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0:01 For many years, many English learners want to have a perfect accent. I'm your host, Oliver, and today 0:09 we're going to look at why that isn't so important anymore in 2026 and into the future. Welcome back to the Easy English 0:19 podcast. Let's learn some English today while practising our listening skills. 0:27 I have a little bit of a sore throat today, so I apologize if the sound of my voice is slightly different, but we will continue and we will get this episode completed. 0:38 This is a really important topic and it's one that I have come across so often whenever I'm chatting to non-native English speakers, students of English, and people from all around the 0:50 world. Some people are really big into trying to have a great accent or to improve their accent. 0:59 But in 2026 the world has definitely changed and today 1:05 there are roughly 4 non-native English speakers for everyone native English speaker in the world. 1:15 And most people use global English, so they're using more of an international global version of English. 1:23 And as a result, having a native English accent is no longer the new international standard. It's more about intelligibility, 1:33 so being understood. And we're going to talk a little bit about that today and break it down. 1:39 And I'm going to show you how your accent can actually be a tool. It can be very useful for you. 1:45 But as always, in each episode, if you're new here, I always like to have five pieces of key vocabulary before the main episode. And I want you to learn them or 1:56 at least listen for them. In today's episode, I will have flip cards for these, access to flip cards on the Patreon. 2:05 If you want to sign up on Patreon, you get access to bonus episodes every single week for a small subscription fee. 2:14 And you get access as well to support the show and get bonus transcripts, PDF documents, and all those extras. 2:27 But let's take a look at our key vocabulary today. 2:30 And again, if you want that link in Patreon, you can find the link in the description of the episode. 2:37 Our first keyword for today's episode is intelligibility. 2:41 Intelligibility. What does that mean? 2:44 Intelligibility is the quality of being possible to understand. 2:49 So if you have, you know, a high intelligibility and maybe your English has high intelligibility, you are easy to understand. You could also say you're 3:00 understandable. Fun fact, this podcast at the beginning used to be called understandable English. 3:09 Our second phrase is lingua franca, and you already said that wrong. Lingua franca and the lingua 3:17 franca is a language that is used as a common way to communicate between people who speak a different native 3:26 language. So let's take for example, you have a Spanish speaker and you have a French speaker. 3:32 Most of the time they'll try to communicate together in English if they don't speak French or Spanish. 3:40 So a lingua franca is a language that connects other languages together, and English really has become a lingua franca in 3:51 today's world. That is a hard phrase to say, but we will use it, so listen out for it. 3:58 Our third word for today is prestige. 4:02 Prestige and prestige means widespread admiration or respect felt for someone or something, and it's usually based on 4:13 achievements or a high quality of something. 4:17 So in the past, British accents would have had a lot of prestige. Certain brands have a high prestige as well. Our fourth word for today is 4:29 monopoly. A monopoly means an excessive possession or control of something. 4:36 So having almost total control of over something, it isn't the board game Monopoly, but that is the name of the game too. 4:45 And that's the concept that it comes from. 4:48 So having total control over the board, over the game. 4:53 And our final phrase for today is to mimic, to mimic something. 4:57 And to mimic something is to imitate someone or their actions or words. So you're copying something. 5:06 Those are our words for today, and let's use them. 5:09 Let's listen for them in today's episode. 5:12 As always, we will have a comprehension section at the end of the episode to see if you understood the content. 5:20 And we'll have even more exercises or tasks on Patreon as well. Let's get started into our 5:28 episode content. 100 years ago, in the 20th century, if you wanted to learn English well, you wanted to have good English. 5:37 You look towards London or New York for the accents and for, you know how to properly or correctly speak. 5:46 They had a lot of prestige associated with those accents. 5:51 But in 2026, English does generally belong a lot more to the world. When you use English in a professional setting, particularly if you work 6:02 internationally, you're more likely to be speaking to another non-native English speaker than you are to be speaking to a 6:10 British person or an American. And in these environments, these international environments, a very thick native accent, a very 6:20 strong native accent can actually be harder to understand because of local idioms, slang. And as well, because locals or 6:30 native speakers tend to talk faster and they tend to connect more words, those words blend or mix together. 6:41 Whereas global English, which is a lingua franca across the world, is a version of the language that is stripped down. 6:50 So it's a lot simpler. All of those fancy phrases and slang are taken out of the language and it's focused on 6:59 being understandable and clear. That's why I like to say there are two types of English. There's, you know, the local 7:08 sort of native language and there's the international global English. And sometimes people say to me, you know, before that English is a simple language or English is, 7:19 is not a very beautiful language or the words are very simple. 7:23 And I say, you know, read some English literature and you'll see the differences between perhaps older English and even 7:32 more native English, English and global English. 