Find the bottleneck before adding repetitions
If you cannot hear a difference, spend the session comparing models. If you hear it but cannot make the sound, use a mouth cue and a shorter word. If the sound works in a word but disappears in a sentence, practise a brief phrase at a comfortable pace.
Use the sound chart to locate a reference, or the vowel trainer for side-by-side listening. Avoid collecting ten targets before trying one.
A ten-minute practice routine
- Choose one phrase and confirm its meaning.
- Listen twice for a single feature, such as a vowel or a word boundary.
- Record an initial attempt without stopping to perfect it.
- Change one feature and record again.
- Use the phrase in a short response with one detail changed.
Save the two recordings with the same label. Tomorrow, try the phrase once before listening back. That helps you distinguish a correction you can repeat from one that worked only immediately after the model.
Common mistakes that waste practice time
Repeating faster can hide a problem instead of resolving it. Correcting every sound at once makes comparison difficult. Starting with a long passage adds memory and reading demands to the speaking task. Choose a shorter phrase when you cannot tell what changed between attempts.
A recognizer accepting a word is also not proof that its pronunciation is now correct. Listen to the recording and check the feature you were practising. Ask a teacher a specific question if you cannot identify why the word remains unclear.
Measure a small, usable change
A useful note is “I kept these two vowels different in the same sentence,” or “I answered without reading the model.” Avoid replacing these observations with an invented fluency score.
The beginner workout provides concrete exercises. Parle adds a guided course, model audio and recording when you want the next task chosen for you.