Name: 造成台灣人不敢開口講英文的大魔王是「口音」！跟著專家學會如何有效改善英文口音吧！ (How To Change Your Accent In English)
Uploaded: 2024-09-12T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 9 min 28 s

Here's how you change your accent in the English language.

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If you want your pronunciation to sound more like a native English speaker, then you're going to need four things.

如果你想讓自己的發音聽起來更像母語為英語的人，那麼你將需要四樣東西。

And this does not necessarily mean that you need to be in an English-speaking country, such as Canada, the United States, England, Australia, etc.

這並不一定意味著您必須身處英語國家，如加拿大、美國、英國、澳洲等。

Is English immersion going to be easier if you're in an English-speaking country?

如果你在一個英語國家，英語沉浸式學習會更容易嗎？

Is English immersion still possible from your home country that is not an English-speaking country?

如果您的國家不是英語國家，還能進行沉浸式英語教學嗎？

However, if you're going to immerse yourself in English in a non-English-speaking country, such as your home country perhaps, there are three things that you're absolutely going to need to do.

但是，如果您打算在一個非英語國家（比如您的祖國）沉浸在英語環境中，有三件事是您絕對需要做的。

And these three things also apply if you're trying to immerse yourself in an English-speaking country too.

如果您想沉浸在英語國家，這三點也同樣適用。

The first thing is you will need to know how to identify every single object that you see on a daily, weekly, monthly, or routine basis in your life.

首先，你需要知道如何識別生活中每天、每週、每月或日常見到的每一個物體。

Examples of these objects would be any object that you see in your bedroom, in your living room, in your kitchen, in the building that you live in, at the grocery store where you get food, at your place of business or work, at your school.

這些物體的例子包括你在臥室、客廳、廚房、居住建築、食品雜貨店、公司或工作場所、學校看到的任何物體。

Any object that you see every day, every week, or every month, you should know how to identify that object in the English language.

你應該知道如何用英語識別你每天、每週或每月看到的任何物品。

In order to ensure that you can do this, what I would do is create a flashcard deck on the application Anki or Quizlet.

為了確保你能做到這一點，我會做的是在應用程式 Anki 或 Quizlet 上創建一個記憶卡牌。

And I would make a list of all those objects that you see.

我會把你看到的所有這些物體列一個清單。

If you see any of them around the room that you're in that you cannot identify, research it, make a flashcard, and add it to the deck.

如果你在房間裡看到任何你無法識別的東西，就去研究它，做一張記憶字卡，然後把它添加到卡組中。

In addition, I would add images to your flashcards as well, as opposed to just words translated back into your native language.

此外，我還會在記憶字卡中添加圖片，而不僅僅是翻譯成母語的單詞。

This is a small detail, but it actually makes all the difference when it comes to developing the English side of your brain.

這只是一個很小的細節，但在開發你的英語大腦方面，它實際上起著至關重要的作用。

A common mistake that most language learners make is they try to translate words back from their native language into the English language, as opposed to associating imagery with words.

大多數語言學習者常犯的一個錯誤是，他們試圖將單詞從母語翻譯回英語，而不是將意象與單詞聯繫起來。

At the beginner level, this is normal to some extent, but especially if you're getting to the intermediate levels or advanced levels of English, you should not be doing this at all.

在初級階段，這在某種程度上是正常的，但如果你的英語水準達到中級或高級階段，就完全不應該這樣做了。

You need to be thinking and moving and navigating your way in the English language when you want to use the English language.

當你想使用英語時，你需要用英語思考、移動和導航。

As you build this flashcard deck and practice them daily, you will see huge progress in terms of your vocabulary, especially because you're seeing these objects every single day.

當你建立這套卡片並每天練習時，你會發現自己的詞彙量有了很大的進步，尤其是因為你每天都能看到這些物體。

You're going to have the opportunity to identify them every day, and it will be difficult to forget.

你每天都有機會識別它們，而且很難忘記。

The second thing you should do to immerse yourself in English, whether it's in an English-speaking country or non-English-speaking country, is actually quite easy, and that would be to put all of your electronic devices into the English language.

無論是在英語國家還是非英語國家，要讓自己沉浸在英語環境中，第二件事其實很簡單，那就是把你所有的電子設備都放到英語環境中。

That means setting your phone in the English language.

這意味著要將手機設置為英語。

That means setting your computer or computers in the English language.

這意味著將您的計算機設置為英語語言。

If this is a bit complicated for you to do because of your job, maybe you don't work in the English language, you can also just add English as an additional language to your electronic devices.

