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How strong is this speaker's Spanish accent? I am wondering how strong this lady's Spanish accent is. By this I mean, does she sound very much like someone from Spain. I want to learn a Mexician accent because I live in the U.S. Also, do you think listening to many podcasts from her would make me have a Spanish (from Spain) accent? Audio: http://www.spanishpodcast.org/archivos/episodios/EP161b/161Bqueria.mp3 (The spanish audio starts around 2:45)

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The accent is a little weird but it's spanish from Spain. She joins the syllables in a strange way and rythm is not regular but it is clear. I recommend you to learn spanish with spanish accent, when you go to Mexico you will get the mexican accent quickly, I think the most important thing is to learn a language the most correct way. In Mexico people will understand you perfectly.
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Yes, Its a very strong accent, this accent is from Spain, I recommend to you, to find a neutral accent to learn, since when you speak in spanish, depending of the accent you will find a lot of phrases and slangs. A neutral accent will help you out to get use to an universal accent.
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It is very strong accent from Spain. Her "ceceo" -very particular in Spain where Z is pronounced instead of S- is noticiable. She also uses the "vosostros" insted of "ustedes" that is not used in Mexico. For example she says: "Esperamos que este nuevo material os ayude..." and "Así como que os familiaricéis.." insted of "Esperamos que este nuevo material les ayude" and "Así como que se familiaricen". I am a native Spanish-speaker from Puerto Rico and this form is difficult for me to understand because we don't use it.

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