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In this video we are going to look at word stress and sentence stress through the famous song ‘My Favourite Things’ from the 1965 musical film ‘The Sound of Music’. The song works so well because it has been written using triple time like a waltz: it follows the pattern: one-two-three-one-two-three. Throughout the lyrics, all strong syllables fall on the ‘one’ while weak syllables fall on the ‘two‘ or ‘three‘. We are going to have a look at one verse of this song and then you are encouraged to write your own verse telling us about your favourite things.


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To pronounce English words correctly and clearly you have to understand Word Stress (Syllable Stress), or how some syllables stand out and receive more emphasis than others. In Part 3 of this American accent training series on Word Stress we dive in to how to know WHICH syllable is stressed in English words.

In American English, all syllables are not created equal. In any word with more than one syllable, there will be one syllable that receives special attention. Understanding and using correct words stress is essential for improving your American English pronunciation, or your American accent.

Being able to identify and pronounce stressed syllables will improve the natural flow and clarity of your spoken English by leaps and bounds! This is arguably the most important concept in American English pronunciation if your goal is to sound more clear and natural in your English.

So, I've broken this lesson into three parts:

Part 1: Identifying Syllables (can you hear them all?) https://youtu.be/sqHRA5_AreY

Part 2: How to Stress a Syllable (exactly what you need to do to make those preferred syllables stand out!) https://youtu.be/XASBN5uMdEk

Part 3: How to know which syllable to stress (a few tips and tricks!) https://youtu.be/dQ4rUdsh_hQ

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Did you know that some English words change their meaning if you change the syllable stress? For example, there is a huge difference between CON-tent and con-TENT! With 14 examples of this amazing phenomenon, this lesson is a PER-fect way to per-FECT your English!
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Hello. This is Gill at www.engvid.com, and today, we're going to be having a look at a very interesting aspect of the English language: What happens with some words if you stress a different syllable. Okay? This is quite important, because sometimes the change of stress just changes a noun to a verb, or a verb to a noun, but there are some other words which we will also be looking at where the meaning of the word completely changes if you change which syllable you're stressing. Okay. So this is quite important to be clear on which syllable to stress for the particular meaning that you want. Okay.

So, we're going to start with the easier part, which is a two-syllable word, so two syllables: "mm-mm, mm-mm", two syllables where if you stress it on the first syllable where I've put capital letters, it's the noun; and if you stress it on the second syllable, again, capital letters, it becomes the verb. The general meaning is the same with this group of words, but you're changing from noun to verb when you're changing the stress. Okay? So it's important to know whether you're saying a noun or a verb. So remember it's always the first stress syllable is the noun, second syllable stressed is the verb.

Okay, so let's have a look at the example, here. So, a "RE-cord", if you keep a record of something or if you play a record that has music on it in the days when we used to have black plastic records that went round and round on a gramophone or a record player. A "record" is something recorded, or if you write down in a document, you make a note of something, you make a... You keep a record of something that happened, or something that was agreed. Maybe in a meeting somebody keeps a note of the discussion of the meeting, and then they print it out and send it to everyone who was at the meeting as a record of that meeting, what was discussed, what was agreed, and so on. So, the "record", that's the noun: "the record", "a record" is the noun. But if you then change the stress and say: "re-CORD", that becomes the verb. We are going to record a song. So if you're making a CD, now, rather than a black plastic record that goes around, a CD, we are going to record the new song that we've written. Or at the meeting, we will record the agreement. So, that is the verb, the action of recording. If you say: "recording", "recording", it's the "cord" bit that you stress. But a record is the thing itself, the noun. Okay. And you'll also notice the vowel sound changes slightly, because you're changing the stress. So: "record", "eh", the "eh" sound, but "record", "a", it becomes an "a" sound, here. "RE-cord", "re-CORD", so sometimes with the change of stress, the vowel sound changes, too. Okay.

