is it true If you came here after 12 you will never going to lose your accent?

Answer 1

I would say there is some truth to that. I learned to speak in the south, and even though I left there when I was 3, I still have a slight southern accent, even after 30 years. You will have the same accent you learned to talk with...however you can make it less noticeable with practice.

Answer 2

This is not true. You can always acquire a near-native or native accent.
It is true that children are better in acquiring a native accent, because their whole learning process is based on imitation which favours the acquisition of phonetics and phonology.
Teenagers and adults are better in acquiring grammar and syntax, because they can grasp the logic of the language.

Besides that, many older speakers of a foreign language still speak with a foreign accent, because they have more important things to worry about than practicing their accents. This is why it seems you cannot get rid of your foreign accent after a certain age, but that's not true.

Answer 3

It depends on how did you learn English when you were in your homeland. Because if you start to learn English in American, you would have less accent than someone who already leant from their homeland before. Because it's hard to break a habit. But the most important in speaking English is how clearly you speak. And evenif native American, they also have different accents. People from Nothern have different accent than people from Southern or West coast... So the most important is you need to speak clearly with the rhythm and melody of English. Don't speak English with the rhythm and melody of your mother language!

Answer 4

No it's not true if you want to blend your speech into the monoculture sound-wave. I like a little spice in the mix, it's really up to you and how important it is for you to feel you fit in. Very few people really care about accents. Most like them. After all this is the melting pot of the world.

Answer 5

nope its after 19 because ur brain stops developing at age 19. well u COULD lose ur accent even after 19 but it would just b harder. dun wurry you'll lose ur accent in a couple years

Answer 6

If you mean come to America from another country...? No thats not true. My dad came here when he was 13 and you wouldn't even know that he wasn't born and raised in America.

Answer 7

No. I know adults who have changed their accents completely. Once adults, people typically are not motivated to change their accent. Still, it is very difficult not to change at all, and with motivation it is not that difficult to change completely. Your statement is completely false.

Answer 8

No, you can go to speech therapy & have accent training & lose your accent, rather quickly.

Answer 9

Yes Youall talk funney.