Today, I decided to work on my pronunciation. I came up with a list of words that I feel confident in my pronunciation of, and another list of words that I have difficulty pronouncing. First, I recorded myself pronouncing the words that I am confident in. I then listened back to my pronunciations and thought back to how I have heard Thalia pronounce the words. I noticed that my pronunciation was close to Thalia’s. I then recorded myself pronouncing the more difficult words. I found that my pronunciation of these words was not like Thalia’s. My pronunciations were rushed and did not focus enough on the vowels in every syllable.
By doing this recording, I had an opportunity to dissect my speech patterns. This led to me slowing down and focusing on each letter. The pronunciation of Indonesian is much different than in English. Using my recordings, I was able to see where my pronunciations wavered from Thalia’s.
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