Backchain Your Way to Better Pronunciation!
Refining Pronunciation with Backchaining Let's try a little experiment: Read this sentence aloud: wǒ mǎi le sān gōng jīn de píng guǒ. Now, if you're familiar with Chinese and can speak it well, try these sentences in other languages: · French: Je vais à la bibliothèque pour étudier. · Vietnamese: Buổi sáng mỗi ngày, tôi đi chợ và mua những quả táo. · Thai: Wan-níi chăn jà bpai phóp pêuan. As you say these sentences, you might notice that certain parts slow you down or cause you to hesitate, especially if the word or phrase is complex. This is common among learners, particularly at the beginning stages, where recalling the "full sound" of a word or phrase can be challenging. Now, let's try reading the sentence again, but this time start from the last word, then add the second-to-last word, and so on until you've built up to the full sentence. Here’s how it would sound: · guǒ · píng guǒ · de píng guǒ · jīn de pín...