Some thought about the accent of a language Is the accent really important for a language? For me, it's definitely YES.

First of all, the accent will clearly affect whether the listener can understand what you are saying. No offence here, but if somebody says "chocolate" like "cho cor le dor" in Japanese, I believe it takes time for the listener to understand it. Secondly, I believe that language is the key to bring people together. If you can be able to speak like the way the local people do, they might be more open to talk to you, about their culture, family, society, or even their personal life. For a curious person like me, instead of just chitchatting, I always want to know more.

But on the other hand, fluency is a factor that language learner should not neglect, as you will not always hear native people talking stammeringly. However, if we focus too much on the fluency, the accent of our native language will be coming out so naturally. Some people might say that the fluency is the utmost important for speaking. I somewhat agree with that. But just for me, I will put accent in a higher priority, not just because I want to pretend to be a overseas student or ABC (lots of people are thinking this way if they heard somebody wants to mimic the native accent), instead I want to shorten the distance between me and people in various countries with diverse culture.

Hopefully I can get more and more fluent in English alongside the correct pronunciation and accent. What do you think? :D