Stress - STS
Stress - STS
PRONUNCIATION
WORKSHOPS
SESSION TWO:
STRESS & RHYTHM
ROSALÍA VARGAS
Británico Teacher
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Ro-sa-lí-a
A unit of consonant and vowel sounds
said at a single effort of the voice.
blue
cat
time
person
Counting syllables is a good _ _ _ _ .
idea
How many syllables?
idea
Word Stress
WHAT’S STRESS?
It is:
l o n g e r (in duration)
LOUDER! (greater lung pressure)
HIGHER (in pitch)
Idea
In most dictionaries, the stressed syllable is shown
by a stress mark ( ˈ )
/aɪ ˈdɪ ə/
youglish.com
forvo.com
HOW MANY SYLLABLES?
blue
cat
time
person
STRONG AND WEAK
blue
cat
time
person
Strong & Weak
Syllables→Patterns
WEAK SYLLABLES OFTEN HAVE A /ə/ SOUND
about
taken
pencil
ribbon
supply
perhaps
WEAK SYLLABLES OFTEN HAVE A /ə/ SOUND
aBOUT
TAKen
PENcil
RIBbon
supPLY
perHAPS
WEAK SYLLABLES OFTEN HAVE A /ə/ SOUND
family
family
HOW MANY SYLLABLES?
• chocolate • several
• vegetable • strawberry
• different • temperature
• restaurant • favourite
HOW MANY SYLLABLES?
• CHOColate • SEVeral
• VEGetable • STRAWberry
• DIFFerent • TEMPerature
• RESTaurant • FAVourite
SILLY SYLLABLES
DAH
DOO-by
DIP-e-ty
STRONG AND WEAK
blue
summer
DOO-by
luh-DAH
hotel
July
receipt
surprise
advice
dessert
design
CAN YOU CREATE PATTERNS FOR THESE WORDS?
roads wet
the are
BASIC TYPES OF WORDS
content words
words that carry the meaning or sense
function words
words which are only needed for grammar, not
meaning.
WHAT TO STRESS?
content words
are STRESSED
function words
are unstressed
CONTENT WORDS (STRESSED)
-ARTICLES the, an
-CONJUNCTIONS and, or
luh-DAH-luh-DAH
DAH
DOO-by
DIP-e-ty
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Fresh fried chips.
DAH
DOO-by
DIP-e-ty
One cold beer.
Don’t eat salt.
I am 2 syllables
I’m 1 syllable
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CONTRACTIONS LOOK AND SOUND SHORTER
I am your father.
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