StressedWordsStressingtheRightWordsPronouncingeverywordcorrectlyleadstopoorpronunciation!Goodpronunciationcomesfromstressingtherightwords-thisisbecauseEnglishisatime-stressedlanguage.Here'sHow:Learnthefollowingrulesconcerningpronunciation.Englishisconsideredastressedlanguagewhilemanyotherlanguagesareconsideredsyllabic.Englishpronunciationfocusesonspecificstressedwordswhilequicklyglidingovertheother,non-stressed,words.Stressedwordsareconsideredcontentwords:Nounse.g.kitchen,Peter-(most)principalverbse.g.visit,construct-Adjectivese.g.beautiful,interesting-Adverbse.g.often,carefully1.Non-stressedwordsareconsideredfunctionwords:Determinerse.g.the,a-Auxiliaryverbse.g.am,were-Prepositionse.g.before,of-Conjunctionse.g.but,and-Pronounse.g.they,sheReadthefollowingsentencealoud:ThebeautifulMountainappearedtransfixedinthedistance.Readthefollowingsentencealoud:HecancomeonSundaysaslongashedoesn'thavetodoanyhomeworkintheevening.Noticethatthefirstsentenceactuallytakesaboutthesametimetospeakwell!Eventhoughthesecondsentenceisapproximately30%longerthanthefirst,thesentencestakethesametimetospeak.Thisisbecausethereare5stressedwordsineachsentence.Writedownafewsentences,ortakeafewexamplesentencesfromabookorexercise.2.Firstunderlinethestressedwords,thenreadaloudfocusingonstressingtheunderlinedwordsandglidingoverthenon-stressedwords.Youwillbesurprisedathowquicklyyourpronunciationimproves!Byfocusingonstressedwords,non-stressedwordsandsyllablestakeontheirmoremutednature.Whenlisteningtonativespeakers,focusonhowthosespeakersstresscertainwordsandbegintocopythis.Tips:Rememberthatnon-stressedwordsandsyllablesareoften'swallowed'inEnglish.Alwaysfocusonpronouncingstressedwordswell,non-stressedwordscanbeglidedover.Don'tfocusonpronouncingeachword.Focusonthestressedwordsineachsentence.Checktheseout.Ican’tdoit! Icandoit! Iwilldoit!3.
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