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Azusawa, you've been doing quite a few different things with Taiga during your practices with him. Can you tell us what you've done lately...?

Lately? He had me do impressions of animals... Oh, he also had me do some tongue twisters.

Tongue twisters? Was that to improve your articulation?

Yeah. He said that there are a few different ways how someone might have trouble articulating.

For example, not moving your lips and tongue properly, not being able to raise the corners of your mouth and not pronouncing vowels clearly...

He said that different words present different challenges for articulating them, and I should pay attention to that when I practice.

Interesting... Though, that's pretty rare of Taiga to actually explain a concept like that as you practice.

I agree... Some of the things you do are perplexing but intriguing at the same time.

I think he's put a lot of thought into our practices, including what to teach me and what not to.

(But he'll be returning to the United States soon. We don't have much time left to work one-on-one, so I need to learn as much as I can.)