Pronunciation is an often overlooked element of the language
learning journey so in today’s post I want to introduce you to a
handful of helpful activities and drills that will help you to
improve your pronunciation. It is regularly assumed that its
importance falls far behind the importance of being competent in
areas of comprehension and the ability to speak using correct
grammar with a large base of vocabulary and expressions. It is
also assumed by many that pronunciation is something that can’t
be changed much, that some of us are just destined to sound like
“gringos” while others have some sort of innate ability to get
closer to native like pronunciation patterns. There is of course
truth in both of these ideas. Comprehension and the ability to
use the language well are more important than pronunciation and
some people do seem to have an easier time with “sounding
native.” But far too often these are used as an excuse to avoid
working on something that everyone can improve at and in
avoiding working on i