Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 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