All content for English in Your Face is the property of Peter Mangiaracina and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Tips and short talks on effective communication for students of English as a second language.
Common English Mistakes of Native Spanish Speakers
English in Your Face
15 minutes 48 seconds
7 years ago
Common English Mistakes of Native Spanish Speakers
These are common mistakes I hear every day in class.
Most of the errors you will see in this short presentation are due to native language interference. This comes about because:
- The student probably learned with the grammar-translation method
- The structure in English is alien to the structure in Spanish, setting up a classic negative learning situation.
Intensive drilling of the correct form, every day at first and then a periodic surprise progress check, is required to correct these very tenacious errors.
English in Your Face
Tips and short talks on effective communication for students of English as a second language.
