What's the best way to teach pronunciation?
Is there a way to do it without over-emphasizing the phrase or word you're trying to teach? I'm often afraid to push the students too hard for fear of discouraging them. Especially with "L" and "R" sounds.
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Encourage students to use the target pronunciation in spontaneous conversations, rather than forcing them to repeat a phrase repeatedly.
Encourage your to say the word slow and loud. That way they can learn faster
The best way that has been working well for me is having different sentences to enforce the one word. That way, it doesn't feel like repetition but rather, using one word for many different instances and having an even better idea of how to pronounce the word.
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Using tongue twisters as a practise !
Repeating is a great help, and as a teacher I know that my students' pronunciation mistakes must be corrected immediately.
Help them pronouncing a word correct in a soft way.. rather than let them do it repeatedly
Use a new word in sentences and realize student can't always pronounce word correctly the first time they try
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