The American accent

Hi,
Learning English is my hobby .I think my level is intermediate now ,so do you recommend to learn the American accent at this stage. I don't know whether it's difficult or not ,but since I watch American movies every day , I think the learning process won't be that difficult.

I've found some interesting books about this accent in the library .
So what do you recommend…I really need some good advice

You seem to have more exposure to an American accent so I would recommend that you learn the American accent.

What some people do is write in British and speak in American…I am not suggesting you do that. I am just commenting on it…

Not only spellings differ in American and British English, but some of the words are also different. (candy or sweet, bookshop or bookstore, etc.)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=11093&dict=CALD

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=8845&dict=CALD

So, you may need to be aware of these differences when you adopt a particular type of English accent.

I am sure there will be a lot of people here at English Baby who can help you with your American Accent training.

Amazon sells some excellent guides:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_0_12?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=american+accent+training&sprefix=american+acc

YouTube has some good videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfDPcbTX7w&feature=PlayList&p=2752A154FAAEAACA&playnext=1&index=34

Though this guy is a bit confused ))))):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQGSOva20Fo

But for some of us, this may be the best choice! -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vk-WyQkWOE&feature=channel

And the debate continues…:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ctx4DATCA&NR=1

haha – if you're still not convinced, here's food for thought:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_kOjsXakM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAVUFsBsyWk&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9JEJA0yxsM&NR=1

it all depends on yaw'r attitude and what ya watching

good luck though

^{o^miim}o^: Thank you very much, actually I found this book in the library ,but I haven't bought it yet. it seems a little bit difficult ,and it will be much easier if there is a teacher who explains the lessons for me.

Kyle A: thank you for the good advice

tiffintime : Thank you very much  for the great collection, you are very kind and generous man.I did some searching in youtube , and I found great lessons about the accents…thanks again for reminding me of youtube , It'll be a great help.

shad84 :Thank you for your comment.

Is British accent more common than American accent in formal areas?

sometimes people say it is better to use British accent.

we used british english in my country

but i've learn american english via movies and also ebaby :p

so it's a bit confusing when i want to write something in english, but during a conversation, i tried to learn to speak in british accent ^^ 

p/s-those videos are definitely interesting and i really3 wanted to watch it.. but my college had blocked youtube website :p

Mastering a particular accent is great, but knowing the basic facts about the world is more important. By the way, I've heard about Turkey!   .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTDkfkoBaI&feature=related

That's one of the good things about Ebaby – you also learn your geography!

re: "Is British accent more common than American accent in formal areas?"

hope you don't mean that americans don't ever find themselves in "formal areas" or when they do , they speak British English?

(just kidding but this doesn't make sense to me :-))