If you're a native English speaker who struggles to get rid of your English accent in French, this video is for you! In this video, I share five tips to reduce or soften your accent in French. These are focused on anglophones, but they will help you regardless of your native language! Tips in this video include: how to pronounce the French sounds "R," "U," and "L"; vowels and diphthongs in French; how syllable stress works in French; and French hesitation markers. 💬 VERSION WITH OPTIONAL CAPTIONS 💬 • [OPTIONAL CAPTIONS] HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR... ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS ⏲️ 00:00 Intro 01:42 The French "R" 03:46 Articulation 05:52 Tighter Vowels 07:12 Quiz 07:35 Rhythm 09:29 Hesitation Markers 10:26 Wrap-Up ❔ QUIZ ❔ What is the meaning of "manger ses bas" in Quebec French? (Answer at the end of the video!) #accentreduction #quebecfrench #canadianfrench My name is Helene Cormier, and I make videos to help people learn French, especially Quebec and Canadian French in a natural, fun, and effortless manner. All my videos include French and English subtitles. For every "Québécois 101" and "Hélène se promène" video, a French transcript and an English translation are also available on my website. Support me on Patreon and get a new easy French video every weekday! / wanderingfrench Visit my website for additional learning materials: https://www.wanderingfrench.com/qc011 Like and follow me on Facebook: / wanderingfrench Content and presentation: Hélène Cormier Direction and editing: Daniel Roy A One Blue Pixel production Special thanks to my VIP subscribers on Patreon! Bridget David Ellen Lange Heather Meloche Wachmenko Jin-Hee Choi Leanne Thibault-Steiner Paul Petrelli Huge thanks to all my subscribers on Patreon! Aliona Schastlivtseva Amy Lalonde Anajai Bishop Andrew Livingstone Anex Pnoke Annette Baesel Anthony W Anton Shaikin Barbara Patrick Bridget Bryan & Dana Caddie Calais Barrette Charles Rossi Christopher Johnson Clarice Doucette David David Larsen Debra Louise Hilborn Devin Papineau Diane Dimitar Dimitrov DMae Ceryes Don Hazlett Dorothy Stegman Dusk Earlyn Sharpe Elaine Malkin Ellen Demers Ellen Lange Ethan Addison Ethan Bernard Gail Lipfert Gisela Gomes Hamidreza Kebriaei Heather Meloche Wachmenko Jacob Hutchison Jacques Boulanger Jaime F. James Lamothe Jeanne-Mélanie Daoust Jeffrey Kay Jim Erlynson Soto Jin-Hee Choi John Alexander Wyness John Connolly John Hunt Julien-Charles Levesque Kazuki Omiya Kestrel Kris Albert Lee Leanne Thibault-Steiner Liam Devitt Lily Lucas Antonio Venegas Gueico Marcelo Nunes Maria Castañeda Marie Manchester Marina L Parker Mark P Michael White Michele Greenlaw Omar B Pamela Linnell Paul Petrelli Paula Jackson Peter Ostertag Rick Alger Robin Drexler SaHa Scott O'Connor Sean Underwood Shirley Oxby Signe Gotfredsen Sonya Olthof Sophie Stacy Stephen Demers Stuart Spence Sue Harper Susan Olson Tracy Hoffman Vasil Georgiev Wei Chuang Lee Yannick Fortier 🔈 SOUND CREDITS 🔈 "casino hq.mp3" by milton. @ Freesound, CC BY-NC 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/milton./... "sarahbuzzer.mp3" by nofeedback @ Freesound, CC BY 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/nofeedba... "buzzer_boardgame_01.wav" by madegu @ Freesound, CC BY 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/magedu/s... 📷 IMAGE CREDIT 📷 "Ham" by sitti fara @ the Noun Project https://thenounproject.com/term/ham/2...