you're learning English pronunciation and you're doing well but you have a
problem with the stress in English words you know that word stress is really
important but what is it and how do you know where the word stress is in a word
watch this video to know exactly what to do to have smooth flowing English speech
and the correct stress intonation and rhythm and to speak English
like a bridge so are you ready great let's go
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videos so why does stress in English words really matter well let me tell you
a little story two friends were sitting at a table in a restaurant the waiter
came up to the table and said are you come for table the friends looked at
each other a bit puzzled and they said to the waiter no we haven't come for a
table we've come for dinner so you see how
important it is to have the correct stress in a word to have good British
English pronunciation so that there aren't any misunderstandings so what is
word stress exactly remember don't stress about the stress in English and
British English the individual parts of a word are not pronounced with the same
weight usually one syllable a vowel is pronounced more than the others and this
is word stress of course we have it in sentences and phrases too but that's for
the next video stressing a word differently can change the whole meaning
and the type of a word for example they will desert the desert tomorrow
now here changing the word stress has changed a word from a verb into a noun
now in English stressed syllables have five differences from unstressed
syllables now let me show you what I mean let's take the word for example
computer now which is the stressed syllable its peu isn't it computer so a
stressed syllable is different as it is longer computer it's louder computer the
pitch is higher peuta it is said more clearly the vowel
sound is pure computer and the facial muscles move a lot more - now of course
it's just as important to remember that unstressed syllables in a word have the
opposite features so they're quieter they're shorter and so on how do we know
where the stress is in a word now there are some general rules which apply to
British English and I know it's obviously very risky to say that these
are fixed rules they're not but they should help there are exceptions of
course though now the first one is two syllable nouns and adjectives such as
Apple table happy now with these the stress is on the first syllable Apple
table happy now obviously this is a general rule and there are exceptions
such as hotel or lagoon number two words that can be used as nouns and verbs such
as present export suspect if the word is being used as a noun the stress is on
the first syllable such as present export suspect if it's being used as a
verb the stress is on the second syllable present export suspect three
syllable words that end in ER or ly with these often the stress is on the first
syllable such as quietly orderly manager and compound nouns so words that are
made up of two other nouns and with these the emphasis is usually on the
first syllable or the first noun such as hairbrush football so these rules that
I've just told you about should be a good reference for you so how can you
practice word stress three ways firstly I can help you myself with personal
coaching for your pronunciation to help you get a really good British English
accent now if you'd like me to help you email me and you can find the email
address underneath this video I will then give you an initial initial
personal evaluation of your pronunciation and how you can improve
your English your pronunciation the second way is to
practice with easy words and names like mine for instance okay so let's try how
many syllables does my name have Deirdre two syllables and where is the stress in
Dierdre Dierdre on the first syllable now you can try this with your own name
and of course your friends your family and famous people too now if you're a
teacher why not go round your class and get your students to find out where the
stress is in their own names and the third way to practice word stress is to
use dictionaries to help your practice now if you're not sure where the stress
is in a word use a dictionary a good monolingual dictionary will have a
stress marker on every single word just before the vowel that needs to be
stressed practice that word with the correct stress and then create a
sentence with that word in it and read it aloud so that you can practice the
correct stress and get your students to make up their own sentences if you're a
teacher also help yourself by marking the stress on each new word that you
learn in your language notebook if you're a teacher why not consider using
quizzing air rods you can show your students visually where the stress is in
word by using a different color for that stressed vowel there is no need to have
separate work lessons for word stress integrate word stress into your lessons
as the words come up so I hope you've really enjoyed this video if you have
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so I hope you really enjoy learning your English and I'll see you really soon
so until next time bye