Sentence Stress

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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

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

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Intensifiers

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

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Sentence Stress Introduction 10mins 2 Topics

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Sentence Stress Course Syllabus 5mins

Start this course with an in-depth description of what you will learn and review the outline of the course.

Sentence Stress Course Objectives 5mins

We set out the key objectives for this course so you can identify what you need to learn. We provide a downloadable checklist that you can print out to check off the points as you go through the course.

Sentence Stress 30mins 2 Topics | 1 Quiz

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What Is Sentence Stress? 5mins

Before watching the pronunciation videos, you need to understand what stress, more specifically sentence stress, is. Here, you'll see a comprehensive definition in a self-paced presentation.

Sentence Stress Rules 15mins

Watch our sentence stress pronunciation explanation video in English to learn all he rules and patterns for sentence strtess in conversational English. You can complete our interacive worksheet at the same time as watching our video then check your responses using our answer guide. You can also download the presenttation used in the explanation video as well as a parts of speech summary printout.

Sentence Stress Quiz

Test your understanding of sentence stress in this quiz. You can take this quiz as many times as you want and review your answers with full explanations. Your marks will be added to our leaderboard, so you can easily compare your results to that of other course members.

Sentence Stress Self-Study 65mins 9 Topics

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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.

Sentence Stress Summary 20mins 4 Topics

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Sentence Stress Review 5mins

Download our one-page summary of the topic to use for reference.

Sentence Stress Learning Outcomes 5mins

After completing the course, you can review your achievements and analyse what you have learnt.

Sentence Stress Further Reading 5mins

Read about some other amazing resources hat we have published online to help you expand your English knowledge ever further.

Sentence Stress Course Feedback 5mins

We'd love to hear what you thought about taking this course. Take this short feedback quiz in 5 minutes to help us improve this course for future learners.

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17 Topics
1 Quiz
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