I struggle with the American R sound and my accent sounds forced when I try too hard. Any advice?
hi everyone!!! I’m a student from Romania,and i’m trying to develop a natural america accent.
my english is not perfect and i’d also like to improve my overall fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, but my main goal right now is pronunciation.
My biggest problem right now is the american R sound. when i try to pronounce it in words like “red” ,”right” , “bright” and car it sometimes feels like i’m making sounds out of my throat and comes out more like an ARR or something weird like that. when i try to relax and do the stuff with my tongue it comes out like WED or something like that cause the R doesn’t feel pronounced correctly.
I’m not sure whether my problem is tongue placement , tension, intonation or a combination of these things.
if there is anybody who have learned an american accent, especially if english isn’t your first language i would like to hear something from yall, thank you!