Alexander Arguelles | Instantly Improve Your Accent in a Foreign Language @ProfASAr | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
If you have a particularly strong American or other accent when you speak a foreign language, this is in large part because you are probably using the same base or fulcrum or axis of articulation / locus of energy in the mouth that you use in your native language. By shifting this focal point, you can instantly change or alter your accent, and hopefully begin to improve your overall pronunciation.
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
01:44 Sample stronger and weaker accents
03:44 Explanation of how the fulcrum or axis of articulation works
07:29 How to shift the locus of energy
13:09 On accents
16:49 Steps to work on truly improving an accent
17:38 Merlin shows he is listening by practicing his dog bark
19:25 Special considerations for polyglots
If you might like to participate in my reading and discussion circles for French, German, Spanish, or Latin literature beginning in May of 2022, please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups for these languages, or for Great Books in English, or for support for self-study of foreign languages, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
If you have a particularly strong American or other accent when you speak a foreign language, this is in large part because you are probably using the same base or fulcrum or axis of articulation / locus of energy in the mouth that you use in your native language. By shifting this focal point, you can instantly change or alter your accent, and hopefully begin to improve your overall pronunciation.
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
01:44 Sample stronger and weaker accents
03:44 Explanation of how the fulcrum or axis of articulation works
07:29 How to shift the locus of energy
13:09 On accents
16:49 Steps to work on truly improving an accent
17:38 Merlin shows he is listening by practicing his dog bark
19:25 Special considerations for polyglots
If you might like to participate in my reading and discussion circles for French, German, Spanish, or Latin literature beginning in May of 2022, please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups for these languages, or for Great Books in English, or for support for self-study of foreign languages, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