Right, next one: "SUS-pect" and "sus-PECT". Right? So, "suspect", if someone is a suspect, they are usually, maybe the police think that they committed a crime. We have caught the suspect. We are questioning a suspect of someone who maybe stole something from a shop, and then somebody identifies them later, and that is a suspect. So that's the noun, the person, usually, is a suspect. If you suspect someone, if you do the action of suspecting, the police suspect this person of having committed that crime. So, we suspect, if you do the action of suspecting. So: "SUS-pect" is the noun, "sus-PECT" is the verb, the action of having suspicion about somebody. Okay.

"IM-port" and "im-PORT". An import or the import is some product that is imported from one country to another. We have imports. The goods themselves, the products, which arrive by plane, or ship, that's the import. Okay? The thing itself. But the action is we import these goods on a daily basis. We are importing the goods. So the action is import. All right?

The word stress in French will always be on the last syllable of the word unless it's a one-syllable word such as "ME - TE - JE - etc". But is it important? Should you focus on adding the stress properly?
Let's talk about how English and French are different in terms of stress and what you should focus on when speaking French.

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شرح ال Word stress في اللغة الإنجليزية - شرح شامل وسهل.

نتناول في هذا الفيديو شرح ال Word stress في اللغة الإنجليزية بطريقة مبسطة وشاملة، سنتعرف على كيفية وضع التشديد على مقطع Syllable ما داخل الكلمة وكيفية تقسيم الكلمة في اللغة الإنجليزية إلى مقاطع وأيضاً كيفية نطق صوت ال Schwa.

مقدمة: ما المقصود ب Word Stress؟

ما هو Word Stress؟

التشديد على الكلمات هو ظاهرة لغوية تحدث عندما يتم نطق مقطع ما داخل الكلمة بنمط وتشديد مختلف عن بقية المقاطع داخل الكلمة.

التأكيد أو Stress على مقطع ما داخل الكلمة، أهم ما يميز الصوتيات الإنجليزية، حيث إن نطق الكلمة قد يتغير تماماً بمجرد تحريك التشديد من مقطع إلى مقطع آخر، لذا على دارس اللغة الإنجليزية الانتباه الشديد ودراسة ال Word stress حتى يكون كلامه مفهوماً عندما يتحدث بها.

ال Word Stress أداة فعالة لتقوية النطق في اللغة الإنجليزية

دراسة وإتقان ال Word stress يعتبر وسيلة فعالة لتقوية نطق اللغة الإنجليزية. يساعد الطلاب على نطق الكلمات بشكل متسق وصحيح.

تعتبر Word Stress أداة فعالة على الطلاب من جميع المستويات تعلمها، بما في ذلك المبتدئون. فذلك يساعدهم على نطق الكلمات بشكل متسق وصحيح.

الخلاصة: ابدأ باستخدام Word Stress اليوم، وستجد تحسناً كبيراً في نطق في للكلمات الإنجليزية!

يشرح الفيديو أيضاً النقاط التالية:

Word stress شرح

شرح درس Syllables and Word stress

الإجابة عن سؤال: كيف أعرف عدد المقاطع في الكلمة الإنجليزية

شرح Syllable stress

أمثلة عن Stress

شرح Stress

وكيفية وضع ال Stress على كلمات من ثلاثة مقاطع بالإنجليزي

In this video I explained word stress which is very useful for those preparing for any competitive exams as well Intermediate students.watch part 2 also to get complete grip on this topic.


https://youtu.be/P5w2v1h9XLE Word Stress Part 2

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Learn 7 words in English that are actually 14 words! These words can be either nouns or verbs, depending on where you put the stress when you pronounce the word. That means that these words are spelled the same, but have different functions depending on the way we say them. I’ll teach you the rule, go through the words and explain the noun and verb versions of each, and then we’ll do some practice. Let’s start!

