Best hope for lingual improvement is to interact. She ought to speak English, and speak it heavily, interact with people. Because that way you subconsciously pick up accents and replace them with your own;therefore, improving your lingual skills altogether.
Just as when you don't speak Urdu fluently, but one trip back home straighten that right up. It's the same logic with English as well, Interaction is the key. If she speaks English minimally, that may an issue and a reason for her thick'ish accent because she hasn't polished her English skills.
Spoken English is the only way to improve accent(s). Written english differs than that of speech.
There is a distinctive accent that Indians carry but the Pakistani accent is very different and very musical, SO pretty to hear and listen to.
You might be in touch with South Indians ... I know people form Bombay, Delhi and North India ... that sepak very clean and clear english ...
One thing though, Indians speak english english .. more than american english ... in fact they are developing their own dilect ... something like ebonics ... I think we should call it Indian English ...:D
You might be in touch with South Indians ... I know people form Bombay, Delhi and North India ... that sepak very clean and clear english ...
One thing though, Indians speak english english .. more than american english ... in fact they are developing their own dilect ... something like ebonics ... I think we should call it Indian English ...:D
One way of improving an accent is learning to speak slow and working on the pronounciation of special letters that have a hard sound like "D" and "R" and learning to put the right emphasis on the syllables. This can be learned by associating more with people who speak English and listening more.
I know here in the UK we have alot of people who have come over in recent years from Eastern Europe to and I have noticed that local libraries offer english classes as well as english refining classes(which I am assuming is to do with eloquenncy and accent)…also local colleges etc do have provisions/classes etc…:)check them out
I can’t stop mimicking a Liverpool accent…I can’t help it…:doh:I don’t know what’s more annoying a desified accent or a liverpool accent…I’m not even from Liverpool:bummer:
A side discussion, but I had to ask. How do Pakistanis (new comers or people who came in older age) sound speaking various European languages? Is there a particular one in which we sound "sweet" and "melodic". For example, some Europeans speak English softly, and it actually sounds nice, not rude or ear piercing like when Chinese or Vietnamese speak English.
I know in the US, desis who know Spanish can actually produce most of the sounds (soft t, soft d, roll the tonuge for rr), and can sound very much like a Mexican speaking Spanish.
yea exactly my thought!