Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? Several of the students that I am coaching have trouble hearing the ed that comes at the end of past tense verbs. One reason why they are having this problems is that ed does not always sound like /ed/. Sometimes ed sounds like /d/ [...]
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Accent Reduction Tips for Spanish Speakers
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One of the most problematic American English vowel sounds for Spanish speakers is the /iy/ sound as in the words cheap, meet & piece.
Spanish speakers often pronounce this sound as /ɪ/ so that:
cheap sounds like chip
meet sounds like mit
piece sounds like piss
To articulate the /iy/ sound you should pull your lips back into [...]
American English Pronunciation-Vowels /iy/ & /I/
In my pronunciation and accent reduction classes I work with many people who speak Spanish and Filipino as their first language. One American English vowel sound that both these groups have trouble pronouncing is the /iy/ sound as in the word “sheep”. They often confuse this sound with the /I/ vowel sound as in the [...]
