Vowels and Stress in English
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ESL Students learn about vowel sounds and why they are important in the stress patterns of English.
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Sounds are made by moving and changing AIR.
EVERYBODY BREATHE!
So........
Vowel Sounds
Give me some examples.
FEEL
FALL
BILL
BALL
SOLD
English is a stressed timed language.
Listen to these sentences...
Content words:
Nouns Main verbs Adjectives Adverbs
Function words:
articlespronounsconjunctionsauxillary verbs
I’m going to get up late Sunday morning.
Where do you think she will go to school?
If you want to be a doctor, I think you need to study more.
She went to a movie this weekend.
