English Pronunciation Errors in Spanish Speakers One of the biggest challenges for Spanish speakers when learning English is pronunciation. English pronunciation can be quite tricky, even for native speakers. From confusing vowel sounds to mispronouncing certain consonants, there are plenty of common errors that many English learners fall into. In this blog post, we will explore some of these frequent pronunciation mistakes and provide helpful tips to improve the spoken English. In Spanish there’s a tendency to pronounce things the way that they’re written. There are also some big differences between English and Spanish phonetics. Improving your pronunciation is not about sounding native, it’s about making yourself understood. Firstly, it is important to know the technique called Error Analysis and it’s background history. Error Analysis is used to spot, categorize and explain all the errors made by students who are learning English as a second or foreign language. It fir...
It is when Spanish speakers pronounce SH / ʃ / as S /s/, which happens when they don't draw their tongue back. And also it can be mispronounced as CH / ʧ / sound is present in Spanish. Example: "she" becomes "see" (sh - s) "she" becomes "che" (sh - ch) Exercise #1 Instructions: 1. Start by hissing out the S sound (“ssssssss”). 2. Then round your lips closer together and pull your tongue back to produce the SH sound. 3. Now read the following sentences pronouncing words with the SH /ʃ/ sound as you have practiced in the previous two steps. Exercise #2 Instructions: 1. First pronounce the sound SH /ʃ/ like the quite sound “shhhh” and the CH /ʧ/ sound like a sneeze “Ah-choo!”. 2. Now pronounce the following words as you have practiced in the previous step to see the difference between those two sounds. References English Pronunciation Lesson: /s/ vs. /ʃ/ (s v...