I would like to find out if German speakers of English tend to use the /w/ sound too often (e.g. in words like victim, valley or Vienna) if they try to avoid pronouncing /w/ as /v/ which is a typical mistake for German speakers.
Thank you very much for your help!
Hello Anna schwind,
Generally speaking, the phonemic distinction between /v/ and /w/ by German students in ESL contexts. These students, as you have noticed, may have interference problems in English classes when the teacher spells out words simply because in German language words beginning with a /w/ are pronounced with a /v/. I hope that the following links provide you with the sources you are looking for.
Best of luck,
R. Biria
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1080742.pdf
https://thedevelopingteacher.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/swan-learnerenglish.pdf
https://pronunciationstudio.com/10-english-pronunciation-errors-german-speakers/
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