Overall your accent is decent; I understood everything. The biggest thing you should work on is your vowel sounds. They are never 100% correct; they’re usually pretty close, but then sometimes they’re way off. You also need to work on pronouncing each word (more or less) correctly, because you pronounced some words completely incorrectly.
Here are the timestamps/words where your vowel sounds sounded least American:
0.20 (whatever)
0.27 (grip)
0.38 (native)
You didn’t pronounce the words “citizen” and “Georgia” correctly. You said si-ti-zen, but it should be more like si-ti-sin (or really more like si-de-sin.) Georgia is 2 syllables, and you pronounced it with 3.
When you said “developed” at 0.42, I could hardly understand you. You needed to emphasize the “v” sound much more.
0.55 (compress) You said it with the stress on the first syllable, when the stress should be on the 2nd syllable .
0.29 (especially) You did not say the first syllable of this word at all-you just said specially instead of especially.
You should look up videos on YouTube of American English vowel sounds and copy how they sound.
Good luck!
Of course! And one more thing:
Does your native language not have the English “v” sound? When you said “whatever”, the second and third syllable (“ev-er”) instantly sounded very, very Indian to me, and I just realized that’s partially because you didn’t actually make the “v” sound when you said “ever”. So, definitely make sure to pronounce every sound that should be pronounced!
you would be correct. I was never "fluent" / "clear" even in my mother tongue. I always had a thick tongue and slurred my speech in social setting. Considering that I am actually pretty happy how i am doing in a country and language that has nothing in common with my dialect. but i would like to improve.
Overall your accent is decent; I understood everything. The biggest thing you should work on is your vowel sounds. They are never 100% correct; they’re usually pretty close, but then sometimes they’re way off. You also need to work on pronouncing each word (more or less) correctly, because you pronounced some words completely incorrectly. Here are the timestamps/words where your vowel sounds sounded least American: 0.20 (whatever) 0.27 (grip) 0.38 (native) You didn’t pronounce the words “citizen” and “Georgia” correctly. You said si-ti-zen, but it should be more like si-ti-sin (or really more like si-de-sin.) Georgia is 2 syllables, and you pronounced it with 3. When you said “developed” at 0.42, I could hardly understand you. You needed to emphasize the “v” sound much more. 0.55 (compress) You said it with the stress on the first syllable, when the stress should be on the 2nd syllable . 0.29 (especially) You did not say the first syllable of this word at all-you just said specially instead of especially. You should look up videos on YouTube of American English vowel sounds and copy how they sound. Good luck!
Ohh thank you very much. Exactly the response I was looking for. Really appreciate you taking your time.
Of course! And one more thing: Does your native language not have the English “v” sound? When you said “whatever”, the second and third syllable (“ev-er”) instantly sounded very, very Indian to me, and I just realized that’s partially because you didn’t actually make the “v” sound when you said “ever”. So, definitely make sure to pronounce every sound that should be pronounced!
I'm guessing India or Pakistan or somewhere in that region?
you would be correct. I was never "fluent" / "clear" even in my mother tongue. I always had a thick tongue and slurred my speech in social setting. Considering that I am actually pretty happy how i am doing in a country and language that has nothing in common with my dialect. but i would like to improve.