question771118
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Hi everyone!
I have been learning English for years. I think it's time to get some feedback on how I am doing Here is my voice recording for you to assess.
https://vocaroo.com/eXCfykOZs2o
I would really appreciate it if you can point out what I can improve on to sound more natural or correct. And also....what kind of accent do I have? Can you tell what my native language is? Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks guys!
Below is the text I was reading, a news article from SFGATE "California jobless rate 16.3% in May, down a bit from April"
"California's job losses were even higher in April than previously thought, state figures released Friday showed, producing a staggering unemployment rate not seen since the Great Depression as businesses struggled under a stay-at-home order meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The Employment Development Department now says April's unemployment rate was 16.4%, not 15.5%. The revised number represents nearly 170,000 more people out of work in April than initially reported.
May's unemployment rate was slightly better at 16.3% as the state added 141,600 payroll jobs. But it was a blip compared to the 2.4 million payroll jobs the state lost in April, more than all the jobs shed in California during the Great Recession a decade ago."
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sfgate.com/news/amp/More-economic-gloom-California-jobless-rate-hits-15352171.php
I have been learning English for years. I think it's time to get some feedback on how I am doing Here is my voice recording for you to assess.
https://vocaroo.com/eXCfykOZs2o
I would really appreciate it if you can point out what I can improve on to sound more natural or correct. And also....what kind of accent do I have? Can you tell what my native language is? Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks guys!
Below is the text I was reading, a news article from SFGATE "California jobless rate 16.3% in May, down a bit from April"
"California's job losses were even higher in April than previously thought, state figures released Friday showed, producing a staggering unemployment rate not seen since the Great Depression as businesses struggled under a stay-at-home order meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The Employment Development Department now says April's unemployment rate was 16.4%, not 15.5%. The revised number represents nearly 170,000 more people out of work in April than initially reported.
May's unemployment rate was slightly better at 16.3% as the state added 141,600 payroll jobs. But it was a blip compared to the 2.4 million payroll jobs the state lost in April, more than all the jobs shed in California during the Great Recession a decade ago."
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.sfgate.com/news/amp/More-economic-gloom-California-jobless-rate-hits-15352171.php
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