7:37 They are so different. And English has a big scale of complexity. It can, and this is one of the beauties of English. It can be very simple and very 7:48 clear, and it can also be much more complicated and academic and deep with literature. But the reality is, if you can 7:59 communicate yourself in English, in global English to a room full of 10 different countries, you're more fluent or more clear 8:09 than a lot of native speakers that have strong accents and can't be understood. Or even someone with a perfect 8:18 British accent that uses maybe more complicated phrases or talks too quickly. And perhaps you've never thought about it this way. Maybe you've never really 8:28 thought about how being a non-native speaker can be an advantage in that way. The same way that you're listening to this podcast to better understand native English 8:40 speech, likely you have the advantage of being more understood as your English develops then probably someone 8:49 like I or another native speaker. 8:53 And that brings me on to being understood, being clear, many, many listeners and learners and perhaps you suffer from what I 9:04 call accent anxiety. So it's feeling like your native accent is a barrier to your success or to being fluent in English. And perhaps you don't like the 9:14 sound of it or you want to get rid of your native accent, but research generally around English shows that what matters 9:23 most is not how you sound, not the accent itself, but rather how intelligible you are. So how understood or 9:32 understandable your English speech is, how clear it is, and in my opinion, how natural it is. 9:41 So imitation is when you're trying to sound like someone else. So it's more of a performance and it can be quite tiring. Now don't get me wrong here. 9:52 I'm not saying that you shouldn't try to copy or replicate pronunciation or accents. 9:59 Many of you probably even do it with this podcast. 10:02 It is a positive thing, but the most important thing is to speak naturally so to not stress about this because your accent will 10:12 develop in time. It will take time and practice, but it will develop. So while imitation is about trying to sound like something being intelligible or 10:24 intelligibility is about rhythm, it's about stress, about clear vials and about your tone. So sounding natural in English. 10:35 And I believe that with global English, with 2026, your accent is more of your linguistic identity. 10:44 It's, it's your own personal personality, I guess, or your own personal identity as part of the language. 10:53 It tells the story of where you're from and the journey that you've taken to learn the language. 10:59 And I think that it is a badge of pride. 11:02 It's something to be proud of. And I never think that someone should be ashamed or feel shame about their native accent. 11:11 And honestly, I don't believe that. 11:16 Like I don't believe that native English speakers feel or look down on people that have accents. 11:23 In fact, most of them probably don't even think about the accent. And even for them, sometimes it 11:30 can be more strange if it seems like someone is trying to speak with a native accent rather than their own natural accent. 11:40 And we are really seeing what I call, and this is our next section, a shift in terms of what accent is seen as professional. And we'll talk about that a 11:51 little bit after our listener spotlight. 11:54 If you're new to the podcast, well, first make sure that you follow or subscribe to the podcast. 12:00 And if you've been listening for a while, make sure that you rate the podcast 5 stars. But if you are new, this section of the podcast is where I ask you a question. 12:12 And in each episode, the episode after I read some of your answers to my question from last week. 12:21 And last week we talked about imposter syndrome. 12:26 So it's where you maybe feel like you're not good enough for something or that you shouldn't be in a certain role or place, that perhaps you are an imposter. 12:37 And to be honest, I had an amazing response from this question on this episode. So many comments. 12:45 Really, really great comments and I wish that I could read all of them today. So today I'm going to read 3 comments because I think that that people's experiences with 12:57 this imposter syndrome is important to hear so that you know that you're not alone with perhaps feeling like at times that you're not good enough for something. 13:07 It is an experience that almost everyone has. 13:10 And the first comment I want to read to you is from Kimura, and I hope I pronounced that correctly. 13:18 So Kimura said. Hi Oliver, I am Kimura from China. I am both studying English and Japanese. Sometimes I feel impostor 13:29 syndrome when speaking a foreign language, although I'm already an advanced speaker of them. Sometimes the words just don't come out of my mind, which causes my hesitation of 13:40 speaking. That's absolutely a really valid experience, Kimura. I think no matter how good your 13:49 English gets, no matter how good my English is, at times, words simply don't come out of my mind too. 13:57 And of course, it can be affected by so many things, such as tiredness or a long day or lots of things going on. 14:06 So never feel like that represents you and your level of English. Thank you for your comment and I hope to see you on another episode. 14:17 I had another great comment from Hero and hero said Hi Oliver, I'm a fourth grade student in college and recently I've felt 14:27 imposter syndrome when I failed an exam that I studied for. 14:32 I doubted my ability and lost hope to become who I want to be in the future, but I couldn't give up so I ended up studying harder. It made me realise that imposter 14:44 syndrome doesn't make me feel good, but it gives me the motivation to do more and to help me grow. 14:51 That's excellent hero. You've hit the nail on the head. 14:55 Essentially, you've, you've made a perfect point that illustrates how imposter syndrome can be helpful, and I'm so glad that 15:04 you've found a way to use it to motivate you to improve and continue to get better. Excellent comment. 15:11 Thank you so much for sharing. Our third and final comment that I have time for today is from Lucas from Poland. 