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Struggling with the Spanish pronunciation? Don’t worry! (First part)

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¡Hola amigos! This post is not just about English speakers students making mistakes, on the contrary, I now have some very funny examples of the issues Spaniards have with English phonetics, SWAPPING ROLES! If we laugh and share these experiences we feel more confident and relaxed about learning! La cosa no va sólo de estudiantes …

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Post bilingüe: anécdotas de estudiantes I :)

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¡HOLA AMIGOS! I have a new student, who lives in Leicester (Hola, Phil!) and one of the first things we talked about was the pronunciation of the word ‘Leicester’. In Spanish the basic rule is that each consonant/vowel group is a separate syllable, so I said ‘Lei-ces-ter’. Besides, my brain is phonetic like my mother …

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