LECTURE 4 Word stress in English 1. Nature of word stress 2. Place of word stress in English. Degrees of stress 3. Functions of the English stress 4. Tendencies of the English stress 5. Typology of accentual structures 1. The sequence of syllables in the word is not pronounced identically. The syllable or syllables which are uttered with more prominence than the other syllables of the word are said to be stressed or accented. Stress in the isolated word
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You were good and participative in today’s lesson. For further improvement‚ I strongly encourage you to watch English movies with English subtitles and if you encounter any unfamiliar words consult a dictionary for their meaning or ask your next tutor for help. This would be a good exercise to widen your vocabulary. Thank you again for a fun session. I hope that learning English would always be a fun experience for you. Keep up the good work! I hope to see you again soon! • Hello Tomo-San
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in a country where English is the number one language and being raised by Mexican parents where Spanish is the only language used isn’t an easy task growing up. I would speak one language with my friends but a different one with my parents; I sometimes ask myself how the heck did I graduate high school? As a kid I confused words and sometimes my friends or family would look at me with confusion‚ only to find out that I was speaking “Spanglish” (a combination of Spanish and English). The hardest moment
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English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the significant features in the field of English Language Teaching; and‚ it is an important branch of the EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign/Second Language) arena. In the backdrop of the expansion of various fields and branches of knowledge‚ it assumes the status of a significant branch in English Language Teaching (ELT). ESP courses gain prominence and the concept of teaching of ESP has been accepted all over the world. Most of the countries are implementing
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English Literature Students should study English Literature because literature is part of our cultural heritage‚ literary works can be entertaining‚ beautiful‚ funny‚ or tragic. They can convey profundity of thought‚ for instance like 《Macbeth》shows that the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. Each literature has a themes that the author wants to show. Also students learn a lot of history and culture from the English literature. It takes them to new places
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late‚ eight‚ and hate. Remember that you have to open your mouth wide for this sound.The long a sound is written as eɪ in IPA. Therefore‚ you can think about pronouncing the long a sound as the short e sound plus the short i sound. Many non native English speakers pronounce the long a sound as the short e sound because they drop the short i sound. | | | | Major Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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English IV/ Capstone Research Mitchell Annotated Bibliography Holmes‚ G: Britain after the Glorious Revolution 1689-1714. Macmillian and Co LTD‚ 1969. Print. Much of the excitement of history lies not in the narrative of events‚ but in the process of discussion. This book is wholly concerned with problems. Problems such as corruption took place in the 16th century. This book covers more than the corruption in the English church but every event that could lead up to this event. It defies
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INTRODUCTION Oral Communication The word Communication is a process whereby meaning is defined and shared between living organisms. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication
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Pretoria ENG1502/1/2013–2014 98917056 InDesign CGM_Style CONTENTS Page Preface Learning unit 1: What is Language? 1.1 An Introduction to Foundations in Applied English Language 1.2 What are texts and domains? 1.3 What is language? 1.4 Why study language? Conclusion References Learning unit 2: Let’s listen to the sounds of the English Language 2.1 The discrepancy between spelling and sound 2.2 Basic concepts of the sound system 2.3 Sound production 2.4 Variation in pronunciation 2.5 Attitudes and
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