LCA-1112 - Online Presentation Skills for ARTS (o) - V03, 26.10.2020-18.12.2020
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Word Stress (or Syllable Stress) *** surprisingly useful
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
http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/Pron/
http://pronuncian.com/introduction-to-syllable-stress/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UrAcIo-7E8
Text with transcript and audio available at the British council web site. You can listen and read at the same time.