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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, 2018226 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>
0 votedJuly 10, 20170Hola, 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>
0 votedJuly 10, 20170Hola, 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!
0 votedJuly 10, 20170I 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 ; )
0 votedJuly 7, 20172

