How To Speak A Foreign Language With a Native Accent (Even As An Adult)

I always thought that it was impossible to learn a new language as a teen or adult and be able to speak it with a native accent. But recently, I came across a study that proved it IS possible, and explained a few of the things that impact why some people can do it, and why other can't (or just don't).

In this video, I talk about what I used to think and why, and then the main points (including evidence) that made me change my mind 180!!

Hope you enjoyed the video :) I tried to film it 3-4 times, but Seattle lighting, and my work hours made it really hard to do so. Finally, I invested in some lighting equipment, and thank god!!! Now I can have reliable lighting and film whenever I want to! :D

Timestamps, as promised:
00:15 Introduction and background -- why i love this paper lol
1:00 Question - Is is possible?? Can you learn a language as an adult and speak with native accent?
1:12 What I (and I bet most people) always believed about and why
2:02 Why it's all wrong!
2:26 Why do so many people have an accent?
3:15 Brain Traps
6:13 Psychological and "Invisible" Factors
8:00 The 3 Takeaways that you should remember!
9:06 How an inflexible identity impacts your accent
10:53 Why Japanese Students Hide their Accent
11:22 Conclusions and Wrap up
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Here's the link to the paper:
http://54.64.211.208/dspace/bitstream/11178/261/1/03_keeley.pdf

Lingosteve's (Steve Kaufmann) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijl3hjq7DPU

All other Credits and Sources:
Music from Bensound
The Development of Language: A Critical Period in Humans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11007/
Development of the Linguistic Evaluation of Prefrontal Synthesis (LEPS) test for children with language delay: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/467183v1
Language evolution to revolution: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/166520v9.full
gif: https://i.imgur.com/vGpGpub.gifv
K and G Sounds: https://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-26-k-and-g-sounds.html
The Unconscious Influence of Mirroring: https://www.theemotionmachine.com/the-unconscious-influence-of-mirroring/
Japanese R's vs L's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Ds5P2p5FdSM

#accents

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