For oral English, there is no doubt we need to pay attention to pronunciation, but just don't overkill it.
My bottom line here is to follow the IPA as much as possible. I don't care what California dialect should sound like or how different New York one is. As long as you follow IPA, people can understand you. Plus it is easier to have some written standards to follow than to depend on your experience or intuition. My hearing is not as acute as yours. I can trust what I hear. So that is it, peroid.
As language learners, we may also need to spend more time on the content of our oral English. Perfect pronuciation matching with chinglish expressions or poor grammars will be a big turn-off. Just as our body needs balanced diet, so does our language learning.
I am just wordy here again...
My bottom line here is to follow the IPA as much as possible. I don't care what California dialect should sound like or how different New York one is. As long as you follow IPA, people can understand you. Plus it is easier to have some written standards to follow than to depend on your experience or intuition. My hearing is not as acute as yours. I can trust what I hear. So that is it, peroid.
As language learners, we may also need to spend more time on the content of our oral English. Perfect pronuciation matching with chinglish expressions or poor grammars will be a big turn-off. Just as our body needs balanced diet, so does our language learning.
I am just wordy here again...
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