Jude's Learning Journey
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Jude's Learning Journey

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Yesterday night I stayed up late until almost 3 a.m. learning how to pronounce the L sound in English. I used to pronounce L to N mistakenly, finally, I made it. The knack is to lower the jaw and let the breath out of the mouth instead of the nose.I would say it is a huge progress. L was the last phonetic in English I could not pronounce correctly, and from now on, I can freely read a word out loud without worrying if I make some big mistakes. For example, if I say night when I meant to say light, it can be really confusing.Of course, there will still be accents, but speaking like a native speaker is not my first pursuit; making myself understood well is enough; it would be a waste of time and effort trying to be perfect.

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Yesterday I stayed up until 3 a.m. learning how to pronounce the L sound in English. I used to mistakenly pronounce the "L" like an "N", but finally, I made it. The trick is to lower the jaw and breathe out of the mouth instead of the nose. I would say it is huge progress. "L" was the last phoneme I could not correctly pronounce, and from now on, I can freely read a word out loud without worrying about making some big mistakes. For example, if I say "night" when I mean to say "light", it can be really confusing. Of course, slight mispronunciations will still be there, but my primary pursuit is making myself well understood, instead of trying to speak like a native speaker, which I think would be a waste of time and effort.

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