We were offered an opportunity in MLC 105 to teach the class something in our target language. I chose to focus on a difficult pronunciation not found in English, the "ng" sound at the beginning of a word. For example, "ngaan" means work and "ngun" means money.
I attempted to use the descriptions of the mouth and the tongue from our text to describe how to make this difficult sound. Unfortunately, except for a few of my peers this method largely failed. I then did what my Thai language partner does with me, continuous repetition. This was a much more successful method because my peers were able to continuously practice and hear themselves getting closer.
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