Identifying and Correcting English Pronunciation Errors in Spanish Speakers

 

Introduction 

As Spanish speakers that we are learning a second language, sometimes can be a huge challenge, because in English we usually commit some problems with the pronunciation, because between English and Spanish there is a pronunciation totally different. In this blog, we talk about of Error Analysis and it  is konw as a method used to certificate the errors that appear in the learner language. Resolve whether those errors are systematic, and if possible explain what caused them. Here, native speakers of the target language who listen to students of this target language probably find learner's erros very notable. 

Mispronunciation is the habit to pronounce a word incorrectly. This act on many occasions can be repetitive and perturb for the listeners. In most cultures, incorrect pronunciation is synonymous of poor education, and you can even be humiliated by your vague way of speaking, because word knowledge is learned by reading, listening, and practicing. The students of a new language may mispronounce some words because some of the sounds do not exist in their first language and they have not learned to say them in English. In some cases, the errors of pronunciation occur because the students thinking in their native language to pronounce and that interfere with the learning of a new language.

The role of the teacher is so important for the process of learning pronunciation in students although, they cannot correct the errors totally, besides the frequent correction of oral error can interfere in the communicative act of students of tarhet language (English), The only way that teachers can correct pronunciation of students is focusing in the high frequency and generality errors that should be corrected more often than less frequent errors. For example, the omission of the ´´s´´ in the third person o singular in the pronunciation is considered as an error high frequency and generality.