So I was born and brought up in India but have been studying abroad for almost two years now and my accent has changed significantly. Everyone I know from home has noticed it yet I don’t think it has changed all that much. I know people who’ve lived abroad for almost 20 years without having any changes in their accents. I’m 19 at moment could it be possible due to my age I’m more prone to subconsciously picking up words I hear around me?
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People who pick up a new language later in life have a harder time learning the sounds of the new language because their brain only process the sounds of the languages known from childhood as “language sounds” unless you consciously train yourself. (As a baby all sounds all language sounds until you distill the ones you need.) This is possible to train. Accents are simply the way a language is pronounced by a group of people. If there are sounds that are not in your native language, learning how the sound is made is helpful, followed by practicing using the language with those sounds and listening to the sounds being used until it becomes natural.
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