I am still at the stage where making a full sentence takes effort. I notice a few sounds I pronounce badly, and when I focus on them my speech gets even slower.
Is it better to spend some time correcting those sounds early, before the habit gets stronger, or keep speaking and accept that pronunciation will be rough for a while? I am not aiming for a perfect accent. I mainly want to avoid building mistakes that are genuinely hard to understand later.
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I’d keep speaking, but give one or two sounds a little extra attention outside live conversation. Otherwise you can freeze up trying to moni...
I’d keep speaking, but give one or two sounds a little extra attention outside live conversation. Otherwise you can freeze up trying to monitor everything at once.
That makes sense. I think I’m worried that if I ignore the bad sound now, it will get embedded and become harder to notice later.
A small amount of correction is useful, but not every time you open your mouth. If a sound is making people misunderstand you, then it’s wor...