Thread 213388529

Do you have any tips to sound less ESL?

>>213388529 (OP)
Pronounce th instead of using z or t. Also, don’t worry too much about sounding like a foreigner. You can’t escape an accent anyway

unless you learned fluent english before you're like 12 you'll always sound esl

Embrace the ESLingo

>>213388529 (OP)
Use more adjectives
>Do you have any solid tips to really sound less fucking ESL?

>>213388529 (OP)
talk like you know a lot about new york and the street system
hey buddy why don't you meet me down sixtyfourth and seventh on broadway avenue or some stupid shit like that

>>213388529 (OP)
Don't pronounce every letter or you will sound Irish. Americans and British both have letters they don't pronounce

learn some general phrases americans always say to each other like
get the fuck outta here dude
you gotta be KIDDING me, right?
hell yeah brother, that's what i'm talking about

>>213388529 (OP)
Choose a specific accent and try to emulate it. And don't mix up Brit and American pronunciations.

>>213388529 (OP)
Just don't speak. You're not going to sound ESL if you make no sounds at all.

talk about marvel and fast food

>>213388589
Seriously this, I've noticed lots of you are starting to sound the same for whatever reason with that boring and generic Euro accent

talk slowly and calm

>>213388529 (OP)
get an english first language boyfriend and keep talking to him :D

How do I talk like Frasier? I really like his and Niles accent but apparently they were fake and copied by upper-class americans schools to immitate british royal accent.

>>213388589
this. stop trying to be native. you'll never be native.

Don't. Perfect accent is sterile, plus you start listening for imperfections.

anytime you use the word "on" consider using the word "in" instead. its literally the easiest tell ive noticed lately

>>213388529 (OP)
>Do you have any tips to sound less ESL?
You must end all of your sentences with 'or something' or something.

>>213388529 (OP)
No. I don't even try to not sound ESL.

>>213388529 (OP)
learn all burger brands

end your sentences with though

>>213392163
Hang in mate, in the bus now and in my way there

>>213388612
Erm, good English writing pivots around verb choice

>>213390413
Frasier has a cartoon accent. So my advice would be to watch Frasier.

>>213388529 (OP)
you can't without intense immersion for 10-15 years, I can tell even if you're 95% there, it's the way ESL people put together sentences and the few words that get used out of place or a twinge in the accent of how certain words are pronounced, it's the same as your own language.

have sex

>>213392556
But I already watched Frasier.

>>213388529 (OP)
what worked for me is watching some media like a youtube video or a tv show, and repeat what they say and try to make it sound exactly like the video.

>>213388529 (OP)
learn the difference between say and tell, come and go, take and bring
'how it looks' or 'what it looks like', not 'how it looks like'
use phrases and idioms correctly and appropriately
use the articles correctly
spell 'ei' and 'ie' words like 'belief' and 'weird' correctly
this is the hardest to master but also the clearest indicator eslhood: prepositions, and also phrasal verbs
avoid slang

>>213392163
I'm in heroin