如果你的工作讓你覺得這樣做有點複雜，也許你的工作語言不是英語，你也可以只在你的電子設備上添加英語作為附加語言。

Related to what I previously mentioned, as you see icons for applications on your phone, you'll be able to identify them and identify the words corresponding to them in the English language.

與我之前提到的有關，當你在手機上看到應用程序的圖標時，你就能識別它們，並找出與之相對應的英語單詞。

This is an extremely easy way to immerse yourself in English and pick up on some of the more nuanced terms that you'll see on your electronic devices in the English language.

這是一種非常簡單的方法，可以讓你沉浸在英語環境中，並掌握一些在電子設備上看到的更細微的英語術語。

And the third thing you should do to immerse yourself is consume media solely in the English language, whether this be on social media, YouTube, TV, any sort of media source, make sure it is in the English language.

第三件讓自己沉浸其中的事情是，只使用英語進行媒體消費，無論是社交媒體、YouTube、電視，還是任何形式的媒體資源，都要確保使用英語。

It is extremely easy to find any of this media in the English language as about 80% of all the media out there in the world is in the English language or has a version in the English language.

要找到這些媒體的英文版非常容易，因為世界上大約 80% 的媒體都是英文版或有英文版。

So there will be no shortage of content that is about a subject or a topic that you are particularly interested in or something that is relevant to your lifestyle.

是以，您不會缺少關於您特別感興趣的主題或話題的內容，或者與您的生活方式相關的內容。

Make sure that you're consuming English media that is at your current level of English.

確保您所使用的英語媒體符合您目前的英語水準。

You should understand about 80% of what is being said and be guessing what the other 10 to 20% means based on the context by which it is delivered.

你應該能聽懂大約 80% 的內容，並根據上下文猜測其他 10% 到 20% 的內容是什麼意思。

A common mistake that language learners make is listening and consuming media that is way above their current level of the language that they're trying to learn.

語言學習者常犯的一個錯誤是，聽和看的媒體遠遠超出了他們目前所學語言的水準。

If you do this, you're just going to get very frustrated.

如果這樣做，你只會感到非常沮喪。

You're not going to understand anything and it's going to take you a very long time to make any sort of progress.

你不會明白任何事情，而且要花很長時間才能取得任何進展。

Make sure that you understand the majority of the media that you're consuming.

確保您瞭解您正在消費的大多數媒體。

That means that it's at your current level and you'll slowly progress and build up to higher levels as your vocabulary expands.

這意味著，這是你目前的水準，隨著你詞彙量的增加，你會慢慢進步並提高到更高的水準。

This leads to the next step, which is reading out loud.

這就引出了下一步，即大聲朗讀。

Reading out loud is basically a cheat code for learning English.

大聲朗讀基本上就是學習英語的 "作弊碼"。

It's very overlooked, but if you read anything that you see out loud in English or if you read the subtitles on the video that you're watching out loud in English, this will actually train your mouth to pronounce words like a native English speaker or like a fluent English speaker that you're watching in the video.

這一點很容易被忽視，但如果你用英語大聲朗讀你看到的任何東西，或者用英語大聲朗讀你正在觀看的影音的字幕，這實際上會訓練你的口音像英語母語人士或你正在觀看的影音中的英語流利人士那樣發音。

This is such a small thing that you can do every single day, but if you do this on a daily basis, you're going to see huge results in your pronunciation over the span of six months, a year, two years or more.

這只是一件每天都可以做的小事，但如果你每天都這樣做，那麼在半年、一年、兩年或更長的時間裡，你的發音就會取得很大的進步。

At every single opportunity you get, try to read out loud and really train your mouth to speak like native speakers.

一有機會，就試著大聲朗讀，真正訓練自己的口語，像母語人士那樣說話。

The third thing that you'll need is feedback and this can come in many different forms.

你需要的第三件事是反饋，反饋的形式多種多樣。

Now, if you're currently at the intermediate levels or advanced levels of English, then honestly, in some cases, you might even just be able to give yourself feedback by recording yourself speaking about something and then watching it and critiquing yourself.

現在，如果你的英語水準已經達到中級或高級，那麼老實說，在某些情況下，你甚至可以通過錄下自己談論某事的過程，然後觀看並責備自己，從而給自己提供反饋。

At the upper intermediate level or advanced levels of English, if you watch a recording of yourself speaking English, you'll probably have enough experience to be able to identify which words you're struggling to pronounce and which grammatical mistakes that you're making.

