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Learning Spanish involves more than memorizing new vocabulary words.

And although vocabulary is important, other factors influence your language learning success. One of those factors is the ability to produce the sounds of Spanish in a way that communicates. This can be called, “Training your Tongue.”

Training your tongue means learning to produce the sounds of Spanish in the correct way. This means producing the sounds in a way other than the way that you normally do. This skill will decrease the “accent” that you have when you talk to a native Spanish speaker.
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A little effort goes a long way in learning to pronounce Spanish.

For one thing, the Spanish Vowels are uniform (mostly), so just getting those five sounds right improves your Spanish pronunciation by a huge percentage.

Clase Chevere Pronunciation instuctions show the basic Spanish sounds. Mind maps summarize these sounds at a glance.

So, exert a bit of effort in pronouncing Spanish correctly, otherwise you will sound “terrible, stupid and ignorant.”
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