PRONUNTIATION

SPANISH

TRANSFER ERRORS

Virginia Aznar

Máster en Formación de profesorado de Educación secundaria y Bachiller 2010-11

UPNA

SPANISH SPEAKING ENGLISH

Jose María García “speaking English”

TRANSCRIPTGood morning, good morning

Yes, can I help you? Good morning, this is The Sun?

Yes The Sun. Ok. E this is Jose María a

Spanish journalist. Can I talk to sports?

TRANSFER ERRORS Intonation is not English at all but Spanish Instead of velar & plosive /g/ sound he

pronunces /Ɣ/ The /r/ sound is pronunced too strong, like /r/

in Spanish Substitution of /ð/ by /d/ no aspiration of /t/ Epenthetic /e/ Pronunciation of /e/ before

words beginning by /s/ Pronuntiation of /s/ when it has to be /ʃ/

Example of English intonation