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REVIEWWhat is tone?

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REVIEWWhat is intonation?

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REVIEWWhat is sentence stress?

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SENTENCE STRESSTONE

INTONATIONPRONUNCIATION

PRONUNCIATION

GOALS• Understand how pronunciation and

word stress are related

• Recognize how word stress can change the meaning of a word

• Add word stress in your pronunciation and speaking

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STRESSsyllables + words

1. Longer2. Louder3. Higher

REMEMBER?

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EMPHASIZE

Sentence Stress

Sentence StressEMPHASIZE

1 word in a sentence

I didn’t say WE should kill him.

Word StressEMPHASIZE

1 syllable in a word

DE-stress

syllables + words

1. Relaxed2. Weaker

DE-stress

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“engineer”

[εN dʒə NIYR]

“engineer”

[εN dʒə NIYR]

“engineer”

[εN dʒə NIYR]

“engineer”

[εN dʒə NIYR]

“English”

[IN glɪʃ]

“English”

[IN glɪʃ]

“English”

[IN glɪʃ]

“English”

[IN glɪʃ]

“photograph”

[FOW də græf]

“photograph”

[FOW də græf]

“photograph”

[FOW də græf]

“photograph”

[FOW də græf]

How does word stress change the meaning?

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console

console – [ˈkɑːnsoʊl] noun is “a cabinet designed to stand on the floor” or “a device for playing video games

console – [kənˈsoʊl] (verb) means “to make someone feel better”

address

address – [əˈdrɛs] (verb) means “to direct a speech to someone”

address – [ˈædrɛs] the name of the place where you live

attribute

attribute – [ˈætrɪbjuːt] (noun) is a characteristic of something

attribute – [əˈtrɪbjuːt] (verb) means “to express that something was created by someone”

combine

combine – [ˈkɑmbaɪn] (noun) is a shorter name for a “combine harvester”

combine – [kəmˈbaɪn] (verb) means “to bring together”

compact

compact – [kəmˈpækt] (verb) meaning “to compress”

compact – [ˈkɒmpækt] (adj.) meaning “including many things in a small space”

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Check Your Understanding

• Understand how pronunciation and word stress are related

• Recognize how word stress can change the meaning of a word

• Add word stress in your pronunciation and speaking

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