Stress and Intonation

Native Accent Practice

Pronunciation of short semi modal

Need to = needa (নিডা )

Ought to = outta (ওডা)

Kind of = kinda (খা^ইণ্ডা)

Have got to> ‘ve gotta> gotta (গডা)

Want to> wanta> wanna (ওয়ানা)

Going to = gonna (গনা)

Used to = usta (ইউস্টা)

Sort of = soda (সোডা)

Native Accent Practice

 /d, t, s/ + y = (/d=জ/, /t=চ/, /s=জ/)

Example:

Did you see that very big man?=/ডিজউ সি দ্যা^ঠ বেরি বিগ ম্যান/

Don’t you know her?= /ডৌনচউ নৌ হা/

As you know he is a hard working person.=/^অ্যাজউ নৌ হিজ হা^ড ওয়োকিং ম্যান/

Would you call her?/উযউ কলার/

I won’t let you go.=/আ^ই ওয়ন লেচউ গো/

I called you at your mobile.=/আ^ই কলযউ ^আচিউ মোবা^ইল/

•         Word-stress

•         Two-syllable words

•         Stress on first syllable

•         ‘bargain

•         ‘govern

•         ‘secret

•         ‘mischief

•         ‘message

•         ‘cabbage

•         ‘surface

•         ‘furnace

•         ‘husband

•         ‘butcher

•         ‘proverb

•         ‘thorough

•         ‘oven

•         ‘onion

•         ‘compass

•         Word-stress (continued)
Two-syllable words

•         Stress on second syllable

•         ad’mit

•         for’bid

•         suc’ced

•         sup’press

•         po’lice

•         pay’ee

•         dis’miss

•         ag’ree

•         se’lect

•         re’quest

•         pre’fer

•         re’fer

•         oc’cur

•         ar’rest

•         com’mence

•         per’haps

•         Word-stress (continued)
Three-syllable words

Stress on first syllable

•         ’advertise

•         ’educate

•         ’illustrate

•         ’furniture

•         ’government

•         ’literature

•         ’recognize

•         ’signature

•         ’tentative

Stress on second syllable

•         ad’venture

•         com’mercial

•         de’cision

•         ex’ternal

•         in’ternal

•         per’mission

•         re’vision

•         spec’tator

•         um’brella

•         Word-stress (continued)
Three-syllable words

Primary Stress on third syllable

•         ,addres’see

•         ,ciga’rette

•         ,coin’cide

•         ,devo’tee

•         ,engi’neer

•         ,guaran’tee

•         ,recim’mend

•          

•         Word-stress (continued)
Four-syllable words

Primary Stress on first syllable

•         ’applicable

•         ’accurately

•         ’comfortable

•         ’honourable

•          

Primary Stress on second syllable

•         ad’vertisement

•         ap’preciate

•         a’rithmetic

•         e’xaggerate

•         par’ticipate

•         pho’tography

•         Word-stress (continued)
Four-syllable words

Primary Stress on third syllable

•         acci’dental

•         appli’cation

•         exhi’bition

•         inde’pendent

•         indi’vidual

•          

•         Primary Stress on fourth syllable

•         dedica’tee

•         exami’nee

•         Word-stress (continued)
words with more than four syllables

Primary Stress on first syllable

•         ‘favouritism

•         ‘cannibalism

•         ‘secularism

Primary Stress on second syllable

•         ad’venturousness

•         en’thusiasm

•         con’servatism

Primary Stress on third syllable

•         elec’tricity

•         irre’sponsible

•         popu’larity

Primary Stress on fourth syllable

•         acade’mician

•         civili’zation

•         pactici’pation

•          

•         Word-stress (continued):
stress change according to part of speech

•         COMPARE:

Noun/Adjective                                  Verb

•         ’absent                                                 ab’sent

•         ’accent                                     ac’cent

•         ’concert                                   con’cert

•         ’conflict                                   con’flict

•         ’export                                     ex’port

•         ’produce                                  pro’duce

•         ’subject                                    sub’ject

                       

•         Attributes of good oral communication

•         1.Sounds and sound combinations

•         2. Stress

•         3. Rhythm

•         4. Intonation

•         5. Speed: pausing

•         6. Clarity of articulation

•         7. Voice modulation: volume & pitch variation (avoiding “monotonous speech)

Teacher will show the students some videos about native accent practice and students will practice with the videos.