Say It In English...!

Standard dialects of English and other dialects around the world. Hi. My name is Enrique Guerra Medina. I am the creator of Say it in English...! This is the first podcast of a series that will discuss topics related to American English Pronunciation. Today’s podcast is about accents. Many students of English believe that the standard form of American English learned in the classrooms is the only form of American English they can learn, so they usually ask: “Why do I not understand some American native speakers? What’s wrong with me?”The truth is that the formal English that we learn in the classrooms is most of the time so different from the way native speakers talk. Among other reasons, it is due to the existence of what it is called dialects.A dialect is not a minor form of language. It is the way certain community uses the official language, the standard language. Communities from different regions can speak the same language, but differently. The difference can be based on pronunciation