Biggest challenges for Portuguese speakers learning English
If you know what’s hard in advance, you can learn faster. These are the main things that slow down Portuguese speakers when they learn English.
- •English phrasal verbs have no direct Portuguese equivalent and must be memorised individually
- •Portuguese has a personal infinitive — a verb form that changes per person with no English equivalent
- •English vowel reduction sounds very unnatural to Portuguese speakers
- •Portuguese speakers often unconsciously add a vowel sound before consonant clusters
Focus on one challenge at a time. Small daily practice beats long study sessions.
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