A recording is a good, though, in the same way as hearing native people speak improves your own pronunciation over time. This even happens without you realizin

A recording is a good, though, in the same way as hearing native people speak improves your own pronunciation over time. This even happens without you realizing it. If I really can't get a word down through pronunciation, it honestly helps to see it typed out phonetically in English. For example, "Hygiene" is spelled the same in both english and Norwegian, but pronunciation differs. So while in english we might say, "Hi-Gene", in Norwegian I say "Hee-gee-inne". It doesn't work for all words, especially with vowels and sounds that aren't in english. Had I only had IPA symbols, that takes even longer because of the time it takes to learn the symbolism. I think if it were truly a better way to learn, it would be taught to new immigrants instead of the immersive adult learning that I had, which focused vocabulary on repeating sounds and lots of listening, and the very occasional visual aide to know how to shape our mouth and where to put our tongues. Not that my pronunciation is perfect, mind you, but I'm passable even if I retain a strong English accent when I speak Norwegian. Most of the time, I'm understandable and the spouse is nice enough to point out rough spots if I slip up too much.