Brazilian Portuguese speaker
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:23 pm
Hi, I am struggling with a student in the US 10 years originally fr Sao Paulo. She tends to drop the last syllable off 2 and 3 syllable words so that "party" sound like "part", "coffee" like "cough', "movie" like "move".
In researching this, I have found reference to "elision of unstressed syllables at the end of words" due to less vowels in BP and also fewer consonant clusters. But, nothing about what I can do as an ESL teacher. Her speech stops people (and me) in bewilderment at times. She seems to think she is actually saying the syllable.
Any help/advice as to what I can do would be a huge help.
Thank you!
CplK
In researching this, I have found reference to "elision of unstressed syllables at the end of words" due to less vowels in BP and also fewer consonant clusters. But, nothing about what I can do as an ESL teacher. Her speech stops people (and me) in bewilderment at times. She seems to think she is actually saying the syllable.
Any help/advice as to what I can do would be a huge help.
Thank you!
CplK