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I just gave a speech at a public speaking group in my company. I recorded it.
Here it is:
I'm open to feedback—what you liked, what you didn’t like, what I should focus on, etc..
I personally feel that I didn’t speak slow enough or leave enough pauses, even though I practiced to pause a lot. The energy in my voice also didn’t feel positive enough. As for my accent, it’s still very Hungarian—but it is what it is.
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Some of the words (around ten) are mispronounced, mainly due to the wrong accent being used. For some words, this is critical. However, I could still understand what you were saying because I focused on the overall meaning rather than the pronunciation. If you correct those mispronounced words, it will sound much better.
As for your pace and tone, I think they’re just fine. You emphasize important sentences well - not too slow, not too fast.
I'd say several words are mispronounced (more than ten) and it's not just your accent; you seem to make all your syllables the same length, which is confusing to the English ear and makes it easy to lose track of what you're saying. We rely so much on rhythm, that when there's no rhythm, it's hard to follow the flow of speech — even for native speakers. I'm sure the same thing happens in Hungarian since you too have long and short vowels.
Also quite distinct form your accent is stressing the wrong words, and again, this falls under the category of rhythm. As I told you, I agree that one needn't have a native accent to be understood in another language, and that it can actually be charming, BUT at the very least, you need to be understood, and I had a very hard time following most of this speech.
On a positive note, your enthusiasm was evident, and you spoke loudly and confidently, which goes a long way regardless of what language you're speaking.
I thought this was an excellent speech. It created a good effect. Also, I think the Hungarian accent is one of the more beautiful accents, so you should feel proud of how you speak. I didn’t notice many mispronunciations, and any I noticed didn’t bother me.