This is excellent! As a Spanish language teacher who teaches to both Spanish- and non-Spanish speakers, I am constantly looking for different strategies to incorporate into my classroom in order to better the pronunciation. Even something as simple as using tongue-twisters from time to time can be a pleasant change in terms of pace as well as a much-needed break for students between lessons that are very on grammar and vocabulary.
In any case, it is beyond practical (but very appropriate) for students in an A.P. world history class to be able to learn at least the basics of pronunciation, as is stated in the above post, if only for maintaining the dignity of the pronunciation of the names being studied in any given unit (on China, in this case). Knowing myself, I would probably tend to go a step farther and try to make it a little more personal to the students so that maybe each one can create a brief phrase describing or expressing something about themselves, and then trying to nail the pronunciation.
Great resource! Thanks!!
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