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A2 Elementary, Pronunciation,

Sentence Stress

Sentence stress is a technique we use to sound native when speaking in English. Believe it or not, English sentence stress is regulated by a set of rules, which we teach and demonstrate in this course.
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Course Facts

  • Level Elementary
  • 2 hours of activities*
  • 15 minutes of video content
  • 15 downloadable resources
  • 9 self-study activities

* When all activities are completed thoroughly with 10 minutes allocated to each self-study activity.

Prerequisites

Intensifiers

Intensifiers

Word Stress

Word Stress

Course Objectives

  • To define stress and understand its importance in the English language
  • To understand the difference between syllabic and stress-timed languages
  • To identify parts of speech as content or function words
  • To apply the rules of sentence stress to any sentence in English
  • To understand the situations when we don't require stress
  • To define and understand emphatic stress and apply it where necessary in English
  • To understand what an intensifier is and know the most common intensifiers in English
  • To define and understand contrastive stress and apply it where necessary in English
  • To understand the differences between sentence stress and poetry stress

Course Features

Notes

Notes Tool

Make notes on any course page to download to Microsoft Word or print. All your notes are stored in your online diary.

Friends

Social Group

Join our course social group to connect to other learners, message them and engage in forums.

Translator

Translator

Use our built-in translator to translate anything into your own language.

Live Chat

Support

Ask our teachers anything English-related using our online messaging tool.

Interactive Worksheets

Transcripts

View transcripts for all our video lessons to understand everything that our teachers say.

Laptop and books

Downloads

Download numerous resources including flashcards, worksheets and games to practise.

Course Content

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Sentence Stress Self-Study  65mins 9 Topics
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Lesson Content
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Sentence Stress Sentences to Practise  10mins
Take a look at our short booklet with numerous example sentences that you can read out loud. All of these sentences target sentence stress. You can listen to audios of our native teachers reading these sentences correctly too, so you can read alongside the teacher or repeat once you’ve heard the audio.
Sentence Stress Using a Metronome  5mins
Throughout this course, you'll learn about the importance of rhythm and a beat when speaking in English. Using a metronome can help you to achieve this. We point you towards our favourite metronome resources online as well as a list of the most common introduction questions that you can practise reading aloud with a metronome. Audios of our native teachers completing this exercise are also available.
Sentence Stress My Profile  5mins
One of the most common things we do as humans is talk about ourselves. Here, we review your personal profile and practise how to say this perfectly with the correct sentence stress. You can also access our private Flipgrid community and upload a video of you introducing yourself to practise using sentence stress in a realistic situation.
Sentence Stress Reading Out Loud  10mins
Reading alongside a native speaker can be a great tool for practising sentence stress. This can be a very challenging activity at first, but can help you improve your fluency. In this activity, we provide you with a short text about the importance of English, which you can read alongside our audio of a native teacher reading this text.
Sentence Stress Using Transcripts  5mins
Transcripts are a great tool and we explain how you can maximise the use of transcripts when practising sentence stress.
Sentence Stress Elastic Band Exercise  10mins
When we add movement to the learning process, it's been scientifically proven that we're more likely to retain information. Here, we explain a great activity you can do that involves movement and targets sentence stress. This activity is based on idioms in the English language, so you can learn some of the most common idioms, whilst still practising sentence stress.
Sentence Stress Joking Around  10mins
It is often said that you are fluent in a language when you can say or understand jokes. Because of the way that jokes are told in English, it's a great tool for practising sentence stress.
Sentence Stress Flashcards  5mins
Download and print out our flashcards to play a game that tests your understanding of sentence stress. This game requires lots of creativity and tests your English grammar and vocabulary as well as sentence stress.
Sentence Stress Analysis  5mins
For those who want to review the sentence stress theory and rules, this is a great activity to complete. There is a downloadable worksheet with clear instructions to help you complete this activity.
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Course Includes

  • 4 Lessons
  • 17 Topics
  • 1 Quiz
  • Course Certificate

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