Question:
I'm looking for an English course around Harrogate (which probably means
Leeds or York) to improve my English (especially regarding
pronounciation and grammar). Even though I lived for two years in London
before (I'm German), I never managed to start looking around for a
course, so now I want to try it here. Unfortunately, the most EFL
courses only cover basic English.
Has anyone any recommendations? Or any other way to improve my English?
Answer:
What type of pronunciation do you want to achieve? RP (Received
Pronunciation = "The Queen's English" or "BBC English") or local
Yorkshire pronunciation? The two are very different, and it probably
wouldn't be advisable to learn both at once. If you want to talk
"proper English", a course would be useful; if you just want to be able
to chat with your neighbours, then chatting with your neighbours is the
very best way of learning.
Very much as in Germany, accents vary tremendously, and there is a
standard neutral one available. If you speak with a certain type of
German accent, then every German will understand you; if you speak with
a Piesporter accent, they'll struggle to understand you in Trittenheim!
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