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English Pronunciation Errors by Portuguese Speakers Pg 2

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/i:/ vs. /ɪ/

English has two close vowels: /i:/ and /ɪ/, where Portuguese only uses a sound closer to /i/, so Portuguese-speakers need to relax the mouth more to make /ɪ/:

feet / fit, leave / live, green / grin, seep / sip, deed / did

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 /h/

Portuguese-speakers sometimes miss the /h/ sound – though there are some exceptions (honour, vehicle) it is normally pronounced:

Hi Harry, how was your holiday in Hastings?

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English Pronunciation Errors by Portuguese Speakers Pg1

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What are the main errors for Portuguese speakers in English pronunciation?

1. th

The ‘th’ sounds /θ/ and /ð/ do not occur in Portuguese, which means that Portuguese-speakers may commonly use /s/ or /z/ instead:

I think three of them are Northerners.

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2. /r/

Typically heard when Brazilian students speak – the smooth English ‘r’ sound is replaced by a Brazilian ‘r’ which is made further down in the throat with a lot of friction and sometimes sounds like ‘h’ to English ears:

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