15:21 So Lucas said, I had that feeling during participation in a personal development program. There was a lot of people from different countries speaking in English. 15:32 Trainings were also in English, and I felt I had two personalities, English, an English and a Polish one. 15:40 But after that experience, my level of motivation exploded and I determined myself. I determined myself to improve my English skills after that episode. 15:52 I understand that was exactly like you said, an imposter syndrome effect. Excellent example, Lucas, I 16:00 think that that is a great response that you had to be determined to improve your English. 16:08 Wonderful. And just I had so many more great comments. There was Hamid or Hamid from Iran. Excellent comment. 16:18 I wish I had time to to read them out. 16:20 I had Reggie as well and Henri, excellent comments. 16:27 So thank you very, very much for responding and leaving your thoughts. OK, so my question for next week 16:36 is of course about accents. And I want to tell, I want to ask you, do you try to learn a specific accent in English? 16:46 What is your strategy? And, you know, what do you think about accents in English? Do you like your own accent? 16:55 Let me know. And as always, I'll pick a few comments in next week's episodes and read them out in the listener spotlight. OK, let's get back and finish 17:06 our topic and we'll do some comprehension questions at the end. So we are seeing a shift in what 17:14 accent is considered professional internationally, particularly in business and in major global places. 17:23 Even London, we've got, you know, perhaps maybe not so well, maybe into the future as well. Dubai, United Arab Emirates and 17:32 lots of international cities and countries around the world. 17:36 International global English is becoming the standard for leadership because there are so many leaders in business from around the world. And it's really a mix of various 17:48 accents depending on where you're from. 17:51 But the focus is being clear, being understandable, intelligible, and being able to get your point and message across. And this because global English 18:02 is efficient, it really avoids cultural noise and it can lead to miss under that. And with cultural noise like 18:10 accents and slang, it can lead to misunderstandings. 18:15 So you can see why using your native your native accent and your native language learning English, you're probably learning a more efficient version of English and you're 18:26 probably speaking clearer than a lot of native speakers when dealing internationally. So don't see it as a disadvantage, see it as an advantage. 18:36 See it as something which will benefit you in the long term. 18:40 And because you have also struggled to understand English and you've had to go for that process of learning, you know what it's like. And as a result, the English 18:51 that you produce, the English that you speak will be clearer to others. So that is a really strong competitive advantage that I don't think so many English 19:01 learners realise that they have. So in conclusion, this native speaker perfect accent really is, in my view, a myth. 19:11 There's so many people speaking English now, it's so international, and there are Even so many different native English speaking countries that to have one perfect accent is 19:22 very, very difficult. And the best English is that English, in my opinion, that gets the job done, that makes people understand each other, allows you to communicate, be 19:33 intelligible and to understand others as well. 19:39 So never be ashamed of your accent. 19:41 Of course, you can try to learn a new accent, you can try to change your accent, but never be ashamed of your own natural 19:51 accent and develop your own natural style. 19:54 That would be my advice. So let's have a look at our comprehension check today and see how much you understood In today's episode, if you're new, I'm going to ask a question 20:05 about the episode, about the topic, and I'm going to pause and let you answer before I read my answer. 20:13 And you might want to actually pause the podcast just to make sure you've got enough time because I'll only pause for a few seconds. OK, question one. 20:22 What is the difference between native English and Global English? Native English is related to a 20:31 specific English speaking country like the UK or the US, whereas global English is a tool of communication. 20:40 It's a lingua franca between people of different languages, so they can speak together. Question 2. 20:49 Why might a thick native accent be a disadvantage? 20:55 So in a global meeting or internationally? 20:58 It often includes local idioms and fast speech, which may be hard to understand for international audiences. 21:09 Question three. What does intelligibility mean in the context of speaking? It is a measure of how easily 21:18 other people can understand your message, regardless of their accent. And question 4. 21:25 Why is your accent considered a tool or even a feature in 2026? 21:32 And that's because it represents your linguistic identity, it represents your journey with English, and it is a part of 21:42 your own personality, I guess, your personal identity. 21:46 So that's it for today's episode. 21:48 Be proud of your language and be proud of your accent and your progress with English. Never stress or be ashamed to speak English with your native accent. 21:58 I hope to see you in the next episode. 22:00 Remember to tell me about your accent, about if you're learning a new accent or your sort of progress with that in English in the comments below. And as always, I will see you 22:11 next week. Goodbye.
دربارهی این قسمت Bonus Episodes & Full Transcript PDFs, Vocabulary Flipcards Every Week on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/englishwitholiver Trying to mimic a native accent is exhausting and unnecessary. In this episode, we break down why "Global English" is actually more efficient for international business and why your accent is a "feature," not a mistake. Learn the difference between imitation and intelligibility and find your true English voice.