Five minutes a day beats an hour on Sunday

Pronunciation isn't really knowledge. You probably already know how a word should sound. The trouble is your mouth hasn't caught up yet. That makes it closer to a physical skill, like a tennis serve or a guitar chord, than to learning vocabulary.

And physical skills grow from frequent, short practice, not from long, rare sessions.

Why long sessions don't stick

After about ten minutes of focused speaking, most people start to tire. Attention drifts, you read on autopilot, and you end up repeating the old habit instead of the new one. An hour on Sunday is mostly practising the mistake.

A few minutes a day keeps every repetition sharp. And sleeping between sessions helps the new movement settle in.

What a good five minutes looks like

1. One minute: re-check the words you missed yesterday.
2. Three minutes: read two or three new sentences out loud, at your level.
3. One minute: look at what slipped. Don't fix it now. Just notice it.

That's it. Tomorrow those slipped words come back first.

Tie it to something you already do

The easiest habits ride on top of existing ones. After you pour your morning coffee. On the train before you open anything else. While the pasta water boils. Pick one moment and keep it the same every day.

Missing a day is fine. Missing two is how habits end. If you miss one, do the smallest possible session the next day, even just one sentence.

Watch the trend, not the day

Some days you'll score lower than the day before. That's normal: you're tired, it's noisy, the sentences are harder. Look at the week instead. Are fewer words coming back? Are you passing more on the first try? That's the real signal.