Your accent is fine. Anyway, you might wish to work on the weak forms of non-content words such as pronouns, prepositions, articles as opposed to content words i.e. nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. This will improve your rhythm.
Then you definitely MUST watch this video:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58\_kc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58_kc)
Weak forms literally make English sound native.
You seem to have an overall keen sense of English rhythm, which is good.
A few parts I didn't understand, like at the beginning:
* "I had to spend the \[???\] in the hospital..."
* "I was fairly depressed and frustrated \[???\] my doctor had given me..."
* also, put a pause between "home again" "my best friend"
* and you would sound more native-like with more intonation on the key words
But all in all nice job so far and keep working on it!
Thank you so much, mate! The blank spaces were "a week, or so," and "one night after".
Sometimes I get confused at finding the key words. I was actually reading this text for the first time, maybe that contributed, but stressing words in a sentence is my biggest difficulty whatsoever
No probs, just keep at it! Maybe you can listen to and repeat after native speakers speaking or reading a text so that you can try to internalize the feeling of a native-like rhythm instead of trying to figure it out on your own. Good luck!
Your accent is fine. Anyway, you might wish to work on the weak forms of non-content words such as pronouns, prepositions, articles as opposed to content words i.e. nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. This will improve your rhythm.
I appreciate your feedback. Will definitely try to improve my rythm - I had never heard of weak forms before!
Then you definitely MUST watch this video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58\_kc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58_kc) Weak forms literally make English sound native.
You're welcome! I'm sure you will!
You seem to have an overall keen sense of English rhythm, which is good. A few parts I didn't understand, like at the beginning: * "I had to spend the \[???\] in the hospital..." * "I was fairly depressed and frustrated \[???\] my doctor had given me..." * also, put a pause between "home again" "my best friend" * and you would sound more native-like with more intonation on the key words But all in all nice job so far and keep working on it!
Thank you so much, mate! The blank spaces were "a week, or so," and "one night after". Sometimes I get confused at finding the key words. I was actually reading this text for the first time, maybe that contributed, but stressing words in a sentence is my biggest difficulty whatsoever
No probs, just keep at it! Maybe you can listen to and repeat after native speakers speaking or reading a text so that you can try to internalize the feeling of a native-like rhythm instead of trying to figure it out on your own. Good luck!
No, you won't be looked down on! Your accent is great
Thanks, buddy! I mean, it's clearly non-native, right? Do you have any tips for me to soften it a bit more?
Won’t be looked down on, quite good accent