Native English Speakers: Can You Understand Video Commentary?

[Monique]

I know. This is difficult - while I am trying to sound natural, I am actually half reading, half reciting the text, trying to remember words that I have to pronounce differently than I thought I know how to pronounce for over 30 years. Too many strings to control at the same time [PLAIN]http://www.bpp.com.pl/IMG/grumpy_borek.png.[/quote]I learned that you should sit like this to practice actively speaking :

I am afraid it is pretty random - sometimes I pronounce it this way, sometimes another.

Yes, it's something I notice and is part of the accent and probably hard to change.

I tried to practice my z's with the following sentence
"de zon zakt in de zee"

Ironically that translates to
"the sun sets in the sea"

 

[Borek]

I learned that you should sit like this to practice actively speaking :

That would make recording even harder, I don't see how to operate mouse and keyboard in this position.