I’m not sure how much speech lessons are, but there are people who will help you learn new accents by leading you through guided exercises to help you change the way you produce the phonemes in the target language. I can think of at least a couple people I know who did this and then ended up sounding much more “native” than they originally did, where it was very clear they were second-language speakers and had distinct accents tied to their first language.
A cheap alternative might be using YouTube and material you can find online. You can lead yourself through these kinds of exercises for free; you just don’t get the benefit of quick feedback from someone who can hear how well you are progressing and give specific suggestions for things you might try to advance faster.
I’m not sure how much speech lessons are, but there are people who will help you learn new accents by leading you through guided exercises to help you change the way you produce the phonemes in the target language. I can think of at least a couple people I know who did this and then ended up sounding much more “native” than they originally did, where it was very clear they were second-language speakers and had distinct accents tied to their first language.
A cheap alternative might be using YouTube and material you can find online. You can lead yourself through these kinds of exercises for free; you just don’t get the benefit of quick feedback from someone who can hear how well you are progressing and give specific suggestions for things you might try to advance faster.