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To pronounce English words correctly and clearly you have to understand Word Stress (Syllable Stress), or how some syllables stand out and receive more emphasis than others. In Part 2 of this American accent training series on Word Stress we dive into HOW to stress a syllable- you will learn exactly what you need to do to make those preferred syllables stand out!

In American English, all syllables are not created equal. In any word with more than one syllable, there will be one syllable that receives special attention. Understanding and using correct words stress is essential for improving your American English pronunciation, or your American accent.

Being able to identify and pronounce stressed syllables will improve the natural flow and clarity of your spoken English by leaps and bounds! This is arguably, the most important concept in American English pronunciation if your goal is to sound more clear and natural in your English.

So, I've broken this lesson into three parts:

Part 1: Identifying Syllables (can you hear them all?) https://youtu.be/sqHRA5_AreY

Part 2: How to Stress a Syllable (exactly what you need to do to make those preferred syllables stand out!)

Part 3: How to know which syllable to stress (a few tips and tricks!) https://youtu.be/dQ4rUdsh_hQ

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In this #AmericanEnglish video, learn how syllable stress in two-syllable words can change the meaning or form of a word.

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In this English speaking lesson you will learn to perfect your English pronunciation with correct “word stress”. We are already so stressed with the traffic, our jobs and assignments and now even words want to stress us. Stay with Michelle in this spoken English lesson ease yourself of the confusing word stress.

Let’s count the number of syllables for some words:

(In some cases it’s enough to count vowels in others we need to count the number of vowel sounds.)

Number of syllables:
• Japanese-3
• Dance-1
• Lonely -2
• Education-4
• Joyful-2

Many languages have regular stress patterns or fixed stress.
For example: In Finnish or Icelandic almost all almost all words are stressed at the first syllable. In Swahili one before the last syllable is almost always stressed.

Unfortunately for learners of English it’s not true. There are lots of rules but many exceptions also. So we won’t learn too many rules but just a few because that will help us understand word stress.
Word Stress Rules

*Rule 1: For most two syllable adjective and noun the stress is on the first syllable.
• SCA-ry Lion
• PAIN-ted Berries

*Rule 2: For most two syllable verbs the stress is on the second syllable.
• Pre-PARE
• Ob-SERVE

*Rule 3: For words ending in “tion” the stress is always on the penultimate syllable i.e. the syllable before “tion”
• Edu-ca-TION
• Sta-TION
• De-di-ca-TION
• Ir-ri-ta-TION

Rule 4: Let’s look at some words that can change meaning, form and pronunciation depending on the word stress:
NOUNS VERBS
REcord reCORD
REbel reBEL
CONduct conDUCT
CONtent content

Record
Noun: to set down or register information
Verb: to record something- audio/video

Rebel
Noun: a person who refuses to obey
Verb: to reject/ resist

Conduct
Noun: personal behaviour
Verb: to lead or guide

Content:
Noun: usually something that is contained
Verb: to make content (satisfied)

You can use word stress rules for learning word stress however for other words you need to practice word stress. Remember, it’s very difficult to understand for the listener if the word is stressed wrongly. Therefore word stress is important.

Here’s a tip for you to master word stress: Make sure you check the stress for every new word you learn in the dictionary.

Function words: Intonation and Word Stress in American English pronunciation.
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So I'm making this video for Mariano Garcia who subscribes to this YouTube channel and follows my weekly videos at www.englishpronunciationroadmap.com. And he posted a comment on one of my videos a couple of weeks ago on intonation and said you know ‘great video but which word in a sentence do I stress?’.

He understands that content words versus structural words like grammatical words are more important and to stress so: verbs and nouns and adjectives. But in a typical sentence is there anything I can do to help me know which word i should be putting most of the emphasis on.

And you know i'm sure some of you that are watching this video now it sort of asking yourself the same question. There are all of these rules about how to stress a syllable and how to stress a word which are quite useful, but when I got a sentence or a question or a comment or statement or exclamation which word in that sentence or that phrase should I stress.

