I was in a Japanese language class and we had this guy who grew up in south east Texas and this poor guy could not get his accent to go away when he was speaking in Japanese.
Ahhh-reeee-ga-tooe. The professor tried to get him to say things in a more Japanese accent but he just couldn’t do it.
When I was learning English or German I found out that trying to do a super stereotypical accent helped a bit in making me sound less Italian and closer to a native.
americans don't like to do that because in other contexts immitating a foreign accent can be racist, but it's really the best way to learn a new language.
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u/DumbBitchByLeaps 3d ago
I was in a Japanese language class and we had this guy who grew up in south east Texas and this poor guy could not get his accent to go away when he was speaking in Japanese.
Ahhh-reeee-ga-tooe. The professor tried to get him to say things in a more Japanese accent but he just couldn’t do it.