Spanish speakers

Vowels

(ship) common error i (sheep)

(man) confused with (cup) or (heart)
W (a camera) pronounced as spelling
(girl) pronounced as spelling
W (phone) common error (clock) or (ball)
(book) confused with u (boot)
W (beer) pronounced as spelling
eW (chair) pronounced as spelling

Consonants

Difficulty with groups of consonants. Final consonants may be3 dropped or not
pronounced clearly. May be substitued for other final consonants.

v common error b
h pronounced x (loch)
j (yellow) confused with d (jam) or h (hat)
z common error s
w found difficult in front of (book) or u (boot)
may be pronounced b or w
d sounds like (feather) in the middle of a word
(shoe) common error t (cherry) or m
n may be pronounced at the end of a word
n may be pronounced (ring) at the end of a word
r strongly trilled
pronounced where normally silent
b may sound like v in the middle of a word
(television) may be confused with t (cherry)

At the beginning of a word p t k may sound like b d respectively, but at the end of
a word b d may sound like p t k respectively.

s + consonant found difficult at the beginning of a word.

Intonation

Sounds a little flat. Exercises expressing surprise or other emotions may be useful.

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Stress

Joining word exercises may be useful.

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