MOTHER TONGUES AND LEARNING SPANISH/LE IN GABON:

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The book explores the acquisition of Spanish as a foreign language in Gabon, emphasizing the influence of local mother tongues on learners' verbal production. It highlights the importance of contrasting these languages to identify similarities that aid in learning. Specifically, a contrastive analysis between Inzebi and Spanish reveals shared phonetic features, including five vowel and eighteen consonant phonemes, which can enhance phonetic perception and facilitate the learning process for Gabonese students.