Thread: Help me improve my acccent (audio)

Originally Posted by iCake

That's very hard indeed, that's why I'd rather help you through Skype if it's okay with you, write me a private message. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain the problem with your consonants to you

Thanks. I can't talk on Skype these days, unfortunately, but I hope to take you up on your offer in the near future.

I posted these recordings on another forum and they pointed out sooo many errors. Apparently I mispronounce most consonants and quite a few vowels too. I really didn't think it was that bad. Someone also said it sounds like a typical accent для англоговорящего (I'm not). I hear an accent when I listen to myself, but not that type of accent. Oh well.

Originally Posted by muxa

Thanks. I can't talk on Skype these days, unfortunately, but I hope to take you up on your offer in the near future.

I posted these recordings on another forum and they pointed out sooo many errors. Apparently I mispronounce most consonants and quite a few vowels too. I really didn't think it was that bad. Someone also said it sounds like a typical accent для англоговорящего (I'm not). I hear an accent when I listen to myself, but not that type of accent. Oh well.

Forget about that, everyone just thinks they're smarter than another guy I bet they would have found a lot of "mistakes" even if it had been a native Russian speaker, pronouncing all those words.

As for me I stand firm on what I said about your recordings. They're very good. The intonation and rhythm are quite alright, at least are what you expect to hear from a Russian speaker. Yes, you have some problems with the consonants, but I bet you can work it out in no time. So all the best to you