Andrew (aindreas) wrote in linguaphiles,
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Perfecting an Accent

What do you do to go from having a good accent to a really good accent in a second language? I'm pulling my hair out here. I'm in Germany as an exchange student and have been mistaken for a German by Germans on several occassions - my pronunciation has good days and bad days - but last weekend I met this fellow and was talking to him for barely two minutes when he stops me and goes "Are you American?". Really frustrating.

That's great if you think it's cute and unique to maintain a foreign accent in a second language, but I'm wondering about solid advice on how to move from decent pronunciation to consistently near-native pronunciation. Listen harder? Get books on tape at the library? Thoughts?
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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

  • Spanish query

    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

  • A very strange Etruscan inscription

    Chiusi is a small town in Italy (province of Siena, Tuscany). And once it was one of the most powerful centers of the Etruscan League of 12 cities.…