I want to learn British accent

[veer_yodhaa]

Hello respected teachers and friends,

I come from India, and i found British way of speaking English very professional and i would certainly like to acquire it, so can you please tell me or rather let me know how to speak in British accent and techniques to acquire it.
As i work in air service industry i want to become professional and want to become more confident while i speak...........

Thank you

Your's Affectionately,

Veeranjay Pawar
India

[curmudgeon]

First, there are many different british accents, some of which will be absolutely no use to you. You mean, I think a cultured public school type of accent. This is difficult to learn quickly. You would need years to even come near it, and probably never succeed, as language and accent are formed normally before the person is three years old. After that you are stuck... My advice is to just try and speak plain english in your own way. Don't lose your heritage.

[veer_yodhaa]

Originally Posted by curmudgeon

First, there are many different british accents, some of which will be absolutely no use to you. You mean, I think a cultured public school type of accent. This is difficult to learn quickly. You would need years to even come near it, and probably never succeed, as language and accent are formed normally before the person is three years old. After that you are stuck... My advice is to just try and speak plain english in your own way. Don't lose your heritage.

Respected Sir,

As far as i know i am not a person who tends to give up easily, and as the impossibility in learning British accent is concerned- i would like to say that ' Nothing is impossible'-- and also the word 'Impossible' says that ' I-m-possible', so as and then i am not going to retreat and surrender.
I do have sheer faith in me and i shall certainly achieve success.....soon.

sorry if i have offended you, i did not do intentionally,
Thank you,


Yours affectionately,

Veeranjay Pawar,
India

[bianca]

Listen as best you can then to BBC English and try to emulate the accent. Where there is a will...

bianca

[shining truth]

Dear friend,
as you told nothing is possible if you have the will to go ahead and achieve what you are looking for.

what you need is practice daily. you can listen to this accent from different resources, then practice what you listening. in additiion, you need to study phonetics to know the right way of pronouncing English letters.

with my regards,
Rana

[AndrewP]

Hi - some of the other members have given some great tips about learning British English. I actually published a blog on the subject today. The 5 key points I listed were:

Avoid picking up a very strongly regional accent.

2. Change your language learning partners.

3. Be careful learning British slang.

4. Watch British TV.

5. Don’t try and be clever and cultivate an upper class accent.

[valdisole]

Hi,

I tend to agree with Curmudgeon. My family has been speaking English for years and we all have accents. It's very difficult to acquire a particular accent or even lose your own.

It is, in my humble opinion, better to try and speak good - even excellent - English without going to a lot of trouble of acquiring an accent which would be a little artificial. And also difficult to acquire.

And accents are not necessarily ugly!

This is just my opinion of course.

[Anime lover]

My Uncle live in U.S.A i haven't see him for 10 years
but now he have returned for a week ..................
he can't speak his mother tongue language Well,so i started to speak to him in English.
He replied me "common stop speaking in British accent,speak American accent"
but i really love Britain accent and England
but when i speak to my own self to the mirror,i found it a lie i can't see my slef speaking British accent nor American but broken English

So please friends, family
if u can help me improve my English and if there is any Grammatical mistakes just inform me !!!!!!!

Thankful