From Brazilian Portuguese to American English: Pronunciation Problems and Drills.

Autor/in	Santos, Percilia
Institution	Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Foreign Language Education.
Titel	From Brazilian Portuguese to American English: Pronunciation Problems and Drills.
Quelle	(1973), (27 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Articulation (Speech); Comparative Analysis; Consonants; Contrastive Linguistics; English (Second Language); Learning Problems; Learning Processes; North American English; Phonology; Portuguese; Pronunciation; Pronunciation Instruction; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Vowels + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lernproblem; Learning process; Lernprozess; Amerikanisches Englisch; Fonologie; Portugiesischunterricht; Aussprache; Ausspracheübung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This paper presents a comparative analysis of the sounds in American English and Brazilian Portuguese in order to focus on the problems that Brazilian students may encounter when learning to speak English. The comparative analysis of the consonants, vowels, and diphthongs describes how a given sound is pronounced in both languages. Particular problem sounds for the Brazilian student are mentioned and steps for teaching and learning these sounds are indicated. The author maintains that overcoming these difficulties requires knowledge of the organs of speech and of how they operate in both languages; contrasting sounds should be taught together s that students can hear, identify, and produce the sounds. (VM)
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Update	2004/1/01