It's nothing to do with Western Education, well, at least not when we are talking about correcting pronunciation. I helped out at English lessons in a Russian university and the teacher, a Russian, had near-perfect English pronunciation. The Russian students' pronunciation varried. When I had converstation sessions with them I didn't correct every mistake. Because for them practically every vowel was not quite right. I only corrected them when the word was unrecognisable. or when it sounded like a different world. The Russian teacher did the same. If you correct every little pronunciation mistake it would take 10 minutes to say one sentence.Originally Posted by Rtyom
My Ukrainian teacher over-corrects, and it drives me insane. Speaking a foreign language requires confidence and when someone pointd out a mistake in every word you say, how can you become confident in speaking that language?