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Matt Vs Japan on why your accent matters, Stephen Krashen, the input hypothesis and much more

I'm Learning Mandarin

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What Kind of Reaction Did You Get From People Around You When You Decided to Improve Your Tone Accent?

When you decided to improve your pitch accent what kind of reaction did you get from people around you. The reaction was different from my close Japanese friends and from the Japanese people who I just kind of knew a little bit but they didn't know me very well. People were like oh you're already you're so good already you don't need to get any better you're already so good you should just go to Japan and teach Japanese people how to speak English, he says. Matt: "I just instantly ignored them"

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