SPANISH ENGLISH
TEREZA NOŽIČKOVÁ


Adding /ə/ or “epenthetic” vowel
uSCHWA SOUND BEFORE WORDS BEGINNING WITH /S/ + ANOTHER CONSONANT -> DEFORMATION OF RHYTHM AND
INTONATION
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Substitution
uSPANISH LETTERS ARE WRITTEN AS PRONOUNCED
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uThe schwa sound /ə/
uResponsib(ə)le; Personality; Vegetab(ə)les; stationary etc.
uThe vowel /æ/ for /a/ or /ɑː/ or /e/
Øsubstitute vowel /æ/ for /a/ or /ɑː/
ØHave; Cat; Fat; Rat; plaid; apple; advertising

uConfusion of /i/ and /ɪ/
Øwhen they see the letter [i]
Ø/i/: Need; read; treat; believe; meat; wheel
Ø/ɪ/: Knit; rid; tit; live; mitt; will
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u/ɑː/
ØTendency to shorten vowels
Ø/ɑː/ replaced with /ɔ/ or /ʌ/
ØRobot; caught; call; mall
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u/u:/ and /ʊ/
Ø/u:/: Room; tooth; food
Ø/ʊ/: Book; put; foot; hood;
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u/oʊ/
uLearners have to pronounce a vowel /ɔ/ and a consonant /w/ -> Spanish learners leave the vowel out
uWrote; old; boat; coat
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u/eɪ/ and /aɪ/
uomitting the /j/ altogether at times or mispronounce the vowel preceding it whether it happens to
be /e/ or /a/
u/eɪ/: Name; date; wait; train
u/aɪ/:right; fight; side; light; tried
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u/θ/ & /ð/
uPalatalization to /t/ and /dú

u/m/
uno problem pronouncing this consonant when it’s in the beginning of the word as in [miss] or
[mister] but when it occurs in the end of the word -> /n/
uDream; rhyme; fame; William
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u/n/ & /ŋ/
uProblems with /n/ in the beginning or middle of the word -> tendency to use /ŋ/ instead
uWhile with – ing -> tendency to use /n/
u/n/ (beginning and middle): name; knight; north; listener
u/n/ (end): corn; thin; pen; can; listen
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u/r/
uSpanish /r/ with sound vibration
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uVoiced Vs. Voiceless
u /z/ + vowel as in [zero] which is pronounced as /si:roʊ/
u/s/ + consosnant as in [sleep], which is sometimes pronounced as /zli:p/
uthe final [s] in the word as in [please] – big problem
unot only /s/, it also affects /f/ and /v/, /k/ and /g/, /t/ and /d/, /tʃ/ and /ʤ/, /∫/ and /ʒ/,
/p/ and /p/ and finally /θ/ and /ð/
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Voiced and Voiceless
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u/z/: zero; please; is; rise; hazard; hazel;he’s ill etc./f/ and /v/: five and “fife”/k/ and
u/g/: log and lock/t/ and /d/: kid and kit
u/tʃ/ and /ʤ/ (especially at word endings): bridge and breach
u/∫/ and /ʒ/: usually and “ushully”
u/p/ and /p/: Bob and bop
u/θ/ and /ð/: with and width
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u/j/ & /ʤ/
uWord starting with /j/ becomes /ʤ/ and sometimes /dj/
uWords  starting with /ʤ/ becomes /j/
u/j/: yes; yell; yet; you; University
u/ʤ/: John; germs; job;gel; jewelry
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u/w/
uwhen it precedes vowel /ʊ/ as in [would] -> tendency to insert /g/ before /w/ which makes [would]
sound like [good]
u/w/: would; wood; wool; wolf; womb
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u/v/
uwhen producing /v/, the result is /b/
u/v/: over; oval; rove; novel; hover; drove
but alsoProve; move

uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgDSNkzjEg
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SOURCES
uhttp://englishspeaklikenative.com/resources/common-pronunciation-problems/spanish-pronunciation-pr
oblems/ uhttp://edition.tefl.net/articles/teacher-technique/spanish-speaker-pronunciation-problems/
uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgDSNkzjEg
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