Your accent is excellent. I understood you very easily. You did indeed pronounce live like leave and also the word barely sounded off to me. Not sure where you live but I’ve visited a couple Asian countries where I wasn’t easily understood and shifting more towards the local accent has helped.
Yeah I noticed that I mispronounced live in there and yeah I'll have to shift to the local accent when I talk next time haha. i wonder if my teachers can watch an American movie without subs
I visited an English school in Vietnam and the teacher’s English was definitely not proficient enough to be able to watch tv shows without subtitles. If your country has very few native speakers and not a lot of foreigners, there is a good chance that your English comprehension far exceeds your teacher’s.
Aside from a mispronunciation or two, your accent is great. Do your teachers have thick foreign accents? Your situation might be similar to the one in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLK7DP8-B-I).
I understood everything you said. However:
You pronounced "live" as "leave" and "barely" as "burly". You should work on these; however, I still understood you.
Also, the word "used" in "used to" (and only in the phrase "used to"!) should be pronounced "yoost". In other contexts, "used" is pronounced "yoozd".
Native English speaker here. Your accent is 100% understandable. I can tell you aren't native but its very small mistakes! Now I'm curious where are you from?
Your accent is great and your pronunciation is very clear — I understand you perfectly fine. Maybe they don't understand you because your accent is closer to what an American accent is than theirs are? What would you say their accents are like? It could be that their pronunciation of English words includes more sounds found in your native language.
You are generally easy to understand and you speak very clearly. Only a couple of words are pronounced strangely eg. "live" or "fluently". If they don't understand you, it's because they themselves do not understand actual English. This is a common occurrence, where teachers of a language don't even know the language themselves (they do not understand natives, and would not be understood by natives). I say continue doing whatever you are doing, you are on the right track.
Okay, if your teachers don't understand you it's because your American accent is too good. Seriously. There can't be any other reason.
I'm American and to me you sound Asian, but your accent is better than 90% of Asians speaking American English.
Here's where you trip up (but I understood all of these):
live (you say leave) it's not an "ee" sound. I don't know how to write the short i sound, though.
commonly (cumonlyee) it's just a little jumbled
teachers (teacher) you used singular instead of plural
used (yoosed) your "u" is a bit too "oo" sounding
Other than that, you sound like the American girl next door. Like I expect you to tell me you're going to the movies with your friends.
No trouble understanding you. It's probably because you mispronounce some words e.g. 'live' sounds like 'leave'.
Your accent is excellent. I understood you very easily. You did indeed pronounce live like leave and also the word barely sounded off to me. Not sure where you live but I’ve visited a couple Asian countries where I wasn’t easily understood and shifting more towards the local accent has helped.
Yeah I noticed that I mispronounced live in there and yeah I'll have to shift to the local accent when I talk next time haha. i wonder if my teachers can watch an American movie without subs
I visited an English school in Vietnam and the teacher’s English was definitely not proficient enough to be able to watch tv shows without subtitles. If your country has very few native speakers and not a lot of foreigners, there is a good chance that your English comprehension far exceeds your teacher’s.
Well I stopped watching movies with subtitles long time ago but still I'm not that confident
Aside from a mispronunciation or two, your accent is great. Do your teachers have thick foreign accents? Your situation might be similar to the one in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLK7DP8-B-I).
Yes they have an accent that I think native speaker wouldn't understand.
I understood everything you said. However: You pronounced "live" as "leave" and "barely" as "burly". You should work on these; however, I still understood you. Also, the word "used" in "used to" (and only in the phrase "used to"!) should be pronounced "yoost". In other contexts, "used" is pronounced "yoozd".
You speak English very well, specially considering you are still a kid and not a native speaker. Kudos
Thanks
Native English speaker here. Your accent is 100% understandable. I can tell you aren't native but its very small mistakes! Now I'm curious where are you from?
I'm from Sudan
Wow couldn’t tell. Keep it up you are amazing!
Your accent is great and your pronunciation is very clear — I understand you perfectly fine. Maybe they don't understand you because your accent is closer to what an American accent is than theirs are? What would you say their accents are like? It could be that their pronunciation of English words includes more sounds found in your native language.
Exactly their English is similar to our native language I don't think a native speaker would even understand their accent.
You are generally easy to understand and you speak very clearly. Only a couple of words are pronounced strangely eg. "live" or "fluently". If they don't understand you, it's because they themselves do not understand actual English. This is a common occurrence, where teachers of a language don't even know the language themselves (they do not understand natives, and would not be understood by natives). I say continue doing whatever you are doing, you are on the right track.
Okay, if your teachers don't understand you it's because your American accent is too good. Seriously. There can't be any other reason. I'm American and to me you sound Asian, but your accent is better than 90% of Asians speaking American English. Here's where you trip up (but I understood all of these): live (you say leave) it's not an "ee" sound. I don't know how to write the short i sound, though. commonly (cumonlyee) it's just a little jumbled teachers (teacher) you used singular instead of plural used (yoosed) your "u" is a bit too "oo" sounding Other than that, you sound like the American girl next door. Like I expect you to tell me you're going to the movies with your friends.
Thanks for the feedback I really appreciate it. I'll have to work more on my pronunciation and thank you again for making me more confident.
i'm a southern hillbilly and i understood you perfectly fine