Is pronunciation really important?

MathematicsMajor
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:41:25 +0000

I second those who wrote that it’s not absolutely necessary, but you should try to work on your pronunciation enough so that people can understand you. If people are listening to you and you speak with a very thick accent, they will have to work to understand you, and will become frustrated more easily. But it is not necessary to have perfect, or native-sounding pronunciation.