My name is Rodger Koller and this video is going to be very quick
This is the first episode of a series of videos named "Change your accent with me"
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I really want this video to be quick
Therefore, without any further ado, let's get started
As I said, this is the first episode of a series of videos
in which I'll teach you how to speak with any specific accent
I'm planning to make videos on how to speak with the American, the British, the Canadian and the Australian accents
However, depending on the number of likes and views
I might go into this topic even deeper
and talk about specific accents like the Californian accent
of the accent from a specific city
such as Manchester, London, Sidney
so on, so forth
So, please, don't forget to hit the LIKE button
this is my only way to know whether you like this kind of content
whether I should stop or keep making videos like this one
This is the first episode and I think I'm actually insane because
because I'll do something that some of my friends told me not to do
because in one video, in this video
I'll teach you the ultimate technique for you to master any accent
that you choose
Yes, you'e heard me...After watching this video
this only video, you'll be able to learn
how to speak with any accent that you've chosen
My friends told me to keep this video for the last episode
Nevertheless I'm not a patient person
and I don't like holding back knowledge
so, get a pen and paper because from this moment on
I'll teach you the ultimate technique to learn any accent
So the first step is, think of a person whose English you look up to
Someone whose English you admire
So, think of someone you really admire as an English speaker
This is the first step...Think of someone you would like to speak like
Ok, I'm not going to choose a person
I'm going to ask my subscribers to choose a person
so that I can use him or her as an example here
I'll go right now to our group on Telegram and I'll ask them
to tell me one person whose English they admire
The problem is that it's 2:30 a.m. now
Well, there are around 600 people in our group
on Telegram now, so I believe that at least one person is awake
So, I'll ask that in the group and I'll be back as soon as possible
As soon as someone replies to my question
Ok, it was easier than I thought
Many people are awake and chatting in the group now
If you haven't joined our group on Telegram yet
Take a look in the description of the video
in order to know how to do that
In the group, you actually practice your English
You'll only really master your English from the moment you start communicating with other people
and this is a great opportunity for you, so
Please join our group on Telegram
you won't have to pay for it
Just check in the description of the video how to do that
So, I asked in the group for a name of a person whose English they looked up to
and the first person who answered my question was a girl
and she said "Shawn Mendes"
Alright, I'm going to do that then, I'm going to use him as an example
This is the first step, choose a person
and we've done that, we've chosen Shawn Mendes
The second step is, go to youtube and search for this person's interview
I like interviews because this is our opportunity to listen to this person's real accent
as opposed to when they're performing
singing or acting
When they are at interviews, they speak naturally, the way they normally do
on a daily basis and that's what we're looking for
The third step is, download this video and turn it into MP3
and this is how I do it:
I just add a "double s" before the word "youtube"
and then I download it
After that, I use a program named FORMAT FACTORY
in order to turn the video that I've just downloaded into MP3
If you don't know how to do that, just look for me in our group on Telegram
and I'll teach you how to do this part more carefully
The fourth step is, listen to this MP3 as many times as possible
While you are on the bus, on the train, driving to work
Wherever you are...Taking a shower
Listen to this interview a lot...A whole day...
For two days in a row, if possible
The fifth step is:
Go back to Youtube and watch this interview again
but this time you're going to slow the video down, just like this:
to the slowest speed
Now...This is the tricky part:
You're going to repeat what he is saying right after him
You will almost try to speak simultaneously with him
You're going to try to repeat what he is saying syllable by syllable
little by little
imitating his way of saying things
So, he says something and you repeat what he is saying immediately after him
like a fraction of a second after him
It'll be easy because he'll be speaking really slowly
"So, with that being said, I..."
Ha! He sounds just like my drunk uncle!
and that's exactky what we're looking for
You'll do that many times. Each time you do that, you will speed up the video a little bit
until the moment you reach the normal speed of the video
"I took that to heart and I really just...
...let myself create music that...
...I thought was good...
...and I didn't think about genre, so...
...when it comes to songs like "In My Blood"...
...which is more rock...
influenced and then you go to "Lost in Japan"
...which is on the other side of the map like an R&B sense...
...I really just...
...My thing was to make good music and to not...
and you repeat everything he is saying right after him
with the video at the normal speed
The secret is: never pause the video
and it's ok to miss some words
No problem if you can't say every single word
It's not really important
The important is that you try to imitate the way he is speaking
The way he is saying things
Do that as many times as you can
Remember... No pain, no gain
After you get tired of this interview, do the same thing
all over again with a different person
and Shawn Mendes is Canadian, so
Now we know that you like the Canadian accent
After having done that many times with the person that you've picked
You can pick another person from the same nationality
because you're going to practice one specific accent
Remember
So, if you've chosen a person with the British accent
keep choosing people with British accents
if you've chosen a person with an American accent
Keep choosing people with American accents
In our situation we've chosen Shawn Mendes...So...
So, we've got to think of other Canadian people
hmmm for example...
Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Justin Bieber, Jim Carrey
So on so forth
and we'll do the same process again from the start
If you do that for six months I guarantee that you'll start speaking just like a Canadian person
You'll speak with a Canadian accent for sure
You can do it with any accent, give it a try
This is the first video of the series "Change your Accent"
I'll bring here more techniques that you can use in order to change your accent, if you want to change it
And as I said before, it's not important to change your accent
I don't think you should do that, but...
If you want to do that, it's a fun way to do it
and I think it's a nice process
In the next video I'll talk about the specific accents
that you can learn
I'll probably start with the American accent, but
I'm not sure about that yet
Please leave a comment telling me which accent you would like me to start this series with
whether the American, the British or the Australian accent
and I'll certainly do that for you
If you are a basic student, I suggest that you start doing this type of exercise with videos that have subtitles
in English
In this case, I recommend that you start doing this kind of exercise with my videos because
all of my videos have subtitles in English
in Portuguese and in many other languages
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