Is pronunciation really important?

Northstarmom
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:28 +0000

Pronunciation is important because if people can’t understand you, they may not talk to you or take you seriously. The better your pronunciation, the easier it will be for you to make friends and get other opportunities. There’s a big difference between having a slight accent (something that often is considered to be interesting or charming) and being unintelligible.

I wish that I could take pronunciation classes in languages that I have studied. It would make it far easier for me to connect with native speakers of those languages.