I am a new immigration to Australia and i always learned American accent, so it is hard for me to speak in australian accent. i know that i am too young(only 14)so i can get their accent but i am worry about s.th that i might not understand ehat my teachers and my classmates will say and i might not can to comminiucate with other students in my first English high school. I am really worry about this but i an going to english speaking class and i am really trying to improve my english and i will be happy if you help me by answering my question.
2006-12-31 03:40:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
dont worry you will develop that skill eventually
2006-12-31 03:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by KiTtYcAt7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a whole scale of Australian accents from the educated accent your teachers are more or less supposed to use (which is rather neutral and should be easy to understand for learners of other varieties of English) to the deep "ocker" accent which nowadays is mostly used in the outback or in a mocking or bantering way in the cities.
As most of the other answers say: you'll get there. So the first Australian expression you should learn is one of the most important: "No worries!"
2006-12-31 15:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the advice you have already been given is true. You will develop your own accent as everyone does. There is a broad range within the Australian accents due to the multicultural nature of the country.
2006-12-31 07:12:52 · answer #3 · answered by lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need the accent for people to understand you, it's not like it's a whole new language! They will understand you! You'll develop the accent over time!
2006-12-31 03:51:44 · answer #4 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll pick up on it as you live there. Don't worry about understanding your teachers because you'll be fine. The slang terms are a bit different but you'll pick up on them quickly if you are completely immersed in their culture.
2006-12-31 03:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by A-Rog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont worry you are young ,hang around with enough Australians and you will speak Australian in no time,at your age you pick up languages and accents very quickly and easy
i speak Spanish like an Mexican mountain man at 60 because i hung around with them.
2006-12-31 03:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Watch Kath and Kim all day? Then you'll start talking like this? As if every statement is a question?
2006-12-31 03:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by totnesmartin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch Crocodile Dundee and of course move to Austrailia
2006-12-31 03:47:26 · answer #8 · answered by rjinaz81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Sheila, I reckon you'll have one in a week or two anyway, eh?
Just keep listening to people talk, and you'll soon sound just like 'em!
2006-12-31 03:48:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just give it some time you will pick it up, without knowing al long as you are surrounded by them.
2006-12-31 03:43:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