I have problem with my  foreign accent. People can't understand me. Any advice?
366806
Try to talk slowly and clearly, take your time and dont panic if they can't understand UK people can be quite rude to you if you don't speak english clearly but ignore them because they probably don't speak it properly anyway
732354
Some people don't understand what I am saying....They mistake it for something other then what I meant.
978162
Listen carefully to the type of accent you want to use (on tape or CD is probably best, as you can listen to parts as often as you need to), and practise. Try shorter sentences with different vowel types, as that's the main part of speech affected by accent, then build up to longer sentences. When you're more confident with these aspects, try working on speech inflections and the overall rising and falling pitch patterns and rhythms when you're more confident. Think of it as music, and listen to it as carefully as you would to your favourite CD.
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Yeah, do that, and drop all the 't's and 's's , the 'th' sound into a 'd'... There are I think some more, but I have to think about it. E- mail, me, I might come up with more later. I've imigrated to Canada as a kid and moved back to Hong Kong at like 9 and came back this Summer, so I have the Canadian acccent, though I can fake a Chinese accent good.
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Just ask people(that speak english fluently)  that you are friends with to correct you if they notice you pronoucing or using a phrase wrong or write a sentence wrong.\n\nBTW this flows a lot better. " I'm bad at speaking English. What are some steps I can follow to improve on speaking English?"
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I would propose you concentrate on improving on your English first.\nIf you speak it as badly as you write it you won't have much chance.\nSorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but facts have to be faced.\nGood luck.
596252
Don't worry about it and don't let people get you down.\nKeep working on your English--you're doing fine!
787596
If you want to learn english really fast you must do 2 things.\n\n1.GO to an english country and stay there for a couple of months.\nI say this because when there are english people around you .\nYou have no choice of talking another language.So sooner or later you will get used to it and start communicating with them.\n\nNOTE:You must no basic grammer!\n\n2.The best thing to do to improve your accent is to watch english\nTV and english books.This is the only cure!\n\nFollow these my friend and you will be speaking english in no time.
894298
Take a speech class.  There are classes that help lessen accents.  Check with your local college communication / speech therapy department.
758186
Get some Bob Marley and listen to how he spoke! And try and copy him...do it for a while though!\n\nKeep it up, mon!! It's one cool accent!Oh, you;d probably have to know all their slang words to get more of an idea of what the accent is like! Just google it!\n=)
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From your question and explanation, I can tell you that you have better english than half of the people who post questions on here. They make no sense, their grammar sucks and their spelling is horrible. If you want to improve your accent, well that only happens with practice. Speak as much as you can, and it will get better and better, but let me tell you that some foreigners keep their accents forever. Don't be discouraged though, accents are cute and can even be sexy :o)
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I live in Spain and find it difficult to accept the Tourists that come here and try pronouncing Spanish correctly, its so annoying, I am English but lived here for over 4 years and have a good knowledge of the Spanish language, I'm not perfectly fluent yet, but I am fairly good,  I do at least know how to pronounce Spanish correctly.  So I know what you mean.
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read as many good books as u can and preferably of the same author so that you are satisfied with grammar and good words. Listen to enlish channels like bbc,starmovies, hbo etc.This will help you o know the right accent. Practice is the most important factor.U can do a little exercise....take any topic abt which u know and then talk abt it aloud in front of a mirror. This will help you in best possible manner..All the very best and don't worry dear
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watch the news.  It sounds funny but on the news they talk slower, so it is easier to understand, and learn from.  When I lived in japan when I was in the Marines, that is how I started to learn Japanese.  The other way is to just talk to people.  But I would suggest finding a friend that will help you.  Because I am sorry to say, there are a lot of ignorant American's that will make fun of you if you can't speak English perfectly. Also where do you live?  I know there are night schools in many U.S. cities, that teach English.  If you live in a different country.  Try going to schools for it.  You might feel more comfotable in a class setting, where everyone is learning. You seem to have a good start I'd help if I could.
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Ignore it. Some folks think it's not your right to speak your native language because it means they can't understand what you say - even when it's none of their business!\n\nAnother solution would be to abruptly switch into English and say something (indirectly) that will startle them into more appropriate behavior. I've been in the reverse of this situation - people speaking badly about me in Spanish when they don't know I speak it (not fluently, but well enough to make myself understood), but if I say something in Spanish during a pause in the conversation, they'll usually apologize or stop treating me like I'm dumb. \n\nMy suggestion would be to switch into English and say something like "look at that woman's dress, I love that color." That shows that 1) you're not speaking badly about them, 2) you ARE aware that there are other people around you, and 3) you're not stupid (this is an unfortunate but true assumption of many Americans who don't speak Spanish and hear someone else speaking it). It almost always works for me when going in reverse (switching from English to Spanish)!
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First of all remove any inhibitions about speaking in english and making mistakes and even if you do dont be embarassed by it.learn from the mistake. And as sugessted by\nscotsman listen to BBC and talk to english speaking people around.
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try writing it in consise English so more people would actually understand what you are trying to say.  Otherwise, you would be considered illiterate...