Acquiring Russian The Natural Way

 This video was in my YouTube feed and in my opinion it's a much clearer explanation of the difference between Ш and Щ. I'm saving it here in case anyone needs help with it.

As I mentioned yesterday I've started to notice why some people advise to not start reading or speaking too early. While I can read a lot of Cyrillic I've noticed that I sometimes pronounce words the wrong way. I think I do a good job 60% of the time but I'm weary of building bad habits that will be hard to change for the other 40%. While a word like   слова is easy enough, I'm not sure I'm really getting the nuances of words like  который or маленький correct. Unfortunately I can't erase the Cyrillic script from my mind and  as someone that is actively learning Russian I can't but help notice Cyrillic on the internet. To fix this as best I can I'm going to do the following. 1. Train my ear to better recognise the Russian phonemes with this video series provided by Fluent Forever and the accompanying Anki deck. 2. Train my mouth to better pronounce the Russian phonemes. 3. Adjust how I'm learning the 625 words. I mentioned that I've been creatin...