1. 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.

2. Stress in words Rule Example Exercise
Teacher will explain students the pattern of this activity, using this figure.

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. Pronounce with correct stress
Stress in words
Pronounce with correct stress
Cinema
Duskiness
Poignancy
Michigan
Microfilm
Novelist

7. 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

8. Pronounce with correct stress
Stress in words
Pronounce with correct stress
Necessitarianism

9. 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

10. Pronounce with correct stress
Stress in words
Pronounce with correct stress
Dimension
Pacific
Stability
Commercial
Duration
Agitation

11. 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

12. Pronounce with correct stress
Stress in words
Pronounce with correct stress
Disable
Misadvise
Concave
Implant

13. 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

14. Pronounce with correct stress
Stress in words
Pronounce with correct stress
Pickpocket

15. 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).

16. Sources:
Angliyskaya fonetica. Udarenie. easy.info/phonetics/stress.php
Angliyskie slova. Proiznoshenie. easy.info/talker/?word=mistake
Super-detki.
Contact information:
Alla Potashnikova