Improving my pronunciation

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It is very common for us Spanish speakers, to get confused with some English sounds. To me the most challenging thing was to distinguish or to be able to pronounce  the /tʃ/ vs  /ʃ/
sounds. I was literally saying things like: "Teasher" instead of "Teacher". I have learned that the sound /tʃ/ , is shorter than the sound /ʃ/ . You can pronounce the sound "/ʃ/ " as long as you want, but the sound "/tʃ/ " should always be short.

Also, I have learned how to distinguish between a word in plural's different pronunciations. It was nice for me to learn during class that it depends on the word in singular being pronounced in voiced or unvoiced.

I've learned that:

- You pronounce the ending /s/ if the verb ends in a voiceless consonant sound: /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /T/

- You pronounce the ending /z/ if the verb ends in a voiced consonant sound: /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /D/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /N/, /w/, /j/ or a vowel sound.

- You pronounce the ending /Iz/ if the verb ends in one of the following sounds /s/, /z/, /S/, /tS/, /dZ/.

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  1. Unknown26 de septiembre de 2018 a las 6:22

    An added aspect of the /tʃ/ vs  /ʃ/ distinction is that there is a very brief pause before pronouncing /tʃ/. There has to be a short pause so that pressure can be build for the /t/ part of that sound.

    Thank you for sharing what you learned/discovered. There was some reflection here, given that you identified one of your specific weaknesses. Did you know that before or was this new for you.

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