The second reason vowel sounds present difficulties is that we do not have letter-sound correspondence in English. But fewer languages have the vowel sound "a" (in American English this is the vowel sound in the words at and man.) When speaking English, some non-native speakers will use the "ah" vowel in place of "a." Vowel substitutions and distortions are commonplace and comprise a great deal of what we consider an accent when listening to non-native speakers. For example, many languages have the vowel sound "ah" (in American English this is the vowel sound in the words hot and father.). If we do not have a certain vowel sound in our native language, we will tend to hear English through the filter of our first language. Firstly, our native language sound system influences how we hear and pronounce vowels in our second languages.
Vowel sounds in English can be difficult for a number of reasons.
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