I hope you got some value out of this video on why accent is fundamentally one of the most important aspects of learning a new language! If you caught my booger during this video, I want you to drop it a like and a subscribe if you haven't already as we're trying to reach 10k subscribers. As always, I really appreciate all your support and dont hesitate to drop me a question in the comments below!

I love this approach, and how true and effective it is! Nobody learns their first language by learning grammar first, and the accent is one of the first things we pick up on. I really focused on the accent and understanding first when I learned Spanish, and I believe that’s why I succeeded! Thank you for sharing this idea and helping people to rethink language learning!

Good video man. I'm always practicing my accent here in Colombia as a gringo. I practice my vowels all the time, I can roll my R's perfectly, mouth placment, all that stuff and still get made fun of! Usually by friends. LOL Can't win, sometimes can be yeah, frusterating.

I caught the booger and I dropped a like! It wasn't a hard thing to do as you always bring the fire 🔥🔥

Truly love your approach! It just makes a lot of sense. Musicality is universal for everybody, thus being the easiest entry point to start communicating. Definitely getting my hands on one of your courses, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

This really resonates with me. A friend told me I speak "Peggy Hill Spanish." That was the last time I ever tried to speak Spanish. It matters!

Dude, awesome you're making KZfaq videos now / again. I'm about to grab your Portuguese course!

I totally agree. If we think we can't say something well or correctly, we don't try. This only leads to a lack or valuable practice but stops you engaging in the language and culture. Even if we only know a few phrases, this will at least get you engaged. The rest will follow. Great vid.

Great video man, confidence in your performance with the right accent is the key to improving your speaking skills in any language!👍

Love this video. Great way to reduce inhibition and have fun speaking :)

Learning Romanian, I’ve had native Romanians I’ve met for the first time believe I was Romanian for about 10 minutes before I started stumbling and then they were like, “where are you from?” Best part was, they didn’t believe me when I said, “America.” Lol

Excellent video!

You're right, Idahosa! It really is a wonderful feeling when someone compliments you on your accent. I moved to Mexico when I was 18 (about same age as you! cool.) and picked up the language after a while. The best compliment, I think, is when they assume you're a native haha.

I'm with you on that one. Accent is also one of the first things I focus on when learning a foreign language. Conversing with native speakers is way more pleasant that way: they act like you're one of them as opposed to 'that foreigner who has perfect grammar but a terrible accent'.

This video was really interesting, thanks for the tip! I really want to become fluent in Swedish, I really want to learn a second language, just subscribed ☺️

Yep, one the few guys who gets it. It does depend on one's goals, though. If you're learning a language for relatively passive content consumption or written communication (say, writing business emails), it's one thing and you may be better off approaching your learning with a focus on those areas. If you intend on blending in in a foreign environment and getting the most of your integration, though, accent (as well as intonations and non-verbal cues) are paramount. In this case, it's better to actually focus on the accent, basic vocabulary, including the fillers used for stalling a conversation, *first* and catching up on everything else later. Yeah, you'll be taken for an uneducated hillbilly at first, but you'll be taken for one of their own, which is a massive thing for integration,

love your youtube videos and purchased your program but have not made any progress maybe mostly due to over thinking. i watch the intro videos and then when i get to the real modules i have no idea how to proceed. ex. do you watch the videos all the way through then work on the skill or do you partially watch and work on each vowel one at a time to proceed.

Are you available for Skype sessions and if so how do you sign for one?

3:32 standing next to myself hahaha

I like your humor HHahahah

Back in 05 trying to learn French I'd laugh and say je suis stupide américano and in Peru I'd laugh and say yo soy gringo. Now I'm trying to mimic better as I go forward

Últimamente me di cuenta que si no tienes acento de un parlante nativo, no te consideran parte de su grupo. Subestimaba mucho la importancia de tener un acento nativo, pero ya no.

You should do some more languages like Hindi,Indonesian,Arabic

HHAHAHA THAT ACCENT great🔥

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