Part 3: Pronunciation — Listening VIP Training 🎤

Welcome to the pronunciation lesson. This is my Listening VIP Training.

VIP stands for:

• Vocabulary
• Intonation
• Pronunciation

This is one of the most important — and most popular — activities in the course.

How the lesson works

First, you can watch a short modeling video.
I do the activity myself so you can:

• Hear the pronunciation first
• Hear the rhythm and intonation
• Get extra listening practice

This video is short (about 4 minutes).

If you want, you can skip the video and start the activity right away.

No reading first 🚫📖

In this activity, you cannot see the text at first.

This is very important.

Why? Because reading is cheating.

If you read first and then speak, you may:

• Say the word incorrectly
• Build bad pronunciation habits
• Keep repeating the same mistake

This is called fossilization — and we want to avoid it.

So the rule is:

1. Listen first
2. Say it from memory
3. Check the text only if you need help

What you do in the activity

• Listen to one sentence
• Repeat it (shadowing)
• Record your voice
• Get a pronunciation score

This is not “talking into the void.”
You get feedback every time.

You can:

• Say it naturally
• Use reduced sounds
• Use chunking and pauses

If it sounds natural, you can still get a high score.

About scores

Very important:

• You do not need 100%
• 80–90% is totally fine
• If it’s always 100%, it’s probably too easy

This is training, not a test.

Pronunciation takes time.
The goal is awareness and improvement, not perfection.

Why this activity works

• You hear the language first
• You copy real pronunciation
• You train your ear and your mouth together

This is how you learned your first language.

This is the #1 favorite activity of my students — and the one I use most in class.

Relax. Have fun.
Train your listening, and your pronunciation will follow 🎧✨