Look for a book
Hello all! I am in the process of "re-learning" Spanish, I am currently in law school and need some help finding a good pronunciation resource. When I first learned I used a book I believe was entitled "Passport To Learning: Spanish" it came with a CD as well as an actually book with exercises. If anyone knows of the series I am talking about pleas let point me in the right direction or if anyone has suggestions for a CD/pronunciation type deal that worked for them I would really appreciate that as well. Thanks in advance!
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Program - wise, I don't think you can beat Rosetta Stone.
A great thing about Spanish is that the sounds are very consistent. Just knowing the alphabet can get you by for a lot of words. The best thing you can do is to learn the basics: vowels, diphthongs, semi-consonants, and consonants.
After a quick google search, these seem like some great resources:
http://www.lingolex.com/pronounce/
http://www.forvo.com/languages/es/
http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/
I'm confident that these sources will greatly benefit your pronunciation. Here are also some tips of mine:
When a "d" falls between two vowels, it almost makes a "th" sound like in the word "thick." So, the Spanish word "miedo" would not have a defined English "d" sound. This can be heard if you go this link: http://www.forvo.com/word/miedo/#es Whenever I hear a learner say something like "pueDo" instead of the right way, it makes me cringe. :p
http://www.spanishear.com/ This is a great website that you can listen to natives talk about certain topics. Although it's more for building listening skills, you can follow along with the subtitles to hear pronunciation.
If I think of any more I'll be sure to add! ¡Buena suerte!
