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| − | While Spanish does have '''[[IPA phonetic symbol (consonant) /tʃ/|/tʃ/]]''', it doesn't have '''/ʃ/''', so there'll be a tendency to pronounce "shoes" as "choose", "shop" as "chop" and "sheet" as "cheat" (this latter example having another, [[Pronunciation exercises: /i/ vs /i:/|notorious pronunciation difficulty...]]). | + | While Spanish does have '''[[IPA phonetic symbol (consonant) /tʃ/|/tʃ/]]''', it doesn't have '''/ʃ/''', so there'll be a tendency to pronounce "shoes" as "choose", "shop" as "chop" and "sheet" as "cheat" (this latter example having another, [[Pronunciation exercises: /i/ vs /i:/|notorious pronunciation difficulty...]]). Likewise, practice is needed with [[Pronunciation exercises: /ʒ/ vs /ʃ/|/ʒ/ vs /ʃ/]], as in pleasure, leisure, etc. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 5 November 2013
In Received Pronunciation, the IPA phonetic symbol /ʃ/ corresponds to the initial consonant sound in words like "shoe", and "she" and the final one in "push" and "fish".
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Common words
Initial pronunciation of /ʃ/:
- she - shine - shoe - shop - should - sugar - sure;
Final pronunciation of /ʃ/:
- bush - cache - cash - crash - dish - flash - push - wash;
"Mid"-position:
- anxious - Asia /ˈeɪʃə/ and /ˈeɪʒə/ - fashion - flexion - issue - mission - option - partial - patient - pressure - rational - station - tissue.
Anticipated pronunciation difficulties depending on L1
Preconceived ideas and other interferences from L1 obviously interfere in many cases with how students perceive - and pronounce - sounds/words in English. The following sections aims to point out some of the most typical difficulties teachers and students may encounter regarding pronunciation.
Spanish
While Spanish does have /tʃ/, it doesn't have /ʃ/, so there'll be a tendency to pronounce "shoes" as "choose", "shop" as "chop" and "sheet" as "cheat" (this latter example having another, notorious pronunciation difficulty...). Likewise, practice is needed with /ʒ/ vs /ʃ/, as in pleasure, leisure, etc.
