Benny and Shannon chat with Dustin Luke and Ruben Adery about how to develop an authentic Spanish accent by using rhythm, musicality, body language, and other local insider information.

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Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

What happens when a language scientist and a casual learner team up
Tips for rolling your r’s
Having an authentic accent beyond pronunciation
Rhythm and musicality of pronunciation
Learning colloquial phrases and chunking phrases
Mindset and “getting into character” in a language
Body language and other local insider tips for learning languages
Getting local, native speakers to open up and use the language with you
Learning a specific dialect without moving to the country with the Five I’s
The sounds with the most variance in Spanish
Finding viral videos in your target language
How learning another language is like living another life
Teaching your nonnative language

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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#51 Dustin and Ruben Share Accent Tips to Sound Like a Native Speaker in Spanish

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#51 Dustin and Ruben Share Accent Tips to Sound Like a Native Speaker in Spanish