Do you have an accent when you speak English? Do you try to sound as "correct" as possible when you learn a new language? The truth is, there's no such thing as a standard or a correct accent when it comes to speaking a language!

In this episode, we're gonna talk about whether or not having an accent matters, and some misconceptions about accents!

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【Podcast 關鍵字】 

accent (n.) 口音 

Mandarin Chinese (n.) 中文（漢語） 

in a broader sense (phr.) 從廣義上來說 

Hakka (n.) 客家話 

Cantonese (n.) 廣東話；粵語 

dialect (n.) 方言 

aspect (n.) 方面 

linguistics (n.) 語言學 

local (adj.) 地區性的 

variety (n.) 不同種類 

publicly (adv.) 公開地；輿論地 

social institution (n.) 社會制度 

obsess (v.) 著迷於 

concept (n.) 概念 

refer to (phr.) 提到；談及 

ideology (n.) 思想；意識形態 

prestige (n.) 聲望；威信 

form (n.) 形式 

valid (adj.) 合理的；有效的 

in terms of (phr.) 就…而言 

clarity (n.) 清晰 

irrelevant (adj.) 不相關的 

sociolinguistic (n.) 社會語言學家 

repeated (adj.) 重複的 

available (adj.) 有空的；可用的 

judge (v.) 判定 marker (n.) 標誌 

racial (adj.) 種族的 

ethnic (adj.) 民族的 

trait (n.) 特徵 

undesirable (adj.) 令人討厭的；不受歡迎的 

bias (n.) 偏見 

prestigious (adj.) 有聲望的 

suitable (adj.) 合適的 

high status (adj.) 有地位的 

workplace (n.) 工作場所 

play along (phr.) 順從 

reinforce (v.) 加強；強化 

stereotype (n.) 刻板印象 

stigmatized (adj.) 污名化的 

on an individual level (phr.) 個人層面