“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.”
― Amy Chua
1. Choose a topic. (Bold Titles:)
2. Choose a source. ~ Example Source Title
3. Click on the title of the source. It is a link to the original website.
World English Pronunciation Resources: (Choose a country!)
~ ELLLO
~ Speech Accent Archive
~ International Dialects of English Archive
~ Global Englishes
English Across the World – Accent Comparisons:
~ 1 Language, 3 Accents! (British, American, Australian)
~ Guess the English Accent! Video (Worldwide)
~ Learn how to recognize and mimic accents with Narrator Matt
~ Accent Tag Challenge: 1. Explanation 2. Search Results (Worldwide)
~ How to tell native English accents apart
British:
~ BBC Learning English (example: Tim’s Pronunciation Workshop)
~ Oxford Online English
~ Shaw English
~ Pronunciation & Phonetics by The English Language Club
Comparing British Accents:
~ How to Understand UK Accents
~ 20 British Accents in 1 Video (skip 8:15-11:12) – includes recommended shows for more listening practice
~ 1 Woman, 17 British Accents
~ Regional British Accents (female speaker)
~ 30 Dialects of English in the UK (older recordings of native speakers)
American:
~ Sounds American
~ Rachel’s English
~ Clear English Corner with Keenyn Rhodes
~ English Media Lab
~ Pronunciation Challenge! “The Chaos” Poem
~ Linguistic Analysis: Aschmann’s “American English Dialects“
Comparing U.S. Accents:
~ Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents Part 1 Part 2 (American Regions/Social Groups)
~ 50 People Show Us Their States’ Accents (American States)
~ North American Accent Map (USA & Canada)
~ “Mountain Talk” (Appalachian English)
~ Comparing New Orleans Accents
Canadian:
~ Learn Canadian English with Dana
~ Learn English with Bob the Canadian
~ English in Colour
Comparing Canadian Accents:
~ The Canadian English Accent (Linguistic analysis)
~ All Aboot Canadian Accents (Casual analysis)
~ The Great Canadian Accent Quiz (specific words)
~ North American Accent Map (USA & Canada)
Australian:
~ Aussie English
~ Canguro English
~ English Vowel Sounds (Australian English)
Comparing Australian Accents:
~ The Different Aussie Accents
New Zealander:
~ Kiwi Culture
~ Speech Sounds of New Zealand English
~ History of the New Zealand English Accent
Indian/Sri Lankan/Bangladeshi/Pakistani:
~ (coming soon!)
Note: These countries are included together not because they all have the same accent (they don’t!), but because India has many different languages and accents, some of which are shared with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, or Pakistan.
Singaporean:
~ Singapore Singlish Accent TikTok Compilation
~ Singlish Conversation (short film clip)
Nigerian:
~ Nigerian Pidgin English Part 1 (phrases)
~ 7 common Nigerian Pidgin English phrases you need in Lagos, Nigeria
~ Talking like a Nigerian
~ How to speak Nigerian English
~ Pidgin English HQ (channel)
~ Breaking Down Nigerian Pidgin (channel)
~ Nigeria’s “Best” Pidgin Proverbs
Nigerian Accent Comparisons:
~ Nigerian vs. British Accent / Nigerian vs. British Accent 2
~ Nigerian vs. American Accent
~ Accent Tag – Nigerian, Ghanian, American
~ Accent Tag – Nigerian and Jamaican English
Jamaican/Caribbean:
~ How to a Jamaican Accent for Newbies
~ Jamaican Patwah
~ Shan’s Patwa Academy
~ Learn Jamaican Patois with Me
~ Chat Patwah