Nothing Wrong With Having an Accent
Translation Confessional
English - April 15, 2021 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
People are usually looked down upon if they have an accent. As if they were not proficient enough in their non-native language. The problem is that many people mistake “accents” with “proper pronunciation” and associate both with intellectual level, which is totally absurd.
Here's the "Modern Family" clip I mentioned in this episode―hopefully YouTube doesn't block it if you're outside the United States.
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