pronunciation: getting students to understand better and to be better understood

It's important to work on students' pronunciation regularly and often:

Why Pronunciation Teaching Should Be the Number One Priority

Teaching Pronunciation to EFL Students – TEFL-Toolkit.com

It is a matter of increasing awareness:

Jay Doubleyou: english pronunciation is crazy

Jay Doubleyou: 'four ears' or 'four years'?

Jay Doubleyou: connected speech

Jay Doubleyou: listening to song lyrics will help your pronunciation

Jay Doubleyou: chunking

Here are some approaches that might help:

Jay Doubleyou: shadowing

Jay Doubleyou: singing songs to learn english

Jay Doubleyou: practical dictation > online texts and audio

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Jay Doubleyou: sound scripting

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