¿Cómo mejorar mi acento?

Question

como mejorar mi acento?

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum.

Listen to Spanish radio, watch soap operas (telenovelas) online, rent movies, etc.

¡Buena suerte!

Agree! As corny as telenovelas can be, the characters tend to speak clearly and deliberately and make for helpful listening practice. - chris126, May 5, 2011

Answer 2

Listen to and speak Spanish as much as possible. I know this might seem like a simple explanation, but the simplest arguments are often correct. Try to converse with a lot of native speakers.

Answer 3

Well, I finally did this for our English friends that want to speak Spanish.

I hope it is of help.

Please read my blog at:

http://learnspanish-english.blogspot.com/2011/05/learning-spanish-english.html

Thanks.

Hernán.

Answer 4

Veo en tu perfil que te encuentras al mismo nivel de español tanto como el de inglés. No sé a cuál idioma te refieres pero nada le hace porque el proceso es lo mismo para cualquier idioma.

El chiste es escuchar e imitar así como si fueras niño de vuelta, pero con mucha repetición. Verás también que a la gente que tiene la habilidad de tocar música sin lear las notas, se le viene fácil la pronunciación de un nuevo idioma.

Interesting you should mention about playing music without reading it I play the piano by ear Julian and have done so from age 6 and this has helped me enormously with hearing lthe sounds of anguages - FELIZ77, May 5, 2011

Answer 5

I've found my friends understand me a bit better now that I REALLY focus on stressing the correct syllables. Don't forget to hit the syllables with accent marks. (Especially with verbs, when not doing so can change your intended meaning.) Keep working and you'll be great!

Also, reading aloud, as suggested by some, is a great idea. I sometimes read aloud to my Spanish friends and they give me wonderful feedback!

Sometimes harsh feedback, but always useful! jejeje. - chris126, May 5, 2011

Good point about accenting the verbs correctly yes it does change the meaning :) - FELIZ77, May 5, 2011

Answer 6

Lo que pescador1 te recomendó es bueno, pero no va a mejorar tu acento así nomás.

Tienes que leer en voz alta párrafo a la vez, y grabarte mientras lo haces para después escuchar tu acento y tratar de mejorar lo que estás escuchando. Serviría mucho que ya reconocieras diferentes acentos en castellano, sean de gente nativa o extranjera.

Answer 7

Great suggestions, everyone. Pevi, did you know that singing uses a different part of the brain than speaking? People often have better pronunciation in a second language when they sing it. It's fun to try, in any case. The better pronunciation might transfer to your speaking, and learning songs definitely builds your vocabulary and familiarity with the language structure in an enjoyable way. Good luck!

Answer 8

I listen to Spanish news as often as possible on television or on the internet. Television news anchors tend to be very articulate in the way they speak and pronounce their words.

Also, there are quite a few poscast available out there (on iTunes for example) that you can get for free. - chris126, May 5, 2011

**podcasts** - chris126, May 5, 2011

Answer 9

Record yourself and listen to it carefully. This is even more helpful if you repeat something a native speaker has already recorded.

Great idea. The learning website livemocha.com has a feature in the lessons where you record yourself. This is available with the free lessons. You can play back your own recording and native speakers can record it as well in order to give you feedback - chris126, May 5, 2011

Answer 10

All the posts here have merit,

Most importantly, you must work on producing the sounds you hear..I am fortunate to be surrounded by native speakers,but even so I still have pronunciation vices. For example, a fairly simple word "alquilado" gave me the very devil of a time,I must have pronounced it three hundred times before it sounded right. Just to reinforce the point,listen as much as possible, but work on reproducing the sounds, yes you can do it.