Which vowel sounds in English do you think are more difficult for Spanish speakers to produce?

Which vowel sounds in English do you think are more difficult for Spanish speakers to produce?

Perhaps the single biggest pronunciation problem for Spanish speakers is that their language does not have a distinction between short and long vowels. They often stretch all vowel sounds out too much and confuse pairs of short and long English vowel sounds like “ship” and “sheep” both in comprehension and speaking.

What words are hard for Spanish speakers?

18 English words that Spanish speakers mispronounce

• School/Eschool. Sure there are accent differences, but there are also a few common pronunciation mistakes Spanish learners of English can make.
• Ship/Sheep.
• Joke/Yolk.
• Teeth/Teet.
• Focus/Fuhcus.
• Eyes/Azz.
• Scape/Escape.
• Kitchen/Chicken.

How is s usually pronounced at the beginning of a word?

The letter S can present some difficulties for pronunciation because of the variety of sounds it can make. Most often, it produces two distinct consonant sounds: /s/ and /z/. In some specific instances, S can also form the sounds /ʃ/ (as in sure) or /ʒ/ (as in usual).

What are the vowels sounds in Spanish?

There are only five vowel sounds in Spanish – /a/ /i/ /u/ /e/ and /o/. The recording below contains each of these sounds in this order.

What are the biggest pronunciation problems for Spanish speakers?

This is the reason for one of the biggest pronunciation problems that Spanish speaking learners confront, which is the fact that, unlike English, there is no distinction between long and short vowels in their language. Therefore, they tend to confuse words such as “ship” and “sheep” or “bit” and “beat”.

Why is the English [ɹ] sound so different from the Spanish sound?

In other words, the English [ɹ] is softer and weaker than the Spanish one. According to my observations, this makes the students either confuse it with the sound [w] or substitute the postalveolar approximant [ɹ] with the much easier for them alveolar tap.

Why do Spanish words with an ‘e’ sound precede English words?

It’s when the first “s” in an English word is followed by consonant (s + consonant) that Spanish speakers feel compelled to precede an English word with an “e” sound. Why? Because almost no Spanish words that start with an “s” are followed by a consonant.

How do you change the sound of the vowels in Spanish?

Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Spanish speakers often make the vowels in HUT /hʌt/, HAT /hæt/ and HEART /hɑːt/ into the Spanish /a/ – they should be made in different positions in English: I l o ve M a tt’s c a r.