One aspect of English pronunciation, which is not often taught explicitly in English courses is related to which syllable is stressed inside a word?

Complicated words can become burdensome to pronounce because of syllable stress issues and not so much because the actual sounds are difficult.

Are you hesitating with how to pronounce the following words?  If so, read more about word stress / syllable stress.

perpendicular

ubiquitous

kilometer

photography

 

Word stress:

https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress.htm
https://chifenchen.tripod.com/stress.htm
http://pronuncian.com/introduction-to-syllable-stress/
http://www.starpronunciation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Star-Pron-Bonus-Stress-Rules.pdf
https://www.wordstress.info/exercise/


British Council materials for listening:
Videos with transcript available at the British council web site. You can listen and read at the same time.
"Britain is GREAT" includes various videos and their transcripts, we especially recommend ‘Innovation is great’ Parts 1 and 2.
B2 level listening : https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/upper-intermediate-b2
C1 level listening: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/advanced-c1

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