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How to Pronounce English Words — Word Stress in English

Word stress is super important because a mistake in word stress can mean someone might not understand you. Listeners’ ears are waiting to hear the sounds we stress to help them hear which words you are saying. If you stress the wrong syllable, they may hear the wrong word or something that is not a word at all.So if you often wonder, “how to improve my English pronunciation?” This lesson is it.This video will help you get syllable stress right so you can confidently communicate, speak clearly, and start getting that natural rhythm in your English speaking.I also have a trick for you that can help you figure out the stress for some of the longest, most difficult looking words so you know how to pronounce them.📝 Get the full online lesson on English speaking practice and the opportunity to share in the Confident English Community at https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/word-stress-in-english———FREE TRAININGS: Start building your English confidence for work and daily life:👇⚡️Free Training: Get the Confidence to Say What You Want in English http://bit.ly/say-what-you-want-in-English⚡️Free Training: Surprising Secrets for Confident Job Interviews in English http://bit.ly/english_job_interviews———CONNECT WITH ME:WEBSITE: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/spkconfidenteng/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/speakconfidentenglish/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/speak-confident-english/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/speakconfidentenglish/———WHAT MY STUDENTS SAY: 💬❞I feel that it is specialized for shy people, or maybe people that feel they are stuck. Annemarie has the tools to improve it. — Monica, Colombia❞I noticed changes in my pronunciation and my fluency. This is just the beginning of getting my confidence back! — Anne-Laure, France❞I’m glad that I did Fluency School last year, it helped me overcome the fear of speaking in English & I’m much more confident! — Emilia, Brazil🎧Listen to interviews and read more English fluency and confidence success stories here: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/success-stories/———COMMON QUESTIONS:Q: Where are you from?A: I’m from the United States but I’ve also lived in Pakistan, the Czech Republic, Germany, and France.Q: Do you speak another language?A: I do! French. 🇫🇷 I lived in France for 4 years.Q: How can I learn with you?A: Find out about all my small group courses here: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/courses/Or learn more about 1:1 classes with Speak Confident English at: https://www.speakconfidentenglish.com/one-on-one/WANT TO LEARN WITH ME EVERY WEEK?Join me at: https://www.youtube.com/c/Speakconfidentenglish?sub_confirmation=1———MY FAVORITE CONFIDENT ENGLISH LESSONS ❤️English Fluency and Confidence, 5 Mistakes to Avoid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LxsjDIluewWhat to Say When You Feel Stuck in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvv5jrD0CeMHow to Interrupt Someone Politely in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgqdxc6XE_0How to Show You’re Finished Speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjctJgQ1eAUncomfortable Questions and How to Deal with Them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCuY4vSLkE10 Ways to Tell Someone to Wait in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV3wuY7MvAY———WHY I STARTED SPEAK CONFIDENT ENGLISHI’m so glad you’re still reading. I want to tell you one important thing—English fluency and confidence are 100% possible for you, even if you feel shy, frustrated, and stuck.With Speak Confident English, I share strategies, skills, and resources so you can get the English fluency and confidence you need to:✨Have conversations, get the job you want✨Share your opinions in a business meeting✨Make friends easily and start a conversation with anyone in English✨Go to the grocery store without stress✨Feel comfortable with any situation—in English.

WORD STRESS & INTONATION in English- Improve your English pronunciation | Speak Fluent English

✅ https://youtu.be/puNo0sxC3VI 👉 Check the latest Video – American Idioms I love to use the most?WORD STRESS & INTONATION in English- Improve your English pronunciation | Speak Fluent Englishhttp://www.learnex.in/ word-stress-english-improve-english-pronunciation/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-2Many 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-TIONRule 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 contentRecord Noun: to set down or register information Verb: to record something- audio/videoRebel Noun: a person who refuses to obey Verb: to reject/ resistConduct Noun: personal behaviour Verb: to lead or guideContent: 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.

Introduction to Stress and Intonation – English with Jennifer

Lesson 1 https://youtu.be/kksfqYcYkegIndex: 0:01 Can you sing? 0:24 Lesson title 0:36 Listening to the music of a language 1:07 English is a stress-timed language. 1:37 Understanding how syllables are stressed 2:19 Understanding content and function words 2:50 Link to 20-day Fast Speech Challenge 3:25 Why is intonation so important? 3:40 Recommendation: practice after each lesson. 4:18 Lesson endingFollow me on Twitter and learn everyday vocabulary. Follow me on Simor and learn academic vocabulary, writing skills, and more. I’m in the English Room. https://www.simor.org/Join me on Facebook for more language practice. https://www.facebook.com/englishwithjenniferlebedev/I offer more videos and free exercises on my website.
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Word Stress in English | How to Pronounce… ✅

Try listening to an AUDIOBOOK and improve your pronunciation FOR FREE 👉http://www.audibletrial.com/mmmEnglish (See my book recommendations below!)Word Stress in English can be challenging for English learners who are trying to improve their speaking skills. Luckily for you, I’ve got a few VERY USEFUL tips to help you pronounce some common nouns and verbs correctly. No more mistakes!If you don’t know how to pronounce multi-syllable words in English, you’ll find this lesson extremely useful!(HINT: As a GENERAL rule, most two syllable English NOUNS are stressed on the first syllable! And most two syllable English VERBS are stressed on the second syllable!)My video lessons are created to help English learners to improve their pronunciation and speaking skills. Please note that the pronunciation of some of these words differs between English accents. I speak with an Australian English accent 🙂#mmmEnglish #NaturalEnglishPronunciation #RealEnglish #SpeakingEnglish #EnglishPronunciation #EnglishTeacher #YouTubeTeacherRead the full transcript of this lesson on my blog here: https://www.mmmenglish.com/2018/10/11/word-stress-in-english-how-to-pronounce/English Language Tools I recommend! ⭐️Improve your English pronunciation and expression by imitating a native English speaker: https://www.mmmenglish.com/imitation ⭐️Try Grammarly Grammar Checker – it’s FREE! https://www.grammarly.com/mmmenglish ⭐️English Listening practice – Try Audible for FREE! http://www.audibletrial.com/mmmEnglishBOOK & AUDIOBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! 📚 The curious incident of the dog in the night. 📙 Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 📘 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (also his short stories are excellent) 📗 The Giver by Lois Lowry 📕The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 📒 The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 📙 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 📘 The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFind mmmEnglish here: mmmEnglish Website: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglish On Facebook: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglishFB On Instagram: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglishInsta Ladies Facebook Group http://bit.ly/LadiesLoveEnglish TweetMe on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TweetMmmEnglish Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/mmmEnglish_subscribeTRANSLATE THIS VIDEO! Do your friends a favour and help to translate this lesson into your native language! Contribute subtitles translations here: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=efNSXTGkAsE Your name will be featured underneath the video 😝Some of the links shared here are affiliate links which will result in a small commission for mmmEnglish.