; the BBC world service is the 'standard' english accent, known as 'the Queen's English'.
you can get it on the internet as well as on a radio.
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