No matter how old you are it is absolutely possible to both reduce your accent and improve your English pronunciation. Changing the way that you pronounce English words is similar to learning a new musical instrument. It takes a lot of practice, and being older makes it more likely you will need to practice more. Remember when you first learned to drive a car? You first had to learn all the rules and concentrate on every move you made. After a while, driving became more natural and you automatically did what was required. It is the same with learning new speech skills like accent reduction. If you start to learn a new language before puberty or around the age of 12 it is a lot easier. There are however exceptions. A study (journals.cambridge.org) of secondary language pronunciation found that some learners who started as adults scored as well as
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