A comparison of english-spanish sound systems in a group of students of third semester LEI-Facultad de Lenguas students

“Sometimes pronunciation in english results a little difficult for people who are not familiar with the pronunciation patterns of the language. Also, because people follow mother tongue pronunciation patterns when articulating sounds in a foreign language. The process of english as a foreign language (EFL) acquisition is markedly different from native-language patterns. Exposure to English language and contact with native speakers is important to improve pronunciation. It is related that contact with english language influences the way a non-native speaker pronounces in a better way english language than people that are not exposed to the language. Talking about phonetics and phonology it is assumed that spanish speakers that learn english as a foreign language frequently, make less mistakes than others that are not so exposed to english language. To illustrate, english sounds produced by a group of LEI-students of third semester in Facultad de Lenguas of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla will be compared with a native english speaker in order to identify the pronunciation patterns of each, and to prove if his/her first language influences in the foreign language acquisition”