Are Spanish people good at speaking English?

While many foreigners who live in Spain do speak English, most locals don’t. In fact, a recent study showed that almost 60\% of Spain speaks no English at all, and of the remaining 35\%, most don’t speak it very well.

What does English sound like to Spanish speaking people?

In Spanish, there are 5 vowels (A E I O U) and they are always pronounced the same and with the same length. In contrast, English has 5 written vowels but 12 sounds, some of them are dipthongs. So this makes English speakers sound unnatural and weird when pronouncing Spanish vowels.

Why is it so hard for Spanish speakers to sound two consonants?

Words with more than one syllable in English tend to have two dissimilar consonants together requiring a slowing of speech to sound both of them. “We natural English speakers get to be pretty adept at sounding two consonants together, but it is tough for a natural Spanish speaker to do.

Why is Spanish so much faster than English?

Whatever the differences are, probably the reason it seems like Spanish is so much faster is because you don’t know the language. Since you know English well, you don’t have to hear every single sound in every single word to know what is said, because your mind is able to fill in the gaps and to determine where one word ends and the next begins.

How to learn to speak English fluently in Spain?

Spanish speakers can learn to speak English fluently, and master on the vocabulary and pronunciation while browsing their own Facebook newsfeed with http://new.culturealley.com/index.jsp?courseId=5. Learners can listen to the native pronunciations while learning vocabulary on the Facebook.

Are native Spanish speakers harder to learn English?

Native Spanish speakers have advantages in learning English. For example, they often acquire a vocabulary quickly because of the many similarities in English and Spanish words. However, they do have particular difficulties in mastering English.