this thread is the most derailed, of-topic on TE. just within 2 hour.
In instead of giving any pointer on the topic to OP, all giving him fokat ka gyan.
My maternal uncle's sister's daughter's uncle fell from a bike once and broke 4 bones. OP dont ever ride a bike in your life...
@NikhilSingh25 Try looking at some literature-related forums.
I believe, i've come across some yt channels that teach accents. But it's been a few years, can't recall the details at the moment.
I'll see if I can find them and DM you later if I remember
it's surprising if a thread doesn't go OT these days ,
I might need to change my routine a little, maybe 20-30 mins everyday for speech practice.
British Council has some nice apps on Google play store.
1. Learn English Podcasts - just listen to how the speakers pronounce english words. very soon your mind will try and copy them while speaking.
2. learn english sounds right - an interactive phonemic chart. You will learn how to pronounce words in a dictionary. example in picture below the text /fa'ni'mik/ is the way to pronounce the word.
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Just don't worry about it. Everyone makes mistakes. No need to be so harsh on yourself. It will only lead to serious self esteem problems later on. In fact such videos with mistakes will only help you get stronger in pronunciation. Just say in start of video that you are still learning english and will get pronunciation wrong and people won't bother that much.
I watch English movies and series with this intent, until last year I had to keep the subtitles on coz there were many times the character said something and I could not understand it, but now I don't need subtitles or even need to look at the character's mouth, brain instantly catches what they are saying without focusing too much.
If you want learn RP, Check this guy on instagram with the same name. He provides 1-1 classes too.
Speak English Clearly and Confidently
www.berberenglish.com
Another channel worth checking.
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If you want to listen/watch, try TV shows like Black Adder, Mind your language and Yes Minister.
Will surely check these out , Thanks.
You just cannot learn to speak better, clearer or "accented" english without actually speaking english consistently on a regular basis. My college friend who studied in KV Mysore, my gosh you would have thought he had never spoken a lick of English in his life in the first semester lol. Gradually through just straight exposure and having to forcibly conduct presentations and vivas, he has drastically improved. Not as clear as I am but he's more confident now. No public speaking or english communication video can truly help you until and unless you actually practice it in front of real people. I suppose since you'll be in front of a camera and not in public it wouldn't be as nerve wracking but you just need to start doing it rather than beat around the bush.
I would recommend you to join some toastmasters club if it's there in your city, from what I've heard from a few seniors, it has helped alot of people get over their fear of public speaking and is a good safe space to practice your speaking skills without the fear of judgement.
Also honestly, the Indian English accent (ik very broad) is really well liked by corps across the world, it's honestly more clear than most other countries but again I feel it's a bit biased as most of these speakers know English better than their own mother tongue.
This video is a good representation of clear bangalore english
This is more ideal than learning some "UK" accent which you just cannot pick up unless you stay in the UK (which again is really really diverse in terms of accents)
The problem is there is no one in my daily life with whom I can communicate in any English. Otherwise I wouldn't be in this situation.
But I get what You mean, My sister is in the UK and her accent has improved in the last year, Sometimes she would use that accent while talking to me on VC and I do the same, ofcourse mine is pretty messed up and I can only speak few words right in that accent.
Short answer is practice. Your original idea of doing streaming is not all that bad as long as you remember your main goal and don't get sidetracked into gaming too much. Obviously real life practice on top of that will be even better. There are apps where you get a buddy to video call with to practice each other's language (google it).
Yeah that happens a lot, While on live I sometimes forget to say anything to the viewers and go completely silent, my goal is to keep speaking continuously for now on streams, nobody likes a streamer who isn't speaking on their streams half the time.
Thanks to everyone who gave suggestion to help me, Here is what I'm gonna do now -
1- I'm gonna communicate more in English whenever it's an option.
2- I will probably get back to reading , and instead of silently reading it , I will act like I'm teaching a class so I can be loud and put some feelings into it.
3- On my streams I have been talking in Hindi, maybe once a week I will try to talk only in English and maybe invite someone so I have someone to talk to.
4- Don't know if I can find some activity where I get talk to people in English, but will see what I can find.
5- As for outdoor fun, as much as I would like to just travel to someplace, I can't coz of Job and financial issues. My cousin lived here with me but he went home last month, only got like 1 friend in the city now. So I will go like playing 8 ball or something with him.
Thanks again everyone for your valuable suggestion. I will try my best to act on those suggestions and get results to satisfy myself.
