Lesson 1, English as a Second Language. Pronunciation: Stress in English Sentences.
In today’s lesson, we will learn which types of words to stress and how to change the emphasis or meaning of a sentence by adding stress or stressing a normally unstressed word.
By the end of this lesson, you will have practiced the same stress patterns that native speakers place on several English sentences, understand the concepts of where stress should be placed in a sentence, and will be able to better understand spoken American English by native speakers.
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