What is

“Syllable?”

What is

“stress”?

As Noun:

a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.

As Verb: pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly, syllable by syllable.

doc/tor

Fri/day

o/ver

mis/take

pur/ple

prob/lem

en/gine

yel/low

be/side

di/vide

un/do

Co/llapse

Cre/ate

Pro/noun

To pronounce a word or a part of word

(syllable) with extra force.

in phonetics, intensity given to

a syllable of speech by special effort in

utterance, resulting in relative loudness.

This emphasis in pronunciation may be

merely phonetic (i.e., noticeable to the

listener, but not meaningful)

Kinds Loudnes

s

Vowel

Length

Vowel

Clarity

Pitch

Stressed

Syllable

Loud Long Full High

So, when you say a word more than one syllable,

remember to make the stressed syllable

louder, longer, clearer, and higher pitched.

Nouns: stress on 1st syllable

Deadline, Classroom, Software, Typewriter.Progress, Engine, Cautious

Verbs: stress on 2nd syllable

Printout , setup, turn-on/off, Increase, Decide,

Suffix: stress on suffix itself

employee, refugee, trainee, referee

career, volunteer, education

“Record” as a verb (rɪˈkɔːd/)

“Record” as a noun (/ˈrɛkɔːd/)

Yellow (ˈjɛləʊ/)

Practice:

doc/tor

Fri/day

o/ver

mis/take

pur/ple

prob/lem

en/gine

yel/low

courageous

Mysterious

Impetuous

spontaneous

simultaneous

Argument

Accent Improvement

Pronunciation

Golden key to spoken language

Helps Spelling

Rhythm in speech

Clarity of meaning

Differentiate parts of speech

Word stress

Stress on syllable in the same word.

Sentence Stress:

Stress on certain words in the same

Sentence.

There are 3 kinds of words:› Monosyllabic

› Bisyllabic

› Multisyllabic

Bat Sheet

Play Good

Stop Pink

You Tie

Fan Fish

There are three types of stress

in bisyllabic words.

1st syllable receives primary stress.

2nd Syllable receives no stress.

`1 2

1st syllable receives no stress.

2nd Syllable receives primary stress.

1 `2

1st syllable receives primary stress.

2nd Syllable receives secondary stress.

It can be vice versa.

`1 ,2 `2,1

‘Pre ,sent

Mo ‘no ply

,Res ‘po nse

,Geo ‘gra phic

‘O ,ppo site

These words consist of more

than one words.

‘Re si ,dent

Pho,to`graph

‘Gra du ,ate

,Cre ‘ation

Res ‘ponsi ,bili ‘ties

Tech ‘no ,logy

record record: The bank

recorded a new record yesterday.

present present: He presented his

wife with a beautiful present.

conduct conduct: They're

conducting a study into his conduct.

suspect suspect :The suspect was

suspected of robbing the bank.

desert deser: The desert is so dry

that it is usually deserted.

' conduct (n ) con' duct (v)

' produce (n ) pro' duce (v)

' licence (n ) li' cence (v)

' invalid (adj ) in' valid (adj )

' convert (n ) con' vert (v)

' prospect (n ) pros' pect (v)

' protest (n ) pro' test (v)

It includes the emphasis or stress on some certain words in a sentence or phrase.

Stress Patterns: Content words (noun, verb, adjectives,

adverbs) are usually stressed.

Question Words are stressed.(what, when how)

Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those)

Negative words and negative "to-be," "to-have," and auxiliary verbs need to be stresse. ( e.g., no, never, isn't, haven't, can't, don't, won't)

The speaker uses focus to emphasize a certain part of his/her message.

The use of focus can indicate the

speaker's intended meaning of a message.

The focused word needs to be stressed.

John wants to be an actor, so

he wants to live in Hollywood.

Mary made an appointment with

the dentist on Monday.

After the movie, they went to a bar to

have beer.

John is leaving Paris next week.

(Emphasize the time)

John is leaving Paris next week.

(Emphasize the place)

John is leaving Paris next week.

(Emphasize the action)

John is leaving to Paris next week.

(Emphasize the truth)

John is leaving to Paris next week.

(Emphasize the person)