Quote Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot
Recommending that a beginner articulate the individual sounds of a word in a way that might sound unnatural to native speakers is sometimes the quickest and best way of teaching that student to speak intelligibly.
It's borderline to pronouncing 'th' like in 'rathole'. Articulating.

It's a little funny when the native speakers are debating over whether it should be 'zna-it-i' or 'zna-it-e', when the typical beginner is going to pronounce either one as знайты.
I guess it may vary for the beginners over the rest of the world. And if they have no speaking sample and reluctant to learn IPA - ... ?