Let's say for example a French man is brought up (in France, as I don't know if location matters) on BOTH English and French will he have an accent in either one? For example a french accent when speaking English or vice-versea. I cannot find this answer anywhere and I know of NO ONE who was raised under these conditions. I mean I have a spanish-speaking friend who speaks both Spanish and English with no accent BUT she did not grow up in a Spanish speaking country, so does that make a difference?

Thanks for the answers. I appreciate it.

Depends on the accents of the parents, and the people the learner associates with.

Ah, forgot about that...so I guess if the parents speak french with an English accent...

But if they didn't? They spoke english with no french accent but still in a country where French is the common language?

They'll probably learn to associate the English words with an English accent and the French words with a French one, and have no accent overall.

I have met people who have grown up in bi-lingual houses and some have no accent in English, some do. It all depends on if they want to learn the language with the accent or without it I suppose. Of course, I don't know if their native language is spoken with an accent or not. Parents in this case who speak English, but were raised with a different language.

I think it would be harder for someone who is raised in one language who learns another one later on to speak without an accent.

Awesome, that's what I was hoping to hear. Thank you!

Yeah. I'm writing a story and I want them to have no accent in either language naturally. Thank you for your answer as well!

I think if they were to hear their parents mostly when learning the language, they would speak with an accent. If they were to say learn from their parents, but hear most of the words from the Television or Radio then they would speak with less or no accent.

So, to come up with an person raised in a non native language house that speaks like a native, then say this: Parents would plop me down in front of Sesame Street and tell me to learn to speak the words I was learning correctly. Or something to that effect.