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  • here's another tip from English

  • here's another tip from English anyone . com about how to get

  • anyone . com about how to get

  • anyone . com about how to get fluent in English faster to get

  • fluent in English faster to get

  • fluent in English faster to get fluent faster play with accents

  • fluent faster play with accents

  • fluent faster play with accents hello there I'm drew badger

  • hello there I'm drew badger

  • hello there I'm drew badger co-founder of English anyone .

  • co-founder of English anyone .

  • co-founder of English anyone . com

  • com

  • com and this is another edition of

  • and this is another edition of

  • and this is another edition of how to get fluent in English

  • how to get fluent in English

  • how to get fluent in English fast time today I'm going to

  • fast time today I'm going to

  • fast time today I'm going to have a little bit of fun with

  • have a little bit of fun with

  • have a little bit of fun with accents to help you improve your

  • accents to help you improve your

  • accents to help you improve your pronunciation and have a bit

  • pronunciation and have a bit

  • pronunciation and have a bit more fun when you practice your

  • more fun when you practice your

  • more fun when you practice your speaking

  • speaking

  • speaking remember to enjoy speaking you

  • remember to enjoy speaking you

  • remember to enjoy speaking you don't have to be so serious

  • don't have to be so serious

  • don't have to be so serious about it and think about one

  • about it and think about one

  • about it and think about one kind of accent that you want to

  • kind of accent that you want to

  • kind of accent that you want to master today

  • master today

  • master today let's go over some different

  • let's go over some different

  • let's go over some different kinds of accents and a little

  • kinds of accents and a little

  • kinds of accents and a little bit of interesting accent

  • bit of interesting accent

  • bit of interesting accent training that you can do to

  • training that you can do to

  • training that you can do to improve your accent in your

  • improve your accent in your

  • improve your accent in your pronunciation if you really want

  • pronunciation if you really want

  • pronunciation if you really want to have a more

  • to have a more

  • to have a more I guess a louder voice and more

  • I guess a louder voice and more

  • I guess a louder voice and more confident voice and want to be

  • confident voice and want to be

  • confident voice and want to be able to speak in English with a

  • able to speak in English with a

  • able to speak in English with a more native sounding accent

  • more native sounding accent

  • more native sounding accent let's get started first I used

  • let's get started first I used

  • let's get started first I used to work at a junior high school

  • to work at a junior high school

  • to work at a junior high school here in japan and i would spend

  • here in japan and i would spend

  • here in japan and i would spend a lot of time trying to work

  • a lot of time trying to work

  • a lot of time trying to work with students about their accent

  • with students about their accent

  • with students about their accent and I learned as I became a

  • and I learned as I became a

  • and I learned as I became a better and better teacher and I

  • better and better teacher and I

  • better and better teacher and I had done it for a longer period

  • had done it for a longer period

  • had done it for a longer period of time that one

  • of time that one

  • of time that one an accent isn't really that big

  • an accent isn't really that big

  • an accent isn't really that big of a deal and it shouldn't be

  • of a deal and it shouldn't be

  • of a deal and it shouldn't be something you want to focus on

  • something you want to focus on

  • something you want to focus on as a beginning learner or even

  • as a beginning learner or even

  • as a beginning learner or even before you're speaking

  • before you're speaking

  • before you're speaking confidently with a lot of other

  • confidently with a lot of other

  • confidently with a lot of other people remember about accents

  • people remember about accents

  • people remember about accents first you want to get confidence

  • first you want to get confidence

  • first you want to get confidence speaking just practice speaking

  • speaking just practice speaking

  • speaking just practice speaking and then your accent will

  • and then your accent will

  • and then your accent will continue to improve naturally as

  • continue to improve naturally as

  • continue to improve naturally as you're listening to more native

  • you're listening to more native

  • you're listening to more native speakers when you're spending

  • speakers when you're spending

  • speakers when you're spending time around native speakers

  • time around native speakers

  • time around native speakers your accent is not something you

  • your accent is not something you

  • your accent is not something you should worry about practicing

  • should worry about practicing

  • should worry about practicing when you're just sitting around

  • when you're just sitting around

  • when you're just sitting around in your room trying to listen to

  • in your room trying to listen to

  • in your room trying to listen to some listening practice CD and

  • some listening practice CD and

  • some listening practice CD and mimicking or practicing what the

  • mimicking or practicing what the

  • mimicking or practicing what the sounds you're hearing are so get

  • sounds you're hearing are so get

  • sounds you're hearing are so get out if you want to practice your

  • out if you want to practice your

  • out if you want to practice your accent you need to get out and

  • accent you need to get out and

  • accent you need to get out and be around more native speakers

  • be around more native speakers

  • be around more native speakers when you practice but today

  • when you practice but today

  • when you practice but today let's talk a little bit more

  • let's talk a little bit more

  • let's talk a little bit more about accent training and

  • about accent training and

  • about accent training and how I came to understand accent

  • how I came to understand accent

  • how I came to understand accent training myself again when i was

  • training myself again when i was

  • training myself again when i was working at a junior high school

  • working at a junior high school

  • working at a junior high school I had lots of practice teaching

  • I had lots of practice teaching

  • I had lots of practice teaching students about accent training

  • students about accent training

  • students about accent training but i noticed a lot of it didn't

  • but i noticed a lot of it didn't

  • but i noticed a lot of it didn't work very well

  • work very well

  • work very well a lot of students were

  • a lot of students were

  • a lot of students were interested in improving their

  • interested in improving their

  • interested in improving their English because the Japanese

  • English because the Japanese

  • English because the Japanese pronunciation of English is

  • pronunciation of English is

  • pronunciation of English is often quite bad but one thing I

  • often quite bad but one thing I

  • often quite bad but one thing I did notice is that some of the

  • did notice is that some of the

  • did notice is that some of the students were really good at

  • students were really good at

  • students were really good at making fun of me and trying to

  • making fun of me and trying to

  • making fun of me and trying to pronounce English like i

  • pronounce English like i

  • pronounce English like i pronounced it by over

  • pronounced it by over

  • pronounced it by over pronouncing and mimicking what I

  • pronouncing and mimicking what I

  • pronouncing and mimicking what I say

  • say

  • say so what I want you to do and

  • so what I want