SPEAKING

SPEAKING SKILL REFERS TO ONE'S

PROFICIENCY IN THE ART OF

SPEAKING.

Essentials of Good Pronunciation:

EnunciationIntonation

RhythmStress

ENUNCIATION

TAUGHT-THOUGHT

CAP-COP

PAN-FAN

TIN-THIN

BAN-VAN

DEN-THEN

IT REFERS TO THE MODE OF

UTTERANCE OF SPEECH SOUNDS.

EXAMPLES:

INTONATION

QUESTIONS NOT

ANSWERABLE BY

YES OR NO

2-3-1

COMMANDS AND

REQUESTS

2-3-1

DECLARATION OF

FACTS

2-3-1

IT IS THE MANNER OF PRODUCING

TONES WITH RESPECT TO A GIVEN

STANDARD OF SPEECH.

INTONATION

SIGNAL FOR THE

SPEAKER'S INTENTION

YES-NO QUESTIONS

2-3-3

IT IS THE MANNER OF PRODUCING

TONES WITH RESPECT TO A GIVEN

STANDARD OF SPEECH.

It is the flawless manner of pronouncing the words and sentence segments with regular recurrence of stressed syllables without phonemic jerkiness.Content Words- stressedFunction words-stressed

RHYTHM

It is the mode of uttering words with correct accent.

Guiding Rules on Stress1. Most nouns containing only two syllables winlth -

ment or -ship as the last syllables are accented on the first syllables.

Examples: ailment airship comment friendship garment hardship

Stress

2. Words with -teen or -self are accentedon the second syllable.Examples: thirteen herself fourteen itself3. Words ending in -able and -y are in most cases accented on the first syllable except JULY. capable accuracy humble family variable finally

4. Most words containing 3 or 4 syllables with -ment suffix are accented on the second syllableExamples: abridgement department achievement enactment development empowerment

How to Secure Good Rhythm in English

1. Mark the sentence segments with

proper juncture.

2. Underline the content words.

3. Find out proper accent of content

words.