Systematic mispronunciations by non-native speakers of English 非英語母語者系統性發音問題

(Note on the SAMPA phonetic transcription｜SAMPA音標說明)

By native Mandarin speakers 中文母語者

/{/ for /eI/: pain -> pan

• So prevalent you hear it everywhere, e.g. from a YouTuber English teacher of all people, who, after playing the proper pronunciation of pan by several native English speakers, continues to distort the vowel as described here. A severe case of tin ear, wouldn't you say? Listen and judge for yourself.

/I/ or /i/ (not long enough) for /i:/: seek -> sick; bee -> 必
/in/ for /In/: been -> 必+n
/{/ for /E/: bed -> bad
/E/ for /eI/: take -> tech

By native Spanish speakers 西班牙語母語者

• Word-initial /Est/ for /st/: state -> estate
• /O/ (or in between /u/ and /O/) for /V/: bus -> boss