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Two segmental problems of transfer
between Spanish and English: syllable stress and the
pronunciation of the interdental sound /th/
By Juan Mauricio Giraldo Medina
(MATEFL, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana – FUNIBER )
Profesional en...
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Two segmental problems of transfer
between Spanish and English: syllable stress and the
pronunciation of the interdental sound /th/
By Juan Mauricio Giraldo Medina
(MATEFL, Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana – FUNIBER )
Profesional en Estudios Literarios – Universidad Nacional de Colombia
English Teacher I.
E.
D.
Alonso de Olalla, Villeta Cundinamarca
Jotaeme666@gmail.
com
IN T R O D U C T I O N
In this paper I will refer to two segmental problems of transfer between
Spanish and English: the first one concerns syllable stress.
Most beginners
and low level students have problems stressing the right syllable in a word,
something that causes misunderstanding and comunication break down.
The second is the pronunciation of the interdental sounds /th/ as in “thigh”
and in “thy”.
Students have difficult with these sounds and often
substitute /t/ for /th/.
Although speaking is not the main focus of English in the school where I
taught, I think students
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