Practicing for fluency.. when I was a teenager I did an intensive speech therapy clinic. We learned skills for controlling different types of sounds vowels, consonants, hard sounds (t, k, p), soft sounds (f, s, h..) etc.. We learned techniques for starting and stopping, breathing etc. Started with smaller words and worked up to full conversations. Years of practice and experience. I basically relearned my muscle memory for speaking... I have to focus more when I'm speaking if I want to be fluent, but I'm at the the point where some of my colleagues don't know I stutter. I'm trying to apply the same principles to learning Russian. English speakers learning Russian (and their second alphabet) tend to really struggle with pronunciations. I am struggling a lot. I'm using this reference: [https://www.russianforeveryone.com/Rufe/Lessons/Course1/Introduction/IntrUnit4/IntrUnit4.htm](https://www.russianforeveryone.com/Rufe/Lessons/Course1/Introduction/IntrUnit4/IntrUnit4.htm) \- Part of the technique is focus on learning how some common groups of letters sound together. This seems to be helping - part of my challenge is the coordination of my muscles from one sound to the next, this feels like a good stepping stone.