How can I get rid of my Accent?

Question

Ok, I am getting older and I am realizing that my accent may get in the way of me succeeding.I am 16 and I grew up in the hood all my life (yes there are white hoods you idiots) and It seems like its impossible to get rid of my accent.

What are some ways I can get rid of it.

Any programs or anything?

Thank you

Answer 1

Alright. Well first off, if you intend to be successful in any form, you'll need to have the appropriate attire. Ex. if i walked into a business meeting wearing a biki. Lmfao, you'd need to wear the proper clothing. Next, i'd make it a habbit, to if i heard myself use an accent, punish myself in some way (ex. rubber band around the wrist, type thing, nothing serious), and correct myself. In a while, you will most likely notice that you're accent is gone. If you hang around with a crowd that doesn't have an accent, it'd help aswell. Speaking to peirs without an accent, will actually get you out of the habbit of speaking with one.

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Answer 2

The problem with the accent I'm sure you're talking about is how lazy the speech comes out.

Try enunciating your words and speaking slowly and clearly for a long time.  Don't mumble, slur words together or anything like that.  Just enunciate, speak slow, and clear.

Answer 3

Practice.

English proverb.You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear.If you gold leaf a piece of excrement,it is still sh*t.When someone is extending a helping hand,don't slap that hand away.

Answer 4

Practice your enunciation infront of a mirror.

Simple words and then sentences.

Answer 5

Your accent can be tidied up relatively easily with elocution classes, although your real accent and speech pattern will always come through under pressure.

What will hold you back is not being good with people, e.g. asking for help, then calling them idiots.

Between you and I, at least one of us is an idiot.

Answer 6

idiots?

Answer 7

learn proper english