Spanish

All English language learners encounter difficulties along the way. Each individual person may find some aspects of English pronunciation and rhythm more difficult to master than others. While each individual has different needs and requires different support, your native language determines many of your specific accent targets.

The features of your native language play a large role in the way you learn English (or any other foreign) language. English may have sounds that are completely new to you or sounds that are similar to your native language, but differ very slightly.

The way you use pitch and stress may indicate differences in meaning in your native language, but not in English. Or you may find the opposite to be the case. For this reason, as a general rule, targets for native speakers of the same language are often consistent.

As a native speaker of Spanish, there are several aspects of English accent learning that you may find challenging. In sessions with English Accent Tutor, your instructor will complete an assessment to design an individualized treatment plan.

You will focus first and foremost on targeting sounds and aspects of natural speech, such as vowel production and syllable rhythm. This will have the biggest impact on the ability for other people to understand you clearly.

Provided below are some examples of targets you are likely to work on in your sessions with English Accent Tutor. The targets mentioned are common for native Spanish speakers due to the nature of the differences between English and Spanish.