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Maybo

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Does the speaker sounds native in the above videos in terms of accent, vocabulary and grammar?
 

emsr2d2

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I assume you're asking if she sounds like a native American English speaker. I listened to the first couple of minutes. There were only a couple of very minor pronunciation giveaways but, in general, she's fairly convincing.
 

jutfrank

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I'd say yes, yes, and yes.
 

probus

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A tiny, barely detectable trace of non-native accent, but the grammar and vocabulary are faultless for AmE.
 

tzfujimino

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I agree she speaks very good English.
Interestingly, however, she sounds to me like a Chinese speaker, especially when she says, "Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel."
 

emsr2d2

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A few of her "s" sounds are a little too sibilant.
She mispronounces "hotel" as "hottel" (short "o" instead of long).
 

probus

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...she sounds to me like a Chinese speaker, especially ...

I agree. To me she sounds very much like Russell Peters when he's putting on his Chinese accent.
 
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