The best exercise to improve your pronunciation and enhance your listening comprehension

16 July, 202130 October, 2020 by Blanca Quintero

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4 polyglots and a speech therapist give advise on how to develop your listening and pronunciation in a record time

Spanish Pronunciation Analysis – Will Smith

23 July, 20216 August, 2020 by Blanca Quintero

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How well does Will Smith speak Spanish? Pronunciation analysis

Have you ever heard Will Smith speaking Spanish?
Could you say whether he has a thick accent or not?

“I’m conscious of my terrible accent”
Will Smith

In an interview with America Reads Spanish, Will Smith says that he’s conscious of his terrible accent when he speaks Spanish.

Do you think that’s true?

Today, I’m going to analyze his Spanish spoken skills (I’m not gonna focus on grammar or vocabulary) and find out if it’s true what Will Smith says about his accent.

In today’s post I’m going to:

Analyze Will Smiths pronunciation (sounds, connected speech and pitch).
Find the pronunciation mistakes he’s making (and you can avoid).
Compare Will Smith’s accent with the pronunciation of a Spaniard [my pronunciation] (Audio + International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA).
Demonstrate how he should put words together in the sentences he’s using.
Identify his weaknesses and strengths, and tell a few conclusions and suggestions that would make him improve his pronunciation.
The 3 factors that make Will Smith succeed in speaking Spanish.

Letter D – When is Spanish D silent?

8 August, 202125 May, 2020 by Blanca Quintero

Spanish silent D pronunciation at the end of the words

The letter D should be always pronounce. However, in colloquial speech, lots of people drop the letter D, mainly when it’s in the last syllable.

Rock & Roll your R – The Spanish trill, step by step

7 August, 20216 April, 2020 by Blanca Quintero

Why can't you roll your R's? 2 reasons & the ultimate guide. Common concerns. How long will it take, tongue and mouth position, airflow, tension, exercises, experiments and other ways to get the trill R sound

“I can’t trill my R’s”.
“I’ve tried everything but rolling my R’s it’s impossible”.
“I think there’s something wrong with my mouth”….

Does it ring a bell?

Trilling your R’s is impossible… because you don’t know how to do it.

The 16 + 1 most difficult Spanish words with the letter R (selected by English natives)

15 July, 202123 December, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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The Spanish R is very challenging for English natives. I made a list of those words that Spanish learners struggle with the most. Some other words are more difficult to say than the ones on the list, but I have selected the 16 most popular words (selected by English natives).

Letter T – How to pronounce it in Spanish

15 July, 20219 September, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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Spanish T – How to pronounce it like a native

Most of the English natives pronounce the Spanish T like in English. This is totally fine because we can understand you, although that sound doesn’t exist in Spanish.

However, pronouncing the letter T in Spanish like a native is very easy and you can reduce your accent drastically with a few simple tips.

Letter D – How to pronounce it in Spanish

8 August, 202112 August, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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Not many people try to pronounce the letter D like a Spanish native. This is totally fine because we can understand you if you pronounce it as you do in your mother tongue, although that sound doesn’t exist in Spanish. Actually, the sound of English D is closer to a Spanish soft R.

Improving the pronunciation of the letter D in Spanish is very simple and you can reduce your accent drastically with few tips.

Letter C in Spanish – 3 ways to pronounce it

21 July, 202127 May, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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3 different ways to pronounce the LETTER C in Spanish (with audio + examples)

Do you really know how to pronounce the letter C in Spanish?

The letter C may be pronounced in 3 different ways, depending on the following letter. One of those 3 sounds already exists in English, although you never use it for the letter C. The other 2 sounds are very similar in English and Spanish. There is a slight difference.

Spanish vowels vs English vowels – 6 differences between them

16 July, 202113 May, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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Understanding the difference between Spanish and English vowels is vital to know how to produce the Spanish vowel sounds correctly and reduce your accent since Spanish is a vocalic language.

Spanish Vowels – Mouth Positioning & Kinds of Vowels

5 August, 202129 April, 2019 by Blanca Quintero

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A little change in the position of your mouth can make you produce a different vowel sound and, consequently, change the meaning of what you wanted to say.

Have you ever heard a Spaniard pronouncing the word “sheet”? This is definitely a word that many Spanish natives avoid when they speak in English, as well as the word “beach”.

The best exercise to improve your pronunciation and enhance your listening comprehension

Spanish Pronunciation Analysis – Will Smith

How well does Will Smith speak Spanish? Pronunciation analysis

Letter D – When is Spanish D silent?

Rock & Roll your R – The Spanish trill, step by step

The 16 + 1 most difficult Spanish words with the letter R (selected by English natives)

Letter T – How to pronounce it in Spanish

Spanish T – How to pronounce it like a native

Letter D – How to pronounce it in Spanish

Letter C in Spanish – 3 ways to pronounce it

3 different ways to pronounce the LETTER C in Spanish (with audio + examples)

Spanish vowels vs English vowels – 6 differences between them

Spanish Vowels – Mouth Positioning & Kinds of Vowels

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How well does Will Smith speak Spanish? Pronunciation analysis

Spanish T – How to pronounce it like a native

3 different ways to pronounce the LETTER C in Spanish (with audio + examples)

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