Another problem likely to occur is around the English /æ/a. Both English phonemes /e/ as in egg and /æ/ as in pad ,will be perceived as Portuguese /é/, which is in fact a little closer to English /e/ than /æ/. This will neutralize
the contrast between words like:
bed /bed/ - bad /bæd/
beg /beg/ - bag /bæg/
dead /ded/ - dad /dæd/
end /end/ - and /ænd/
flesh /flesh/ - flash /flæsh/
gem /dzhem/ - jam /dzhæm/
guess /ges/ - gas /gæs/
head /hed/ - had /hæd/
Source:
http://www.sk.com.br/sk-voga.html
Another interesting English sound website:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
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