in words Alla Potashnikova GSL 520 CALL St’Michael’s College Summer 2010 English phonetic Stress Sound and animation on this slide need to attract students’ attantion to the starting of the activity/presentation. potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words Rule Example Exercise Teacher will explain students the pattern of this activity, using this figure. potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words Common listen The majority of disyllable words has stress on the first syllable, for example: Common listen “Lets try” will attract students’ attention “telling” them that it is time to do exercise. Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Local Rubber Sable Sober The exercise will be done orally with whole class. potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words Family listen In the majority of three- and four-syllable words, as a rule, the stress falls on the third syllable from the word end, and the shock vowel is said short (the closed position), for example: Family listen I create different pattern on the different slides of the appearance of the parts of the slides because a teacher needs to understand which way is better: discussing or listening of the Voice dictionary first. Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Cinema Duskiness Poignancy Michigan Microfilm Novelist potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words If the word consists of five or more syllables, it has two stresses: the main - on the third syllable from the end and minor - through a syllable from a shock vowel, for example: University listen Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Necessitarianism potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words Density listen Addition listen Periodic listen In nouns with suffixes-ion (-sion),-ity,-tion,- ation and adjectives with a suffix-ic (-ical), the main accent falls on a vowel before a suffix, for example: Addition listen Density listen Periodic listen Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Dimension Pacific Stability Commercial Duration Agitation potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words About listen Mistake listen In words with prefixes a - be - com - con - dis - mis - in - im - etc., the stress falls on the second syllable, for example: About listen Mistake listen Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Disable Misadvise Concave Implant potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words Blackboard listen In compound nouns in most cases the stress falls on the first element, for example: Blackboard listen Lets try Lets try potash7070@yahoo.com

Pronounce with correct stress Stress in words Pronounce with correct stress Pickpocket potash7070@yahoo.com

Stress in words FINAL EXERCISE Figure Chemistry Sensitivity Action Atomic Ability Dislike Begin Schoolchildren If students complete the exercise well, the work will be finished and we will go to the last slide (“happiness” about it will underline sound). If students experience any problems, it is possible to check the rule/rules over, using the buttons or even go through all rules again (“sadness” will be shown by sound). potash7070@yahoo.com

Sources: Angliyskaya fonetica. Udarenie. http://www.english- easy.info/phonetics/stress.php Angliyskie slova. Proiznoshenie. http://www.english- easy.info/talker/?word=mistake Super-detki. http://super-detki.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/abc.jpg Contact information: Alla Potashnikova potash7070@yahoo.com potash7070@yahoo.com