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de Oliveira, Judy; Gubitosi, Patricia – Language Awareness, 2022
This study investigates the motivations of both heritage and non-heritage students of Portuguese at two universities in Rhode Island where Portuguese-speaking migrant communities have settled and their language has strong visibility. Attention is drawn to motivation since it is known to be a significant factor in the development of linguistic…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Santos, Percilia – 1973
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the sounds in American English and Brazilian Portuguese in order to focus on the problems that Brazilian students may encounter when learning to speak English. The comparative analysis of the consonants, vowels, and diphthongs describes how a given sound is pronounced in both languages. Particular…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics