Pronunciation
The sounds, and the habits from your own language that get in the way of them.
A1
- The five Spanish vowels — and the one English speakers get wrong
Spanish has five vowel sounds and they never change. Here is each one, the English habit that ruins it, and why the O is the hardest for English speakers.
- B and V, C and G, and the silent H in Spanish
B and V sound identical in Spanish, H is always silent, and C and G each have two pronunciations. The four consonant rules that cause most beginner errors.
- Syllables, stress, and where the written accent goes
Two rules cover where a Spanish word is stressed, and the accent only appears when a word breaks them. Plus the vowel pairs that count as one syllable.
B1
- How to roll the Spanish R (and when you do not have to)
The trilled RR is one muscle movement, not a talent. What your tongue is actually doing, three ways in, and the words where a single R is enough.
- The vowel habits your own language smuggles into Spanish
Spanish vowels never reduce, never diphthongise and never nasalise. The three habits English and Portuguese speakers carry over, and how to hear them.