Name: Introduction to Stress and Intonation - English with Jennifer
Uploaded: 2017-11-30T15:54:51.000Z
Duration: 4 min 46 s
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I  like to sing very much, but I don't have a great singing voice.

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and of course I understand the English language quite well,

so I feel confident that I can guide you to have better intonation and rhythm in English.

In some ways, speaking a language is like singing a song.

I bet that even if you don't speak other languages,

you can probably recognize them based on what you hear, right?

If you want to sound more natural in English,

then you have to listen carefully to the musical quality

English words of two or more syllables have stressed and unstressed sounds.

A stressed sound is generally louder, longer, and at a higher pitch.

English sentences have stressed and unstressed words.

Like nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs...

Function words, like articles and prepositions,

We say the more softly and generally faster.

If you'd like to learn more about how unstressed words

and unstressed sounds change in fast speech,

In this 10-day challenge, we'll focus mainly on intonation.

These changes in pitch happen on stressed words.

So you'll learn how stress and intonation work together.

Intonation is a key part of our communication in English.

Are you ready for your first full lesson on intonation?

Remember - after each lesson you need to take time to practice on your own.

You can do this kind of listen-repeat practice with other speakers as well.

For example, a short film clip or part of an audio interview

As always, thanks for watching and happy studies!

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