Pronunciation Challenge 🎤 (Shadowing Done Right)

Welcome to the Pronunciation Challenge.
This may be the best lesson in the course.

You may have heard of shadowing — you hear something and repeat it.
Shadowing is useful, but it has two big problems.

The problem with normal shadowing

1. You don’t know if you said it correctly
   When you repeat something, your ear may think it sounds right — even when it’s wrong.
2. You can build bad habits
   If you say something incorrectly again and again, your muscles learn the mistake.
   This is called fossilization.

Once a bad habit forms, it’s very hard to fix.

How this course fixes that

This Pronunciation Challenge solves both problems.

First: Teacher modeling

• You hear the sentence
• You watch the teacher say it
• You see how it should sound
• You get tips on pronunciation and intonation

Second: Instant feedback

• You say the sentence
• The app gives you a score
• If it’s not right, you try again
• You can repeat as many times as you want

You are not guessing.
You get real feedback.

Very important rule 🚫📖

First time: listen only. No reading.

Reading first is dangerous for pronunciation.
When you read, you guess how to say the words — and often guess wrong.

So the rule is:

1. Listen
2. Repeat
3. Read only if you need help later

This protects your pronunciation.

What you practice

You don’t just practice words.
You practice:

• Intonation
• Stress
• Reduced sounds
• Emphasis
• Natural rhythm

You learn how English really sounds, not how it looks on the page.

About scores

Very important:

• You do not need 100%
• Sometimes your accent is different — that’s okay
• This is training, not a test

If you don’t get a perfect score, don’t worry.
The goal is awareness and improvement.

Coach’s advice

There are 20 Pronunciation Challenges in the course.
I strongly recommend you do every one.

Pronunciation is the #1 reason English sounds unnatural or hard to understand.
When pronunciation improves, people understand you more easily — and want to listen.

🎧 Listen carefully. Copy the sound. Train your pronunciation.