How can I speak English as a native speaker?

Answer 1

Basma, in the US there are courses offered in some language schools and universities that help you with this. It's called "accent reduction" or "accent neutralization". Sometimes you can take out CDs from libraries or buy them on the internet. I can't vouch for any of these schools or products, but I listed some Websites below for you to get started in your search.

Here's a quote from one Website: "As the global marketplace expands a new branch of English learning related to ESL has become very intriguing. This field is often called Accent Neutralization or Accent Reduction. The main purpose of accent neutralization / reduction is to help proficient English speakers speak with a more North American or British accent. The main cause of this trend towards accent neutralization / reduction is the demand created by outsourcing.

Outsourcing is generally defined as the transfer of components or large segments of an organization's internal infrastructure, staff, processes or applications to an external resource. The trend is towards outsourcing to countries where this work can be done at lower cost to the company. One of the most popular countries for outsourcing is India due to its wealth of highly educated English speakers.
Accent neutralization / accent reduction comes into play when these workers speak to North Americans who have difficulties understanding their accents. Of course, the English spoken is excellent. The problem that arises is that many customers have difficulties understanding accents other than their own, hence accent neutralization or reduction becomes important for customer satisfaction.
Some find this trend distasteful. However, reading the fascinating book entitled "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman, I came across the following passage that describes the general attitude towards accent modification:

... before you disparage it, you have to taste just how hungry these kids are to escape the lower end of the middle class and move up. If a little accent modification is the price they have to pay to jump a rung of the ladder, then so be it - they say.

As more and more tasks are outsourced, the more important "standard" North American English becomes to the young employees excitedly taking advantage of the new opportunities modern telecommunications and broadband access provide.

Common Techniques and Goals

Here are some of the common focus areas for accent neutralization or accent reduction classes:


Changing speech patterns
Voice production
Intonation and rhythm
Taking on a new North American "Personality" - I think is a great way to distance oneself from the more distasteful implications of accent reduction
The stated goals of many of these programs include:


Changing regional accents to increase personal and professional opportunities
Engaging in extensive conversations, presentations, and telephone calls
Be more confident and effective, both socially and professionally - This must apply to English speakers living in North America!
Improved professional image of your company
Greater understanding from listeners
I can imagine some people thinking, "Well, it's a brave new world." I definitely agree!" If you want to know more go to his Website: http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/accent_reduce.htm?terms=distance+education+india

Answer 2

Lots of variables influence that ability.
Having studied Latin, Italian and a smattering of Spanish, I learned one difficulty. All languages have one thing in common. The correct placement of our tongue lips.
This is true in one's native language to orate the multitude of different sounds.

Speaking in a foreign tongue "correctly", (open to intrepretation), will be influenced by age. The younger one is, the more likely one will overcome "accents". I have no idea at what age this may occur, but it stands to reason the more years that one is immersed in a language, the easier. The more years spent in one's own language and the fewer years in a foreign language, the more difficult to overcome "accent".

The English language, in my opinion, is the most difficult. Our words are derived from so many other languages, Low German, Italian, Spanish, French, and many others. The difficulty is that English retains the pronunciation of some of these languages and so, one sees the same pronunciation with two different spellings.

This is too much to post here.

The first thing I will say to you, Don't be too concerned about a foreign accent. If you can understand the derivitive of some English words, your pronunciation can improve immensly.
Italian "Cielo", ((Hard, (chee a lo), Heaven)), IF this were the Spanish word, ( it's not), it would be pronounced, ((Softly, (see a lo)). Most English speakers would probablably use, the Spanish pronunciation. English doesn't use hard "C" with a vowel, a,e,i,o,u.

Phonetics is a good way to learn, but I think "phonetic spelling" sometimes is inadvertantly used in English spelling. I can see that on this board.

As anything, practice, practice, practice. We only imitate sounds, from birth.
Good Luck

Answer 3

The short answer is to learn English as a native speaker.

Languages are best learned before the age of eight years or so. If you learn a language after that age, it will always be a second language.

A person can learn a language pretty well and remove his accent to a large extent by living among people who are native speakers and applying himself.

My wife is British and has lived in the USA for 40 years, arriving here at age 23. People know right away that she is Brit, as soon as she speaks a sentence.

Sorry I couldn't give you a happier answer.

Answer 4

The best way is immersion. Put yourself in an environment that surrounds you with English speakers, and speak to them as much as possible. While you're doing it, buy a couple of books and study every night for at least 30 minutes, devoting as much time as possible to learning the language. Use what you learn when you speak. After a month you will notice improvement. After a year you will be nearly fluent. After five years the only thing that will give you away as a non-English speaker is your accent. Good luck!

Answer 5

u have to read a english a lot & listen to all english news chanel.

Answer 6

Oh please don't try. Aim just a little bit higher and speak it like it should be done

Answer 7

i don't know but when you do state this question again.maybe i'll understand you then.