And there are scores and scores of ideas about this and how you should do it in English and in British English. I guess a really simple and straightforward way of thinking about it would be to ask which word in your phrase or in your sentence carries the most important bit of information.

And of course that can change depending on the circumstances in which are talking, depending on the person you're talking to, depending on the content of your conversation. And so it's a very flexible thing and I guess requires you to be really specific about what you want the listener to take away: what’s the most important piece of information.

And so if you have a look at this question: “did you know that she crashed the car?” just listen to the way in which the meaning of this sentence changes when I stress a different word in the question. So have a listen to this:

“DID you know that she crashed the car?” questions whether the other person knew about the event at all.

“did YOU know that she crashed the car?” questions in a sort of accusatory way as to whether the other person knew.

“did you KNOW that she crashed the car?” questions whether the other person knew for certain.

“did you know that SHE crashed the car?” questions whether the other person is sure of who is responsible.

“did you know that she CRASHED the cars?” questions whether the other person knew the state of the car.

“did you know that she crashed THE car?” questions whether the listener knows that it's the best one.

“did you know that she crashed the CAR?” questions whether the other person knew that it was the car that she crashed as opposed to something else.

Another way to think about word stress in sentences is to think about tone units. Take a look at this sentence.

You can see how the sentence is broken up into units with forward slashes. It’s broken up into these little tone units or what I tend to refer to as phrases. And the main stressed word in each of those tone units or those phrases is often called the tonic syllable. And the word stress rule is that in a typical sentence it tends to be that the tonic syllable/the main stressed word in that unit tends to be the last content word in that sentence.

And it certainly holds true in this little example, so have a listen to this:

‘I was WONDERING / whether you might be INTERESTED / in coming to a PLAY that I’m going to. / It’s at the ROYALl / this coming FRIDAY. / It’s about a GUY / who loses EVERYTHING / and DISCOVERS himself. / It’s got really great REVIEWS / and I THOUGHT / that we could go to that Italian PIZZA place / close to the TUBE station. / Their DOUGH-balls / are AMAZING!’

So you can hear how it's the last content word in those phrases that tends to get the main stress or we would say that that's the main stressed word in that tone unit or in that phrase. And that might be another way of thinking about which word should I stress in my sentences.

And just two extra things to think about that might be useful is to know that new information in a conversation is always worth stressing so for instance: “have you read the new Dot Hutchison book? No, but have you read the new Matthew Norman book?”.

So then you piece of information and in that example it was the new author that gets the stress in the sentence because it's the new piece of information.

And the same thing goes for contrasting information in an exchange. So for instance: “I haven't SEEN the new car but I've HEARD about it”, “do you prefer ROSES or LILLIES?”

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This is a fun, word stress compilation phonics song for learners of English.
Word stress is the emphasis we place in a specific syllable of a word when pronouncing it. It is the magic formula for understanding spoken English!
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00:47 - fishing
00:58 - window
01:07 - teacher
01:47 - hotel
01:58 - cartoon
02:08 - alarm
02:20 - balloon
03:00 - recap two syllables
03:28 - Intro-three syllables
04:06 - elephant
04:17 - holiday
04:27 - telephone
05:06 - computer
05:16 - umbrella
05:27 - tornado
06:06 - violin
06:16 - volunteer
06:27 - disappear
07:06 - recap three syllables
07:40 - Intro-four syllables
08:15 - anaconda
08:32 - ballerina
08:49 - calculator
09:05 - thermometer
09:49 - Cinderella
10:05 - photographer
10:21 - alligator
10:38 - helicopter
11:23 - recap four syllables
11:53 - Intro-five syllable words
12:29 - hippopotamus
12:50 - refrigerator
13:13 - university
13:34 - electricity
14:24 - creativity
14:45 - vocabulary
15:07 - anniversary
15:28 - abracadabra
16:19 - recap five syllables