Yeah, they're quite different. Russian consonants are so cute :) 

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Thanks guys, interesting thoughts! It's pretty much what I expected. 

My Spanish teacher would also tolerate pronunciation mistakes and many of us simply learned not to pay much attention to correct pronunciation. I tried to practice it independently by reading out loud and listening to someone speaking Spanish, but it turned out to be quite difficult as there are so many varieties and dialects.

As you may have seen in my profile description, I'm working in a company currently developing pronunciation learning program Saundz. It'll be teaching American English sound by sound, which is exactly what I think is essential in pronunciation learning. I'd be happy if you visited our website saundz.com and tell me your thoughts. The app is coming soon but I'm trying to get some feedback about this whole idea which I think is great.

Another question - does being insecure about pronunciation affect your confidence negatively? And to what extent?

Thanks guys, interesting thoughts! It's pretty much what I expected. 

My Spanish teacher would also tolerate pronunciation mistakes and many of us simply learned not to pay much attention to correct pronunciation. I tried to practice it independently by reading out loud and listening to someone speaking Spanish, but it turned out to be quite difficult as there are so many varieties and dialects.

As you may have seen in my profile description, I'm working in a company currently developing pronunciation learning program Saundz. It'll be teaching American English sound by sound, which is exactly what I think is essential in pronunciation learning. I'd be happy if you visited our website saundz.com and tell me your thoughts. The app is coming soon but I'm trying to get some feedback about this whole idea which I think is great.

Another question - does being insecure about pronunciation affect your confidence negatively? And to what extent?

Thanks guys, interesting thoughts! It's pretty much what I expected. 

My Spanish teacher would also tolerate pronunciation mistakes and many of us simply learned not to pay much attention to correct pronunciation. I tried to practice it independently by reading out loud and listening to someone speaking Spanish, but it turned out to be quite difficult as there are so many varieties and dialects.

As you may have seen in my profile description, I'm working in a company currently developing pronunciation learning program Saundz. It'll be teaching American English sound by sound, which is exactly what I think is essential in pronunciation learning. I'd be happy if you visited our website saundz.com and tell me your thoughts. The app is coming soon but I'm trying to get some feedback about this whole idea which I think is great.

Another question - does being insecure about pronunciation affect your confidence negatively? And to what extent?

Thanks Peachey, interesting method! I'd definitively recommend it to some of my students.

As for me, I'd usually advise students to read out loud; first slowly, word by word, then faster and faster until they get used to the intonation. 

I'm really curious what other people have to say.

I agree with Peachey. Begginers first need to be very well acquainted with how a foreign language works so they'd be able to understand and later use idioms properly.