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From Brazilian Portuguese to American English: Pronunciation Problems and Drills.
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Santos, Percilia – 1973
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the sounds in American English and Brazilian Portuguese in order to focus on the problems that Brazilian students may encounter when learning to speak English. The comparative analysis of the consonants, vowels, and diphthongs describes how a given sound is pronounced in both languages. Particular…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics