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Join as a member to watch exclusive lessons: https://www.youtube.com/spanishinput/... You'll find all the lessons in this playlist:    • SpanishInput 1 (Beginner course)   What Spanish accent do I speak? What Spanish dialect should you learn? Which Spanish accent is more elegant? This video answers all of these questions once and for all. In summary: Unless you are an actor, comedian or teacher, you should learn the General Spanish accent instead of trying to imitate any local accent. General Spanish is also known as Neutral Spanish, Common Spanish, International Spanish or Neutral Latin American Spanish. It's used in translations and dubbings of foreign TV shows and movies. It's also used in TV, radio and web advertising. Your goals as a learner are only two: 1) Understand other people 2) Be understood by other people None of these goals require you to imitate Mexicans, Colombians or Spaniards. Furthermore, trying to imitate a local accent can make it more difficult to understand you, and this goes against goal #2: Being understood by other people. For example, most languages worldwide don't have the /θ/ phoneme found in Castilian Spanish. If you try to imitate the /θ/ phoneme it might end up sounding like an /f/ to the ears of native Spanish speakers, thus creating confusion. Even if your native language is English, which does have a /θ/ phoneme, some English accents have a feature called "TH fronting", which causes /θ/ to sound almost like [f], and thus "thing" ends up sounding a bit like "fing", even if you don't notice it. Also remember that the Spanish /d/ phoneme is often realized as [ð], the voiced version of [θ], so that's another opportunity for creating confusion if you insist on using the /θ/ phoneme when speaking Spanish. It's best to stick to the single /s/ phoneme found in General Spanish instead of trying to imitate the /s/-/θ/ distinction found in Spain. And if you try to imitate /s/ aspiration you won't sound "more native", because in reality /s/ aspiration is quite variable, seemingly in random ways. It varies with education, level of formality, speed of delivery, etc. If you try to imitate /s/ aspiration, at best, you'll sound strange. At worst, you'll be hindering communication. It's best to stick to the neutral pronunciation of /s/. VIDEO CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:35 What Spanish accent do you speak? 02:12 What country are you from? 03:14 What Spanish dialect should I learn? 04:52 Vocabulary differences 07:31 Where can I find a course of X Spanish? 09:40 Which Spanish accent is more elegant? 10:39 If I learn Spanish with you, can I use it in...? 14:20 Where can I learn General Spanish?