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French, Spanish and italian speakers find it hard to pronounce English words as English contains sounds not present in their languages. But Flemish/Dutch langu
by diroussel 6y ago
French, Spanish and italian speakers find it hard to pronounce English words as English contains sounds not present in their languages.
But Flemish/Dutch languages have a superset of the English sounds. So it’s hard for an English speaker to pronounce Flemish sounds, but easy for Flemish/Dutch speakers to pronounce English words.
So they start from a position of strength, and then there is plentiful expose to English from a young age as a bonus.