English Words Difficult For Japanese To Pronounce

In it video presenter risa introduces 10 words that foreign learners of japanese often find difficult to pronounce.

English words difficult for japanese to pronounce. Sincerely miki h. Many japanese speakers pronounce the double or diphthong vowel oʊ with a single vowel instead of a double vowel. It kind of makes you wonder why these words came into existence the way they did if they are so hard to pronounce. English isn t an easy language to master japanese esl students can have an especially difficult time with pronunciation problems due to the differences between english and their native language.

Thank you for studying with us and keep up the good work. Here we present to you some of the common errors made by japanese speaking students at pronunciation studio. L or r japanese speakers often confuse the lateral alveolar approximant l with the alveolar approximant r. Let s take a look at this informative video from the learn japanese with japanesepod101 youtube channel.

Don t feel bad if you ve been mispronouncing some of these tricky words. Naturally she also includes the correct pronunciation to help you practice. To improve their pronunciation of english i created this sheet with 24 difficult english words for japanese people to pronounce. The english vowel oʊ there are about 4 times more vowels in english than in japanese.

For example a japanese speaker would pronounce coat more like caught or cot and pronounce note more like. A living language like english evolves and thrives precisely because it is spoken every day. On the other hand some words are so commonly mispronounced that the correct pronunciation sounds downright strange. Your example is just like the most japanese people have very hard time pronouncing r and l sounds in english when they are in one word.

In it video presenter risa introduces 10 words that foreign learners of japanese often find difficult to pronounce. Here s the full list of the 10 difficult to pronounce. 888 751 0083 talk english schools. English has long vowels short vowels and double vowels.

I use this pronunciation drill sheet for 2 minutes at the beginning of class to drill them on proper english pronunciation. Thanks for leaving the comment and sharing your experience. If your mother tongue is japanese you may find certain sounds in english more difficult than others. I teach english to grades 1 9 at a japanese school.

Difficult english words for the japanese to pronounce. Naturally she also includes the correct pronunciation to help you practice.