在英語中高級水準或高級水準上，如果你觀看一段自己說英語的錄音，你可能會有足夠的經驗來辨別哪些單詞發音吃力，哪些語法錯誤是你犯的。

For beginners, it is highly recommended that you use a qualified English teacher or tutor to give you feedback in the early stages of learning English.

對於初學者，強烈建議您在學習英語的早期階段使用合格的英語教師或輔導員為您提供反饋。

Now, if you're going to use an online tutoring platform, I would not recommend just using any native English speaker for feedback as a lot of native English speakers are not even really qualified to help you that well.

現在，如果您要使用線上輔導平臺，我不建議您隨便使用以英語為母語的人進行反饋，因為很多以英語為母語的人甚至都沒有資格幫助您。

Native English speakers learnt the English language by heart ever since they were born.

以英語為母語的人從一出生就開始背誦英語。

They do not have a very profound understanding of the process it takes for a non-native English speaker to speak and learn the English language.

他們對英語非母語者說英語和學習英語的過程沒有深刻的理解。

Whereas a qualified English teacher or a qualified English tutor has had experience teaching many different people from all over the world how to learn and how to speak and develop their English skills hundreds if not thousands of times.

而一名合格的英語教師或合格的英語輔導教師已經有數百次（如果不是數千次的話）教授來自世界各地的許多不同的人如何學習英語、如何說英語以及如何提高英語技能的經驗。

If you're going to use online tutoring, there's only one platform that I'd really recommend and that would be the platform Languid Talk.

如果您要使用線上輔導，我只推薦一個平臺，那就是 Languid Talk 平臺。

I recommend this one over all the others because the tutors and the teachers on that particular platform are actually qualified and actually went through an intense screening process in order to be able to teach on that platform.

與其他平臺相比，我更推薦這個平臺，因為該平臺上的輔導員和教師都是經過嚴格篩選的合格教師，才能在該平臺上授課。

I'll leave a link somewhere in the description if you want to check it out.

如果你想查看，我會在描述中留下鏈接。

The last thing you'll need in order to change your accent in English will be the shadowing technique.

要改變英語口音，最後需要的就是跟讀法。

The shadowing technique has been proven to work for ages way before I was born and way before you were born as well.

早在我出生之前，也早在你出生之前，跟讀法就已被證明是有效。

There are many different ways to use the shadowing technique,

有許多不同的方法可以使用跟讀法，例如閱讀影音字幕，大聲朗讀有聲讀物，或者跟著你熟悉或喜歡的英文歌曲的歌詞一起唱。

such as reading the subtitles on a video that you're watching or reading along with an audiobook out loud or singing along to the lyrics of a song that you're familiar with or that you enjoy in the English language.

In my opinion, I think singing along to the lyrics of English music that you really like is probably the most fun way to use the shadowing technique to improve your pronunciation in English.

在我看來，跟著自己喜歡的英語音樂的歌詞一起唱可能是使用跟讀法提高英語發音的最有趣的方法。

You can also learn a lot about many different cultures in English-speaking countries by listening to music that is in English.

您還可以通過聽英語音樂瞭解英語國家的許多不同文化。

So to recap, the four things that you'll need in order to change your accent in English would be English immersion which can be done in English-speaking countries and non-English-speaking countries,

所以，概括地說，要改變英語口音，你需要做四件事：沉浸式英語，這可以在英語國家和非英語國家進行；大聲朗讀，這是個小細節，但如果你每天都能做到，就會事半功倍；反饋、如果你的英語水準較高，可以自己做；如果你不太願意自己做，可以請一位合格的英語老師或輔導員來做；還有跟讀法，它有許多不同的方法，你可能會找到一種最適合你或你最喜歡做的方法。

Reading out loud, a small detail, but it goes a really long way if you can do it daily,

Feedback, which can be done by yourself if you're at the more advanced levels of English or with a qualified English teacher or tutor if you're less comfortable doing it yourself.

And the shadowing technique which can be done in many different ways and you could probably find a way that works the best for you or that you enjoy doing the most.

If you do these four things, you're going to see massive amounts of progress in your pronunciation over the span of six months to a year to two years,

如果你做到了這四點，那麼在半年、一年到兩年的時間裡，你就會發現自己的發音有了長足的進步。

and if you go beyond that,  you're just going to sound like a native English speaker if you do these things consistently.

Any questions, comments, concerns, leave a comment down below and I'll see you in the next video.

如果您有任何問題、評論或顧慮，請在下方留言，我們下期影音再見。