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Umberto Maresca
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Apr 6, 2023
grazie1000 Alberto complimenti per il tuo italiano scritto ... molto bene davvero... ciao in gamba e ti auguro una buona pasqua
Umberto Maresca
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Feb 14, 2023
grazie mille Alberto... fantastica discussione sull' alimentazione odierna
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  • Commented
    This is a fantastic article! I'll share it with some of my students who still have a thick foreign accent. Thank you!
    Oct 17, 2026 7:50 AM
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    November 23, 2022
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    Can or Can’t? A Common English Pronunciation Mistake That Spanish Speakers Make
    In an attempt to break down the common issues facing non native English learners, particularly Spanish—this article focuses on strong and weak form pronunciation.
    September 3, 2018
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    Learning Article : Can or Can’t? A Common English Pronunciation Mistake That Spanish Speakers Make

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    <a href='/article/1341/can-or-cant-a-common-english-pronunciation-mistake' target='_blank'>Can or Can’t? A Common English Pronunciation Mistake That Spanish Speakers Make</a>

    In an attempt to break down the common issues facing non native English learners, particularly Spanish—this article focuses on strong and weak form pronunciation.

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  • Commented

    If you start to use it in a few common words, your ear will pick up on the sound when other people use it in other words. Hopefully ; )<o:p></o:p>

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  • Commented

    Then, how can we learn to hear the /z/ sound? The phonetic rule is this: if “s” follows a vowel or a voiced consonant, it sounds like /z/. Examples: please, does, is, because, waves, saves, opens…<o:p></o:p>

    However, there are exceptions so I recommend that you check in the dictionary if you are not sure.<o:p></o:p>

    A good way to start is to begin to use it in some of these common words: is, please, eyes, confuse, easy, says (/sez/), was, goes, realize, ties, these, reason, days, his, lose, because<o:p></o:p>


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    Hola, Esther:<o:p></o:p>

    Me voy a centrar en la distinción y producción del sonido /z/ (como en easy), ya qye se trata de uno de los más difíciles para los hispanohablantes. Sobre todo nos cuesta mucho reconocerlo, hay que entrenar mucho el oído. Aquí te dejo la explicación que uso con mis alumnos, espero que te sirva de ayuda:<o:p></o:p>

    In English the letter “s” can be pronounced in different ways. In “closed” the letter “s” sounds like a bee (zzzzzzzz) and it is more difficult for Spanish speakers to “hear” it. This is the /z/ sound. Unfortunately, we tend to hear a /s/ sound because this sound is much more common in our language.<o:p></o:p>

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    July 10, 2017
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    Hola, Leigh:

    Estoy encantado de que participes, los amantes de la lengua española también son bienvenidos al debate. 

    Llevas razón, el sonido "w" crea confusión entre los hispanohablantes al ser un sonido que nos suena parecido al español "gu". Una de las diferencias fundamentales es que el sonido "w" inglés es bilabial, pero la mayoría desconoce esto y por eso producen "gu" o algo por el estilo. Es uno de los sonidos que delatan a los hispanohablantes.

    En cuando a "sh", aunque no existe como sonido en el sistema fonético español, si que aparece en algunas variedades dialectales como en algunas zonas de Andalucía. Por ejemplo, en Cádiz dicen "shiquillo" en vez de "chiquillo". Y curiosamente, también ocurre que muchos españoles incapaces de producir el sonido "sh" lo sustituyen por el sonido "ch". No es raro oir "chop" cuando quieren decir "shop", lo cual puede causar algún que otro malentendido ; )

    ¡Muchas gracias por tu aportación! 


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    July 10, 2017
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  • Posted
    ¿CUÁL ES EL SONIDO DEL INGLÉS MÁS DIFÍCIL DE PRONUNCIAR? Sólo para hispanohablantes ; )
    July 7, 2017
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  • Corrected

    I reaaly appreciate correction:) topic" When the ambition ends, happiness begins"

    It is undeniably true that the human being humans aim to different targets along/over? the  in/during our lives life according to their our values. It could be argued that the  beign too ambitious/ambition is an obstacle to have a fulfilled life. However, I believe that no it does not matter what the desire is as long as we manage that through a positive attitude.
    Power, money, and material possesions are prevalently/predominantly linked to a negative concept of ambition and, consequently, with unhappiness. This is due to the behaviour patterns that some people show to obtain those. To illustrate, becoming a top manager with a high income may involve to spend little time with the family and friends which are a crucial source of happiness. Therefore, this kind of ambition could be a barrier to lead a be happy life.
    Nevertheless, the ambition may lead have a favourable impacts on our lives. This is because desires such as having a career (degree?), promoting being promoted to a better job position or maintaining a powerful and esvelte slender body, promote encourage people to be motivated, engaged and enthusiastic. Performing successfully in those issues would make anybody, without doubt, to be proud and satisfied with themself themselves. The key, therefore, is to find a balance between the desire of achieving something and not being obsessed in that approach.
    To sum up, despite the fact that some people consider  regard ambition as a negative value/trait, I firmly believe that this may causes benefits in human beings such us have giving us reasons to be active and motivated.

    REMEMBER!! We don’t use the when we refer in general to something abstract or uncountable  ; )

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