Before, I used to go to the UK after a 2 year stay in the US.
Then, although I was supposed to be quite accustomed to hearing, it was not so easy to understand in London.
I had a computer that I brought from the U.S., but it often gave me trouble. The computer I brought from the U.S. often gave me trouble.
I would call my provider. So I called the provider. And I would say myself, “Is this the same English?”
I had to listen to them over and over again.
“I am new from the U.S., so I am not accustomed to hearing English. ” So I kept asking them to say it again more slowly.
When I went to the university, it was also difficult to understand.
The graduate school I went to, LSE, was one of the most internationalized universities in the UK. There, the number of British students was rather small.
Therefore, there was a parade of accents, including a French accent, a German accent, a Greek accent, and so on. The French accent is especially difficult to understand.
I have stayed in Nigeria for a year, and the official language in Nigeria is English. However, it took me about 3 months to get used to the accent.
Nowadays, there are far more people studying English as a foreign language than the native speakers of English.
Therefore, it is necessary to get used to the accent of the country where you are staying.
Especially in India and Pakistan, where English is unique and the population is large, it is necessary to get used to their pronunciation.
Most of us Japanese also speak English with a Japanese accent (except for so-called bilingual gals and those who have lived in English-speaking countries for a long time).
Japanese accents are characterized by the use of the R and L words.)
The characteristics of Japanese accents are: confusing R and L, think and sink, inability to pronounce F, and so on.
Pronunciation in any country, not just American and English, is only a matter of getting used to it. Just listen to it a lot, you will learn to understand it.
Of course, the prerequisite for this is a good vocabulary of words and phrases.
It is very difficult for adults to learn by ear alone. Therefore, you can listen to and understand only the words you know.
