By Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI. The MEANING is in the Stress.
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Transcript of By Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI. The MEANING is in the Stress.
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English Pronunciation
Sentence
StressBy Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI
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For people to understand your English
stress can be more important than pronunciation.
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The MEANING is in the Stress
To CORRECT information
To CHECK information
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The
Meaning
is in the
StressFor example
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One Sentence, Different Meanings
• Are you going to eat THAT?
[Meaning: it’s so big! / it’s disgusting!]
• Are you going to EAT that?
[Meaning: I’m not sure that it’s really ‘food’!]
• Are YOU going to eat that?
[Meaning: I thought you bought it for me!]
• ARE you going to eat that?
[Meaning: you are sitting here just looking ...]
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English Rhythm
Chinese Rhythm
English is stress-ti med rather than syllable-ti med
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Stress-Timed Language
• Dogs chase cats
• The dogs chase cats
• The dogs chase the cats
• The dogs will chase the cats
• The dogs will be chasing the cats
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♫Beat and Rhythm ♫
I was talking to Brian when I ran into Sue.
I was waiting for Jack when I saw Mary Lou.
They were cleaning the house when I knocked at the door.
He was dusting a lamp when it fell on the floor.
She was learning to drive when I met her last May.
She was buying a car when I saw her today.
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She felt very happy when she left the store, she had never bought a computer before.
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She
NEver
-PUTer be-
FELT very
HAPpy when she
LEFT the
STORE, she had
BOUGHT a com-
-FORE
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He felt very nervous when he knocked on the door. He had never gone out on a date before.
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he FELT very NERvous when he KNOCKED on the DOOR.
he had NEver gone OUT on a
DATE be-FORE.
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She felt very weak and her throat was sore. She had never had the ‘flu before.
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She FELTvery WEAK and her THROAT was SORE. She had NE-ver
HAD the ‘FLU be- FORE.
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He felt very proud when his guests asked for more. He had never baked a pie before.
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He FELT very PROUD when his
GUESTS askedfor MORE. He had NEVER
BAKED a PIE be- -FORE.
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She felt very foolish when her food hit the floor. She had never eaten with chopsticks before.
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She FELT very FOOL-ish when her FOOD hit the FLOOR.She had NEV-er
EAT-en with CHOP-sticks be- -FORE.
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He looked very scared when it started to roar. He had never been close to a lion before.
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He LOOKED very SCARED when it START-ed to ROAR.He had NEV-er been CLOSE to a LI-on be- -FORE.
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She was very annoyed when he started to snore. He had never made so much noise before.
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She was VER-y an- NOYED when he START-ed to SNORE.He had NEV-er
MADE so much NOISE be- -FORE.
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He was very surprised when he opened the drawer. He had never seen so much money before.
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He was VER-y sur- -PRISED when he OP-ened the DRAWER.He had NEV-er
SEEN so much MON-ey be- -FORE.
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