Should I change my accent

Alishan - Chiayi, Taiwan

In Vietnam,to fit in the social by changing accent. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of changing accent in this situation.

Communication can be affected by accent, especially with people who go to city from other places.  In my opinion, I believe that changing accent have many advantages and disadvantages as well.

The disadvantage of this changing is ineffective communication due to a strong accent. Nowadays more and more people from countryside move to a city. To fit in that situation easily, they change their accent. Firstly, having an accent may cause some difficulties in communicating with others, both at work and study. For instance, when people are born in a small town, they speak with a local accent. In conversation, they do not try to speak standard languages accent, making it difficult for others to understand. This can cause frustration for speakers as they are asked to repeat what they have said or to find another way to explain themselves. It may have a negative effect on job performance and cause missed job opportunities.

Despite this, there are significant advantages it can bring to people a unique character.  Many people take pride in their individual accent, they almost do not change accent even going to others place to live. Proponents of this view say changing their accent is not necessary to be success. For instance, when President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap were at Ba Dinh square on September 2sd,1945, they had a perfect speech, even their accent was not a standard accent, just based on Vietnamese national origin language but everyone understood what they said.

In conclusion, changing accent will lead to increased opportunities in society. However, an accent is not a bad thing, it is part of who you are and It connects you with your family and a particular part of the world.

Why did I write this?

These days, I watched a video about my introduction speech for thesis, I realized that my accent is original dialect, and sound like a person who just came to the city a few day. Even though I have been living in Taiwan for 7 month, my accent is still “original” :) This is the main reason. :p