I have restarted "Countdown Pronunciation Drill" since the beginning of this week.
I count down aloud 5 digit numbers. Today I counted from 23,947 to 23,750.
I came up with this drill by myself. I don't think it's the best way to practice pronunciation (tongue twisters might be much better), but this drill is handy and easy to do for everyone in a few respects.

1. Trainees don't have to learn new words. They only have to know how to count numbers.
2. It give them a chance to continue to speak for a long time, from a minute to many minutes by themselves.
3. This method easily apply for another language. I tried to count from 10,000, 9,999, 9,998 ... in french, finding that counting numbers around 90 (quatre-vingt dix-[something]) in this language is much more difficult, but also finding this is a good way to get used to.

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