1. Idioms of the Day To be Back on One's Feet
To be physically healthy again
Ex. My mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks.
To Keep Something to Yourself
To not share information about something or someone.
Ex. You should keep your political opinions to yourself.

2. Word Stress
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3. What is a Syllable?
One Syllable
Two Syllable
Three Syllable or More
What’s
Forest Fo-rest
Seminar Se-mi-nar
Rush
Finish Fi-nish
Appreciate Ap-pre-ci-ate
Help
Problem Pro-blem
Especially E-spe-cial-ly
One vowel sound and/or nearby consonants that forms a whole word, or part of a whole word.

4. What is Stress?
Pronounce one syllable (vowel sound) of a word longer and stronger
Stress only happens with multi-syllable words.
Houses
Guitar
Expect
Cookies
Assignment

5. 2-Syllable Words
Most 2-Syllable words are stressed on the first syllable.
Especially for nouns
Cycle
Equal
Standard
Symptom
Headache
Broken

6. 2-Syllable Words
Many 2-Syllable words that are both nouns and verbs are pronounced differently because of stress.
Noun Verb
Project Project
Object Object
Contrast Contrast
Recall Recall

7. 3 Or More Syllable Words
Memorization 
Certainty
Category
Analyzing
Advantage
Containment
Comparison
BUT words that end with –ics , -ical , -tion , -sion , -cian , always stress the syllable BEFORE them
Music Musician
Economy Economics
Accelerate Acceleration
Explore Exploration

8. Activity!
PART 1: With a partner, predict where the stress will be on the bold words
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9. PART 2: We will listen to the video several times
PART 2: We will listen to the video several times. Listen to how the speaker in the video stresses each bold word on your paper. Mark where the stress is on each word.